885 - the number of crew on board the RMS Titanic - including 78 stokers, greasers and firemen.
1 - the number of crew who left the ship
early in the voyage (a young stoker named John Coffey jumped ship at
Cobh in County Cork, Ireland - then known as Queenstown - the last port
of call on the Titanic's maiden voyage before heading into the Atlantic. Coffey claimed to have had a 'sense of foreboding' about the voyage).
22 - the percentage of male crew members who survived.
87 - the percentage of female crew members who survived.
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