<P> 1,512 people did not make it on to a lifeboat and were aboard Titanic when she sank to the bottom of the sea at 2 : 20 a.m. on 15 April 1912 . 712 people , mostly women and children , remained in the lifeboats until later that morning when they were rescued by RMS Carpathia . Those aboard the lifeboats were picked up by Carpathia over the course of 4 hours and 30 minutes , from about 4 a.m. to 8 : 30 a.m. , and 13 of the lifeboats were also taken aboard . The lifeboats were returned to the White Star Line at New York Harbor , as they were the only items of value salvaged from the shipwreck , but subsequently vanished from history over time . </P>
<P> 1,512 people did not make it on to a lifeboat and were aboard Titanic when she sank to the bottom of the sea at 2 : 20 a.m. on 15 April 1912 . 712 people , mostly women and children , remained in the lifeboats until later that morning when they were rescued by RMS Carpathia . Those aboard the lifeboats were picked up by Carpathia over the course of 4 hours and 30 minutes , from about 4 a.m. to 8 : 30 a.m. , and 13 of the lifeboats were also taken aboard . The lifeboats were returned to the White Star Line at New York Harbor , as they were the only items of value salvaged from the shipwreck , but subsequently vanished from history over time . </P>
how many boats made it back from the titanic
how many boats made it back from the titanic
13
13