Saturday 11 August 2012

Unknown Facts About Titanic


  • Name: RMS Titanic
  • Owner: White Star Line
  • Port of registry: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Liverpool, United Kingdom
  • Route: Southampton to New York City
  • Ordered: 17 September 1908
  • Builder: Harland and Wolff, Belfast
  • Yard number: 401
  • Laid down: 31 March 1909
  • Launched: 31 May 1911 (not christened)
  • Completed: 2 April 1912
  • Maiden voyage: 10 April 1912
  • Identification: Radio callsign "MGY"
  • Fate: Foundered on 15 April 1912 on her maiden voyage
  • Class and type: Olympic-class ocean liner
  • Tonnage: 46,328 GRT
  • Displacement: 52,310 tons
  • Length: 882 ft 6 in (269.0 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 (A–G)
  • Installed power: 24 double-ended and 5 single-ended boilers feeding two reciprocating steam engines for the wing propellers and a low-pressure turbine for the center propeller;output: 46,000 HP
  • Propulsion: Two 3-blade wing propellers and one 4-blade centre propeller
  • Speed: Cruising: 21 kn (39 km/h; 24 mph). Max: 24 kn (44 km/h; 28 mph)
  • Capacity: Passengers: 2,435, crew: 892
  • Lifeboats: 20 for 1,178 people

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