<P> The White Star Line never envisaged that all of the crew and passengers would have to be evacuated at once , as Titanic was considered almost unsinkable . The lifeboats were instead intended to be used to transfer passengers off the ship and onto a nearby vessel providing assistance . While Titanic was under construction , an incident involving the White Star liner RMS Republic appeared to confirm this approach . Republic was involved in a collision with the Lloyd Italiano liner SS Florida in January 1909 and sank . Even though she did not have enough lifeboats for all passengers , they were all saved because the ship was able to stay afloat long enough for them to be ferried to ships coming to assist . This fact is what led to the harsh condemnation of Captain Stanley Lord of Californian , who both American and British inquiries into the disaster felt could have saved many if not all of the passengers and crew had she heeded the Titanic 's distress calls . In this scenario , Titanic 's lifeboats would have been adequate to ferry the passengers to safety as planned . However , it is worth noting that the ferrying of passengers between two ships would have been a long , arduous process even under the best conditions . It took Carpathia well over four hours to pick up and account for all of Titanic 's lifeboats in the morning after the disaster . During the sinking of the aforementioned Republic in 1909 , it took nearly half a day to ferry all of her passengers to rescue ships , and during the sinking of the Italian liner Andrea Doria in 1956 it took nearly eight hours to ferry all her passengers to safety . Both liners sank at a much slower rate , roughly half a day , in contrast to Titanic , which sank slightly shy of three hours after her collision with the iceberg . </P>
<P> The White Star Line never envisaged that all of the crew and passengers would have to be evacuated at once , as Titanic was considered almost unsinkable . The lifeboats were instead intended to be used to transfer passengers off the ship and onto a nearby vessel providing assistance . While Titanic was under construction , an incident involving the White Star liner RMS Republic appeared to confirm this approach . Republic was involved in a collision with the Lloyd Italiano liner SS Florida in January 1909 and sank . Even though she did not have enough lifeboats for all passengers , they were all saved because the ship was able to stay afloat long enough for them to be ferried to ships coming to assist . This fact is what led to the harsh condemnation of Captain Stanley Lord of Californian , who both American and British inquiries into the disaster felt could have saved many if not all of the passengers and crew had she heeded the Titanic 's distress calls . In this scenario , Titanic 's lifeboats would have been adequate to ferry the passengers to safety as planned . However , it is worth noting that the ferrying of passengers between two ships would have been a long , arduous process even under the best conditions . It took Carpathia well over four hours to pick up and account for all of Titanic 's lifeboats in the morning after the disaster . During the sinking of the aforementioned Republic in 1909 , it took nearly half a day to ferry all of her passengers to rescue ships , and during the sinking of the Italian liner Andrea Doria in 1956 it took nearly eight hours to ferry all her passengers to safety . Both liners sank at a much slower rate , roughly half a day , in contrast to Titanic , which sank slightly shy of three hours after her collision with the iceberg . </P>
who did n 't put enough lifeboats on the titanic
who did n 't put enough lifeboats on the titanic
The White Star Line
The White Star Line