47+ How Cold Was It When The Titanic Sank Pictures. Many passengers died from hypothermia when the titanic sank. The four main reasons the titanic sank was lack of lifeboats, the icy cold water, untrained staff and the failure of the californian to assist.
One thousand five hundred passengers and crew died the night the titanic sank.
When captain smith realized that the titanic was sinking he had a distress signal sent out but the nearest ship was a hundred. They were forced to jump into the water due to the lack of lifeboats. When she was launched, titanic was the biggest ship in the world, and one of the most comfortable and luxurious. While freezing cold temperatures have, to some extent, helped preserve the titanic, she is i love reading stuff about the titanic, i don't know what it is about it, just has always fascinated me.