The Titanic carried plenty of these, 3,560, but many passengers died wearing them in the 28-degree water
[DOC] [TLE] Chapter one: James Cameron, Charles Pellegrino, and Jack Thayer [PAR] Jack Thayer, who was seventeen years old when the Titanic sank, wrote his 
memoir of .... of [as reported in survivors' accounts] the approximately 6 degree 
list to port.