Titanic 2014 page 1

Titanic 2014 page 1 by ric gustafson


In early 1908, The White Star Company announced that they would build a ship that would break all shipbuilding records. This was the Titanic. The keel of the ship was laid in the summer of 1909 at the Belfast Ireland yards of Harland and Wolff. The designer was Lord Pirrie and the ship was completed in February of 1912.
The ship was measured at 45,328 tons and was commanded by Captain E.J. Smith. It was 882 feet long which was about four city blocks. The ship had four funnels and had eleven decks. Her average speed was 21 knots and could accommodate 2500 passengers. The ship was divided into compartments and was separated by fifteen bulkheads.
The crew numbered 860 and her tonnage was 45,000. The plates in her hull were 36 feet long and the largest steel beam was 92 feet long. The rudder weighed 100 tons and the anchors were 15 and a half tons each. Three million rivets weighing 1200 tons held the solid steel plates together.
The ship was not just the largest but the most luxurious also. Some of the cabins had their own private promenades. Some of these suites were sold for $ 4350. Some without the private promenades were sold for $ 2300.


research help: ' On Board The Titanic' by Dover Publications


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