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Originally Posted by MovieLover12
Question - Why did the Titanic have lifeboats if it was deemed unsinkable?
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Originally Posted by The Bloofer Lady
I expect it was in the event of fires, etc. Maybe.
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Bloofer is right. Earlier, ships of this general type sunk slowly. And a number of trips could be made from the sinking ship to rescue ships.
But you made me curious as to whether or not the Titanic was ever considered unsinkable by anyone before it sank?
I did a little research, and it turns out the experts of the time believed it was practically unsinkable. No reasonable person in history ever thought any ship was absolutely unsinkable.
Historians eventually found only one ad flyer, by Titanic's company White Star, that ever said anything close to unsinkable, "as far as it is possible to do, these two wonderful vessels are designed to be unsinkable."
And so, "unsinkable" was not something declared, nor widely advertised, specifically to the Titanic by it's owners or designer. It was merely the general belief by everyone that they were "practically unsinkable".
Good Source:
http://www.snopes.com/history/titanic/unsinkable.asp