| A | B |
| shipwreck | crash or loss of ship |
| unsinkable | would not submerge |
| voyage | a journey by water |
| hull | frame or body of a ship |
| bow | front of a boat |
| steward | male employee on a ship or plane |
| third class | workers or immigrants |
| monument | a stone statue set up for a memory of a person or event |
| first class | the wealthy people |
| iceberg | large floating mass of ice |
| distress | a state of danger |
| stern | back side of the boat |
| survivor | one who lives after a disaster |
| drenched | thoroughly wet with water |
| wreckage | the broken parts of a damaged ship |
| funnel | smoke stacks |
| loomed | to appear large |
| porthole | small sindow on the side of a ship |
| crow's nest | a basket where people look high in the air |
| plaque | commemorative or identifying tablet |