The Titanic's Lifeboats After the Sinking

From Wikipedia.

Thirteen lifeboats were retrieved by the Carpathia and taken to the White Star Line's Pier 59 in New York where souvenir hunters soon began stripping much of their equipment.  The Titanic nameplates were removed by the company.

The boats were inventoried by C,M. lane Lifeboat Co. of Brooklyn.  Their assessed salvage was $4,972 collectively and they were the only salvageable items from the Titanic.

They may have been taken back to England on the Olympic which left 23 May 1912.  there, they were either destroyed or redistributed to other ships of the company.

Nothing remains of the life boats but fitting taken by souvenir hunters.  One of them is a bronze White Star Line bungee now at the museum of the Titanic Historical Society.

A full-size replica of a lifeboat is on display at the Titanic Belfast visitor attraction.

--Cooter