What has changed?
Improvements to passenger safety since the Titanic disaster:
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Passenger ships must carry lifeboat space sufficient for everyone on board
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Lifeboat drills conducted
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Steamships carry searchlights
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24-hour radio watch on all ships carrying 50 or more people
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Separate frequency for distress messages
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Creation of International Ice Patrol to monitor icebergs
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Shipping lanes shifted farther south
How the Titanic compares to today's cruise ship:
| Titanic | Carnival Destiny |
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| Length: 882 ft. 9 in. | Length: 893 ft. |
| Height (keel to funnel): 175 ft. | Height (keel to mast): 236 ft. |
| Width (beam): 92 ft. 6 in. | Width (beam): 116 ft. |
| Gross tonnage: 46,329 | Gross tonnage: 101,000 |
| Maximum speed: 25 knots | Maximum speed: 22.5 knots |
| Passenger capacity: 2,603 | Passenger capacity: 3,400 |
| Lifeboats' capacity: 1,178 | Lifeboats' capacity: 3,600 |
| Number of lifeboats: 20 | Number of lifeboats: 24 |
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