82 / eighty-two The Titanic was built in a shipyard in Belfast. The ship was nicknamed the Ship of Dreams and was said to be the biggest, the best and the safest ship ever to have set sail. On 2 April 1912, the Titanic left Belfast and sailed for Southampton in England, where most of the passengers were waiting. Eight days later, it was ready to leave for New York, with a total of 2,223 people on board (1,324 were passengers and 885 were crew). Although there were over 2200 people on board, there were only enough lifeboats for just over half of them. On 14 April 1912, the Titanic collided with an iceberg and sank. Only 715 people survived. The wreck of the Titanic was discovered 74 years later. shipyard skipsmíðastöð nicknamed kallað safest öruggast although þrátt fyrir lifeboats björgunarbátar collided rakst á
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