RMS TITANIC
RMS Titanic
Class and type: Olympic-class ocean liner
Owner: White Star Line
Port of registry: Liverpool
Route: Southampton to New York City
Ordered: 31 July 1908
Builder: Harland and Wolff yards in Belfast, Ireland
Designers: Lord Pirrie, naval architect Thomas Andrews
Yard number: 401
Laid down: 31 March 1909
Launched: 31 May 1911
Completed: 31 March 1912
Maiden voyage: 10 April 1912
In service: 1912
Identification: Radio Callsign "MGY"
UK Official Number: 131428
Cost: $10,000,000 USD
Class and type: Olympic-class ocean liner
Owner: White Star Line
Port of registry: Liverpool
Route: Southampton to New York City
Ordered: 31 July 1908
Builder: Harland and Wolff yards in Belfast, Ireland
Designers: Lord Pirrie, naval architect Thomas Andrews
Yard number: 401
Laid down: 31 March 1909
Launched: 31 May 1911
Completed: 31 March 1912
Maiden voyage: 10 April 1912
In service: 1912
Identification: Radio Callsign "MGY"
UK Official Number: 131428
Cost: $10,000,000 USD
Installed power: 24 double-ended (six furnace) and 5 single-ended (three furnace) Scotch marine boilers
Two four-cylinder reciprocating triple-expansion steam engines each producing 15,000 hp for the two outboard
wing propellers at 75 revolutions per minute. One low-pressure turbine producing 16,000 hp
46,000 HP (design) – 59,000 HP (maximum).
Two four-cylinder reciprocating triple-expansion steam engines each producing 15,000 hp for the two outboard
wing propellers at 75 revolutions per minute. One low-pressure turbine producing 16,000 hp
46,000 HP (design) – 59,000 HP (maximum).
Propulsion: Two bronze triple-blade wing propellers. One bronze quadruple-blade centre propeller.
Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) (maximum)
Capacity: Passengers and crew (fully loaded): 3,547
Staterooms (840 total): First Class: 416, Second Class: 162, Third Class: 262 plus 40 open berthing areas
Staterooms (840 total): First Class: 416, Second Class: 162, Third Class: 262 plus 40 open berthing areas
Sisters: Olympic and Britannic.
Draught: 34 ft 7 in (10.5 m).
Depth: 64 ft 6 in (19.7 m).
Decks: 9 (Lettered A through G)
Depth: 64 ft 6 in (19.7 m).
Decks: 9 (Lettered A through G)
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)
Tonnage: 46,328 gross register tons
(GRT). Displacement: 52,310 tons
(GRT). Displacement: 52,310 tons
The First-class offers on-board swimming pool, a gymnasium, a squash court, Turkish bath, Electric bath and a Verandah Cafe, rooms are adorned with ornate wood panelling, expensive furniture and other decorations.
Café Parisien offers cuisine for the first-class passengers, with a sunlit veranda fitted with trellis decorations. Libraries and barber shops in both the first and second-class. The third class general room have pine panelling and sturdy teak furniture. Three electric elevators in first class and one in second class. There is an extensive electrical subsystem with steam-powered generators and ship-wide wiring feeding electric lights and two Marconi
radios, including a powerful 1,500-watt set manned by two operators working in shifts, allowing constant contact and the transmission of many passenger messages. First-class one way trans-Atlantic passage $4,350 USD.
Lifeboats 1 and 2: emergency wooden cutters: 25'2" long by 7'2" wide by 3'2" deep; capacity 326.6 cubic feet or 40 persons
Lifeboats 3 to 16: wooden lifeboats: 30' long by 9'1" wide by 4' deep; capacity 655.2 cubic feet or 65 persons
Lifeboats A, B, C and D: Englehardt "collapsible" lifeboats: 27'5" long by 8' wide by 3' deep; capacity 376.6 cubic feet or 47 persons
Lifeboats 3 to 16: wooden lifeboats: 30' long by 9'1" wide by 4' deep; capacity 655.2 cubic feet or 65 persons
Lifeboats A, B, C and D: Englehardt "collapsible" lifeboats: 27'5" long by 8' wide by 3' deep; capacity 376.6 cubic feet or 47 persons
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