Titanic Vocab

The main frame or body of a ship

hull

A huge floating piece of ice broken off from a glacier

iceberg 90% of an iceberg lies under water.

Whatever we see above the water only reveals a tiny portion of the massive structure.

wrecked or ruined ship

shipwreck

People who have stayed alive

survivors April 22, 1912.

Lolo (Michel) and Edmond Navratil, survivors of the Titanic disaster whose father went down with the ship. Lolo, the last remaining male survivor of the Titanic sinking, died in 2001.

impossible to sink

unsinkable

A publicity brochure for Titanic

A long journey to a distant land

voyage

The remains of something that has been destroyed

Wreckage

Flat markers that are engraved with words

plaques

The front of a ship

bow

soaked

drenched

In need of immediate help

distress

The rear (back) of a ship

stern

Came out from mist or darkness

loomed

Small round windows in a ship

portholes

A small lookout structure at the top of a ship

crow’s nest

a structure in memory of people who have died

monument