Titanic Destroyed after Hitting Ice Berg
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| Titanic Name: | RMS Titanic |
| Titanic Owner: | White Star Line |
| TitanicPort of registry: | Liverpool |
| Titanic Route: | Southampton to New York City |
| Titanic Ordered: | 17 September 1908 |
| Titanic Builder: | Harland and Wolff, Belfast |
| Titanic Yard number: | 401 |
| Titanic Laid down: | 31 March 1909 |
| Titanic Launched: | 31 May 1911[ |
| Titanic Christened: | Not christened |
| Titanic Completed: | 31 March 1912 |
| Titanic Maiden voyage: | 10 April 1912 |
| Titanic In service: | 1912 |
| Titanic Identification: | Radio Callsign "MGY"
UK Official Number: 131428[7]
Yard number: 401[3] |
| Titanic Fate: | Sank on 15 April 1912 after hitting an iceberg in middle of Atlantic Ocean
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| General characteristics |
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| Titanic Class and type: | Olympic-class ocean liner |
| Titanic Tonnage: | 46,328 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Titanic Displacement: | 52,310 tons |
| Titanic Length: | 882 ft 9 in (269.1 m) |
| Titanic Beam: | 92 ft 0 in (28.0 m) |
| Titanic Height: | 175 ft (53.3 m) (Keel to top of funnels) |
| Titanic Draught: | 34 ft 7 in (10.5 m) |
| Titanic Depth: | 64 ft 6 in (19.7 m) |
| Titanic Decks: | 9 (Lettered A through G) |
| Titanic 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
- A total of 46,000 HP (design) – 59,000 HP (maximum)
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| Titanic Propulsion: | - Two bronze triple-blade wing propellers
- One bronze quadruple-blade centre propeller.
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| Titanic Speed: | - 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
- 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) (maximum)
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| Titanic Capacity: | Passengers and crew (fully loaded):
Staterooms (840 total):
- First Class: 416
- Second Class: 162
- Third Class: 262
- Plus 40 open berthing areas
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| Titanic Crew: | 885 |
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RMS Titanic RMS Titanic was a passenger liner that struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, and sank on 15 April 1912, resulting in the deaths of 1,517 people in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history.
The largest passenger steamship in the world, the
Olympic-class RMS
Titanic was owned by the White Star Line and constructed at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland. After setting sail for New York City on 10 April 1912 with 2,223 people on board, Titanic hit the iceberg four days into the crossing, at 11:40 pm on 14 April 1912, and sank at 2:20 am the following morning. The high casualty rate resulting from the sinking was due in part to the fact that, although complying with the regulations of the time, the ship carried lifeboats for only 1,178 people. A disproportionate number of men died due to the "women and children first" protocol that was enforced by the ship's crew.
Titanic was designed by experienced engineers, using some of the most advanced technologies and extensive safety features of the time. Adding to the ironic nature of the tragedy is the fact that the liner sank on her maiden voyage. The high loss of life, the media frenzy over
Titanic's famous victims, the legends about the sinking, the resulting changes in maritime law, and the discovery of the wreck have all contributed to the enduring interest in
Titanic.
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