•The hull weighed 26,000 tons.
•The ship weighed 46,328 (gross) tons.
•She was 882' 9" long and 92.5" wide.
•Each funnel was large enough to drive two trains through.
•She had eleven decks in total - the boat deck
A,B,C,D,E,F,G, Orlop Deck, Lower Orlop Deck and Tank Top.
•It was as high as an eleven story building.
•There were 20 lifeboats in total that had a
capacity of 1,178 - 16
wooden lifeboats with 4 Engelhardt collapsables.
•She had three anchors weighing a total of 31 tons.
•Each chain link weighed about 175 lbs.
•The rudder weighed 20,250 lbs.
•She required 825 tons of coal per day.
•There were 29 boilers, each weighing nearly 100 tons.
•She had three propellers - the middle one was 16 feet across and the
other two were over 23 feet across.
•Although there were four funnels, only the bow (front) three were used.
The stern (rear) funnel was used as ventilator.
•The outdated British regulations required ships over 10,000 tons had to
have lifeboats for 962 people. The Titanic exceeded this regulation by carrying
enough lifeboats for 1,178 people, however this was not enoughfor her 3,511
passengers and crew. Over one thousand people would not have a seat on the
lifeboats if each boat was filled to maximum capacity.
•There were four elevators - three in First Class and 1 in Second Class.
This was the first boat to have elevators for Second Class.
•The Titanic was the first ocean liner to have a swimming pool and a
gym.
•The Titanic had one Renault Automobile on board.
•Passengers: 329 First Class, 285 Second Class, 710 Third Class
•Crew: 899
•Engines: 2 reciproctating 4 cylinder, triple expansion,direct - acting,
inverted engines: 30,000hp 77 rpm. 1 low pressure
•Parsons turbine: 16,000hp 165rpm
•Propellers: 3 ; Center turbine: 17 feet, 4'000 tonnes ; Left/Right
wings: 23 feet 6 inches
•There were 29 boilers - 24 double ended boilers and 5 single ended
boilers.
•There were 15 watertight compartments extending up to E deck.
•She consumed 14,000 gallons of fresh water per day.
•The Titanic's top speed was 23 knots.
•It cost 7.5 million in US dollars to build the R.M.S Titanic.
•The Titanic was nicknamed: "The Millionaires' Special", she was also
called "The Wonder Ship”, "The Unsinkable Ship" and "The Last World in Luxury"
•The people that reserved the suite B51 (one of the best suites), which
had 3 rooms and its own promenade, paid almost $4,350 dollars (in 1912) for
it.
•It was the first ocean liner to have a swimming pool and a gym.
•She had a French Cafe with French waiters and cooks.
•Her boilers were over 15 feet high.
•The Titanic had a great triple-toned whistle - the largest ever built.
•Workers loaded 5,892 tons of coal aboard the Titanic for her maiden
voyage. She burned 690 tons per day.
•Stokers were there day and night shoveling coal into the boilers that created
the steam that drove the giant reciprocating engines.
•She had 66,000 tons displacement.
•23 tons of soap, grease, and train oil were used to slide the Titanic into
the water. The whole process took only sixty-two seconds for the
Titanic to complete her journey down the ways.
•The Titanic traveled twice her length, reaching the speed of 12 knots,
before coming to a stop by six anchor chains and 2 piles of cable drag
chains weighting 80 tons each.
•The anchor of the Titanic had a mass of 15.5 tons. They needed 20
horses to pull the anchor.
•Her 3 enormous anchors weighted a total of 31 tons.
•Each chain link weighed about 175lbs.
•During it construction an astonishing 3 million rivets had been
hammered into her hull.
•For her maiden voyage, she carried enough food to feed a small town for
several months.
•More than 15,000 people built the Titanic and the Olympic - the largest
moving objects that had been constructed.
•If placed upright on her end, the Titanic would have being taller than
any of the buildings of her day.
•Although there were 4 funnels, only the front 3 were used. The sern
funnel was used as ventilator.
•On May 31, 1911, the hull of the Titanic was launched at the Harland &
Wolff shipyards in Belfast, Ireland, before a cheering crowd of 100,000.
•The 325 richest people of the world (in 1912) where in the first class.
•The Titanic, built and equipped at a cost of $10,000,000. It was refer
as a floating palace.
•The wealthiest passenger aboard was Colonel John Jacob Astor, with a fortune
estimated at around 100 million dollars. He did not survive.
•There were 2223 people aboard - passengers and crew.
•The Titanic was build to carry 3,547 passengers.
•There were many claims were filed for loss of property and life. Some
of these include:
•Henry B. Harris - Lose of Life $1,000,00
•Mrs. Charlotte Cardeza - Lost Property $177, 352.74
•United States - Lost registered mail $41.04
•William Carter - One Renault 35 hp Automobile $5,000.00
•Stuart Collet - Hand written college lecture notes, two year course
$50.00
•Annie May Stengel - Copy Science and Heath $5.00
•Robert W. Daniel - Champion French bulldog $750.00
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