Changes in safety practices after the sinking of the RMS Titanic Changes in safety practices after the sinking of the RMS Titanic The sinking of the RMS "Titanic" resulted in the following changes in maritime policy. Alexander Carlisle, Harland and Wolff's general manager and chairman of the managing directors, suggested that "Titanic" use a new, larger type of davit which could give the ship the potential to carry 48 lifeboats; this would have provided enough seats for everyone on board. However, the White Star Line decreed that only 20 lifeboats would be carried, which could accommodate about 38% of those on board when the ship was filled to capacity. At the
RMS Titanic the dining salon and the grand staircase were in identical style and created by the same craftsmen. Large parts of the interior of the "Olympic" were later sold and are now in the White Swan Hotel, Alnwick, which gives an impression of how the interior of the "Titanic" looked. Books: Journals and news articles: Investigations: RMS Titanic RMS "Titanic" was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early hours of 15 April 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. There were an estimated 2,224 passengers