The Titanic was equipped with only 20 lifeboats, enough to hold about half of the people on board.
Why it is true
Although the ship could carry over 3,000 people, it only had lifeboat capacity for 1,178, as regulations at the time were based on ship tonnage, not passenger numbers.
Source: Maritime History
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