There were not enough rafts to go around.
If life rafts had been taken more seriously, many lives could have been saved. To begin with, there were just 20 rafts, which could only hold around one-third of the ship’s capacity. She could carry 64 passengers, but the White Star Line preferred uninterrupted views of the ocean, and rafts were only used to transport passengers from one ship to a rescuing ship at the time. It was unthinkable that the ship would sink in less than three hours. The crew was also not properly taught on how to operate the boats. They’d only done one drill, and even then, most of the crew had no idea where they were supposed to be. Many people believe that even if the ship had all 64 boats, they would not have all been launched successfully due to a lack of training.
There were not enough rafts to go around.
Many Were Never Found
The search for and collection of dead remains in the Atlantic was carried out by eight ships. Many of the dead were unrecognizable, so they were buried at sea. Some were not discovered until a month later, such as the remains discovered floating in collapsible boat A by the RMS Oceanic. Only around one-third of the bodies were ever found.
Many Were Never Found