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The most famous luxurious passenger liner built by man on this Earth Upon completion South Hampton It was berth Built between 1909 & 1911 It was a display of grace A picture of Heaven Powered by pressurised steam from Burning coals In a below compartment, many men Worked in this hole A crew of 900 staff were excited To work on the Titanic Wearing superb uniforms That were classic The atmosphere was nothing But magic Rails of gold, low & behold Everting did shine in the newly Built ship for all to enjoy The craftsmanship It carried the world’s richest people And others looking for a new life Sadly, the boat gets into strife And they never arrive Their aim is to survive The intended course was from South Hampton to New York Passengers enjoyed their meals With Champagne that was corked Heading out to sea, April 12th, 1912 Excitement was high Four days of glorious cruising Unaware they were going to die The unsinkable ship it was called It hit an Iceberg Immediately people were Sprawled The starboard side was hit Punching holes in steel plates It happened so quickly There was no time to contemplate Compartments flooded The vault doors closing With workmen inside Realised their fate And said their good-bye’s The Titanic held 2200 passengers Only enough lifeboats for 1200 Was on board The less fortunate started praying To our Lord April 15th ,1912 the Titanic sank At first, they all thought it was a prank The ship was going to sink Quicker than the all could think No help near them at the time The Captain new this was not A good sign Men, women, kids scattered for Their lives They knew they had to try Second class had no hope How on earth did they cope Titanic sank in 2 hours & 40 minutes Knowing their fate, their life They viewed in snippets The water temp was 32 degrees Death came within 15 minutes Survival was not a breeze Scary stuff, in that moment They had it tough Over 1500 people died, That stark, cold, terrifying morning Sadly, they died Without warning 705 survived, now lived with trauma For the rest of their lives The wreck sits on a seabed beneath the surface $7.5 million dollars Now worthless The last bodies found were the corpse of three men But I don’t know when Discovered in a collapsed boat 200 miles from the wreck Their fight for life was One hell of a trek Researchers found 340 bodies after it sank, thus 1500 people killed. 1160 bodies remain lost And at what cost They wanted to make World News That they did On this cruise 3 of 12 dogs survived, all others perished They were once all cherished The wreck discovered at the bottom of the sea Was World News for all to see 1985 a Joint American & French Expedition Made the discovery of this ship that was once a luxury To my surprise, July 1916 There where settlements $430 dollars for each life lost On the Titanic To me this is tragic Eventually the Titanic will be nothing But a rust stain On the ocean floor It will not be there for all To explore We will never comprehend the fear they felt Knowing this was their fate That was dealt
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