The only dogs on board belonged to first-class passengers
After the wreck, one family even got an insurance settlement on their two dogs who were lost. Will Carter of Philadelphia was on the Titanic with his wife and two children. He insured his wife's jewelry and a 1912 Renault automobile that he had bought in Paris for $5,000. (The movie's love scene took place in a replica of this car.)
Daughter Lucy's King Charles Spaniel was insured for $100. Billy's airedale was insured for $200. Billy begged his father to take his dog, but Carter said it was too big and would be fine. It perished in the ship's kennel.
Fifty-year-old Ann Elizabeth Isham had a Great Dane dog and visited it daily in the kennel. As the ship was being evacuated, she asked to take her dog but was told it was too large. She then refused to leave and got out of the lifeboat.
Several days after the sinking, a woman's body clutching a large dog were spotted by the crew of the recovery ship Mackay Bennett.
Two-known photos remain of the Titanic's dogs.
--Cooter
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