ON APRIL 15TH 1912 THE BIGGEST STEAMER OF THE WORLD SANK IN THE ICY WATERS OFF NEWFOUNDLAND WITH THE LOSS OF 1,523 LIVES IN A DISASTER THAT SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED.
THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC ON IT'S MAIDEN VOYAGE FROM SOUTHAMPTON TO NEW YORK IS ONE OF THE MOST HEART FELT OCEAN DISASTERS OF ALL TIME.
 
TITANIC FACTS
 
* THE TIME TAKEN TO BUILD THE TITANIC WAS 24 MONTHS.

* THERE WERE 9 DECKS IN TOTAL (COUNTING THE ORLOP DECK)

* THE BEAM OF TITANIC WAS 92.5 FEET /28 METER'S.

* THE HEIGHT OF TITANIC WAS 60.5 FEET FROM THE WATERLINE TO THE BOAT DECK, AND 175 FEET FROM THE KEEL TO THE TOP OF THE FUNNELS.

* THE LENGTH OF THE TITANIC WAS 882 FT, 9 INCHES

* THE GROSS TONNAGE OF WAS 46,328 TON'S,  THE NET TONNAGE WAS 24,900 TON'S.

* THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BOILERS ON THE TITANIC WAS 29.

*TITANICS TOP SPEED WAS 22-23 KNOTS.

* IT TOOK 23 TONS OF TALLOW,  TRAIN OIL AND SOFT SOAP TO GREASE THE WAYS WHEN TITANIC WAS LAUNCHED BUT,  IN KEEPING WITH WHITE STAR LINE POLICY,  THERE WAS NO CHRISTENING.

* SHIP BUILDERS HARLAND AND WOLFF EMPLOYED 15,000 MEN TO BUILD THE TITANIC.

* WHEN COUNTING THE PASSENGERS ON BOARD THERE WERE 329 FIRST CLASS PASSENGERS, 285 SECOND CLASS PASSENGERS, 710 THIRD CLASS PASSENGERS AND 899 MEMBERS OF THE CREW.

*  AMONG THE FIRST CLASS PASSENGERS THERE WAS EIGHT HONEYMOONING COUPLES.

* THERE WERE SIX MILLIONAIRES ON BOARD THE TITANIC,  THE RICHEST BEING JOHN JACOB ASTOR.

* REGULATIONS STATED THAT THE TITANIC MUST HAVE 16 LIFEBOATS (EACH LIFE BOAT HAD A CAPACITY OF 65 PEOPLE.)

*THE FIRST LIFEBOAT LOWERED INTO THE WATER WAS LIFEBOAT NUMBER SEVEN.  28 PLACES OUT OF A POSSIBLE 65 WAS FILLED.
 

 
 
 
R.M.S TITANIC
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