Curried chicken, baked fish, spring lamb, mutton, and roast turkey were common menu items, as was pudding for dessert. The night the Titanic sank, the doomed second class passengers had plum pudding, also known as Christmas pudding.
Food was surprisingly good quality for third-class passengers. The White Star Line (who owned the Titanic) offered freshly baked bread and fruit daily and meals were better than those most passengers could afford at home. For example the Goodwin family, pictured here, would have eaten well.
Fillet Mignon, Roast Duckling, Beef Sirloin and fresh oysters were served for the First Class dinners, and they had four desserts to feast on. The Second Class dinner menu was a slight step down from the First Class menu.
Last Dinner Served on Titanic: Course 4
Filet mignons lili — seared filet, sliced truffles on bed of crispy potatoes, cognac, Madeira, red wine sauce. Sauté of chicken lyonnaise — onion, tomato sauce on bed of crispy potatoes. Vegetable marrow farci — zucchini stuffed with fresh herbs and vegetables.
To feed the passengers and crew, Titanic had 86,000 pounds of meat, 40,000 eggs, 40 tons of potatoes, 7,000 heads of lettuce, 3,500 pounds of onions, 36,000 apples, and 1,000 loaves of bread on board.
There were 12 dogs, 4 hens, 4 roosters, 30 cockerels, a yellow canary and the ship cat Jenny were on board when the titanic sank. Only three dogs survived while all other animals died.
The ship carried at least twelve dogs, only three of which survived. First-class passengers often traveled with their pets. The Titanic was equipped with a first-rate kennel and the dogs were well-cared for, including daily exercise on deck.
It's believed that upwards of 1500 people died in the accident, however, amongst the survivors was one Charles Joughin. He was the head baker on the Titanic, but his real claim to fame is the story of how he survived the shipwreck.
Food eaten by first-class passengers on the Titanic
Even though breakfast, lunch, and dinner were included in the price of a first-class ticket, meals taken at these restaurants were not included in the price and had to be paid for out of pocket.
The À la Carte Restaurant was a luxurious restaurant open exclusively to first-class passengers. The Olympic and Titanic were the first British ships to feature restaurants separate from their main dining saloons.
Titanic also carried 36,000 oranges and 16,000 lemons.
It was divided in two by a watertight bulkhead. Seating was at the customary long tables each accommodating up to 22 people. Together the rooms had a capacity of 400, with a provision for two sittings if Third Class was heavily booked. The room was bare and decorated in enameled white and brightened by sidelights.
The most famous maritime disaster of them all still has the potential to surprise. The Titanic was the first ship to come with a heated swimming pool. Not surprisingly, it was for the exclusive use of first-class passengers.
Some papers called him the 'Coward of the Titanic' or 'J. Brute Ismay', and suggested the White Star flag be changed to a 'yellow liver'. History has portrayed Bruce Ismay as a cold, heartless character who showed little compassion for others.
Curried chicken, baked fish, spring lamb, mutton, and roast turkey were common menu items, as was pudding for dessert. The night the Titanic sank, the doomed second class passengers had plum pudding, also known as Christmas pudding.
Did you know that the colorful "rusticles" that grow on the hull of Titanic are created by a unique bacteria slowly eating the wreck? Halomonas titanicae eats the iron from the hull and leaves the rusticles behind.
Third class
The general room was where most passengers gathered, talked and socialised. There was a piano for passengers to make their own music in the evenings. There was also a male-only smoke room which was panelled and furnished in oak with teak furniture.
In the end, the company paid a total settlement of $664,000 to be divided among them. While it's unclear whether Sjöblom received the full $6200 she asked for, she did make it to the Northwest, succeeded in reuniting with her father, and lived to the age of 81. Claim of Anna Sofia Sjoblom, 1913. National Archives.
First-class berths would cost $4,591, second-class would be $1,834, and third-class accommodations $1,071. A calculated estimation of the Titanic concludes that the total number of first-class travelers was 324. It isn't known how many booked standard first-class berths or upgraded to suites.
Along with the other survivors, he was eventually rescued by the RMS Carpathia, which arrived at the wreck site at 4.10 a.m. Joughin believed that his extraordinary survival was due to the vast quantity of whisky he had drunk. Not so fortunate were 1,517 of his fellow crew and passengers.
No, Rose and Jack Dawson, played by Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio respectively, aren't based on real people in Titanic – however, certain facets of Winslet's character were inspired by the American artist Beatrice Wood.
So, you might be wondering: how cold was the water when the Titanic sank? The water was exceptionally cold, averaging around 28°F (-2°C) when the Titanic sank. These freezing temperatures greatly affected the passengers and crew in the shipwreck, as hypothermia quickly set in for those exposed to the water.
Were there horses aboard the Titanic? That's still a mystery. Some sources say there were polo ponies aboard, and there's an unverified story about a German racehorse who had a private paddock on C deck.
There were 128 children aboard the ship, 67 of which were saved. The youngest Titanic survivor was just two months old; her name was Millvina Dean (UK, b. 2 February 1912), and she wasn't even supposed to be on board, nor were her family.
The average lifespan of an iceberg in the North Atlantic typically is two to three years from calving to melting. This means the iceberg that sank the Titanic "likely broke off from Greenland in 1910 or 1911, and was gone forever by the end of 1912 or sometime in 1913."