| A | B |
| shipwrecks | wrecked or ruined ships |
| unsinkable | impossible to sink |
| voyage | long journey to a distant place |
| hull | the main frame or body of a ship |
| bow | the front of a ship |
| steward | an assistant on a ship or an airplane |
| third-class | having food and shelter on board of the least quality and price |
| second-class | having food and shelter on board at a quality just below the highest or first class |
| iceberg | a huge piece of ice broken off from a glacier |
| distress | needing immediate help |
| stern | the rear of a ship |
| survivors | people who have stayed alive |
| drenched | soaked |
| wreckage | the remains of something that has been destroyed |
| funnels | smokestacks |
| loomed | came out from mist or darkness |
| portholes | small, round windows in a ship |
| crow's nest | a small lookout structure at the top of a ship |
| plaques | flat markers that are engraved with words in honor of an event |
| monument | a structure in memory of people who have died |