ill-fated: doomed; unlucky
evacuate: to leave due to danger
capacity: the ability to safely hold a certain amount of people
undetected: not noticed
kennel: a confined place where animals are held
disembark: to get off a ship or plane
Three Dogs Survived The Titanic
It is a well-known fact that there weren’t enough lifeboats for the passengers on the ill-fated Titanic. But did you know that three dogs were among the survivors? Two Pomeranians and one Pekingese dog evacuated safely onto the lifeboats. Some people would call this a crime, since over 1500 humans didn’t make it onto a lifeboat. The reality is that many of the lifeboats were not filled to capacity. Lifeboat 1 carried 12 people though it had a capacity for 40. In addition, these dogs were so tiny that they didn’t take up any space and probably went undetected. About nine other dogs went down with the ship. These dogs were in the ship’s kennel. The captain’s dog normally sailed with him, but his daughter had taken the animal off the ship before it set sail. There is also a rumour that a cat and her kittens disembarked at Southampton before the Titanic continued its journey towards New York.
