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Life-saving appliances
| Description of boats and rafts | No. | Cubic contents in feet | No. of persons they will accommodate | Materials | No. under davits | Are they so placed as to be readily got into the water? | Are they provided with the equipments required by the rules? |
| Boats, Section A | 14 | 9172 | 910 | Wood | 14 | Yes | Yes |
| Boats, ,, B | √ | ||||||
| Boats, ,, C | √ | ||||||
| Boats, ,, D | 2 | 648 | 80 | Wood | 2 | Yes | Yes |
| Boats, ,, E
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Life rafts |
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188 | Wood with canvas bulwarks | √ | Yes | Yes | |
| Number of life belts | Number of life buoys | Is the ship supplied with all the life-saving appliances required by the rules? | |||||
| 3560 | 48 | Yes | |||||
- How many lifebelts were there on board? These are the lifejackets we saw in the mystery document. There were 2228 people on board, were there enough for everyone?
- Add up the ‘No. of persons they will accommodate’ column. Were there enough spaces in lifeboats for all the 2228 passengers?
- What other lifesaving equipment is listed? Did the Titanic have all the lifesaving equipment required by the rules? Why do you think this was?