Quick Facts on the Titanic
The Titanic infamously sunk on 15th April 1912. The RMS Titanic was owned by the White Star Line and sunk just 4 days into its maiden voyage.
The Titanic was designed by some of the most experienced engineers, and used some of the most advanced technology available at the time. It was popularly believed to have been unsinkable.
There were only 20 lifeboats on the Titanic with a capacity of 1178 people which equated to just half of the passengers the ship could carry.
Each first class passenger paid a whopping $4,350 for a parlor suite ticket and $150 for a berth ticket.
The ship contained a heated swiiming pool. (A first for any ship)
When passengers first boarded the ship it was so new that some wet paint spots were still present.
Only 306 bodies were recovered out of the 1517 people that died.
The ship's captain was Edward John Smith who had planned to retire after the Titanic's maiden voyage.
The largest percentage of survivors came from first class passengers.
It cost around $7,500,000 to build the RMS Titanic.
It took three years to fully construct the ship.
The Titanic's total capacity was 3547 passengers + crew.
The top speed of the Titanic was 23 knots.
There were 29 boilers on board of the ship.
Every stateroom contained electric lighting and heat.
The ship consumed 825 tons of coal in one day.
Among the provisions when the Titanic set sail in Southampton, England were 40,000 eggs, 75,000 pounds of fresh meat and 1,000 bottles of wine.
Titanic
Full Technical Specification of the RMS Titanic.
| Class and type: | Olympic-class ocean liner |
| Tonnage: | 46,328 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Displacement: | 52,310 tons |
| Length: | 882 ft 9 in (269.1 m) |
| Beam: | 92 ft 0 in (28.0 m) |
| Height: | 175 ft (53.3 m) (Keel to top of funnels) |
| Draught: | 34 ft 7 in (10.5 m) |
| Depth: | 64 ft 6 in (19.7 m) |
| Decks: | 9 (Lettered A through G) |
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| Capacity: | Passengers and crew (fully loaded):
Staterooms (840 total):
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