Facts & Numbers of Titanic
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Particulars Name: Royal Mail Steamer Titanic Class & Description:: Triple-Screw Steam-Powered Ocean-Liner Class: Olympic-Class Liner Owner: The White Star Line, Liverpool Builder: Harland & Wolff, Belfast Yard Number: 401 Board of Trade Registration Number: 131428 Port of Registry: Liverpool Route: Southampton, Cherbourg, Queenstown, New York Christened: No, the White Star Line did not Christen their ships. Radio Call-Sign: MGY Cost (in 1912): £1,500,000 / $7,500,000 Important Dates Ordered: 17 September 1908 Keel Laid: 31 March 1909 Hull Launched: 31 May 1911 Board of Trade Registration: 25th March 1912 Completed: 31 March 1912 Sea Trials: 2nd April 1912 Maiden Voyage: 10 April 1912, Southampton Demise: Sank, 15 April 1912, Atlantic Ocean Dimensions Tonnage: 46,328(GRT) Tonnage: 21,831 (NRT) Displacement at Design Draft: 52,310 tons Length: 882 feet, 9 inches (269.1 meters) Beam: 92 feet, 6 inches (28.2 meters) Moulded depth: 59 feet, 6 inches (18.1 meters) Height (Keel to Bridge): 104 feet (31.7 meters) Height (Keel to top of funnels): 175 feet (53.3 meters) Height from Waterline to Boat Deck: 60 feet, 6 inches (18.4 meters) Design Draft: 34 feet, 7 inches (10.54 meters) Draft: 59 feet, 6 inches (18.1 meters) Depth: 64 feet, 6 inches (19.7 meters) Horsepower Boilers: 24 Double-ended (six furnace) and 5 Single-ended (three furnace) Scotch Marine Boilers. Engines: Two 4-cylinder reciprocating triple-expansion steam engines, each producing 15,000 horsepower for the two outboard wing propellers at 75 revs per minute, and one low-pressure turbine producing 16,000 horsepower. Furnaces: 159 Average Coal Used A Day: 650 tons Average Water Consumption: 14,000 gallons of fresh water per day. Steam Pressure: 215 psi ~ Horsepower Total: 46,000 - 59,000 (maximum). Electricity Power Output: Four 400 Kw generators producing 16.000 amps at 100 volts Propulsion & Speed Propellers: 3; 2 bronze triple-blade wing, 23 feet, 6 inches, and 1 bronze quadruple-blade centre propeller, 17 feet. Service Speed:21 knots (24mph) Maximum Speed:24 - 25 knots (26mph) Stopping Distance at 20 Knots::About 850 yards (777 meters) Turning Radius at 20 Knots:About 3.850 ft (1.173,5 meters) Big Bits & Bobs Rivets: Over 3,000,000 used. Funnels: 4, 3 connected to furnaces, 1 to kitchen ventilation and turbine. Funnel Diameter: 22 ft (6,7 meters) Funnel Height: 62 ft (18,9 meters) Watertight Compartments: 16 Anchors: 3, 2 side, 1 central. Combined Anchor Weight: 31 tons Anchor Chain: 300 fathoms (1800 feet or 548 meters) per anchor in use. Rudder Weight: 101 tons Steam whistles: 2 sets of 3-tone whistles Whistle Weight: 750lbs each. Whistle Height 4 feets tall. Watertight Compartments: 16, extending up to F Deck. Capacity Decks: 9 - lettered A to G, and Boiler Rooms under G Deck. Full Capacity: 3547 First Class Staterooms: 416 Second Class Staterooms: 162 Third Class Staterooms: 262 Open Berthing Areas: 40 ~ Staterooms In Total: 840. Passengers First Class: 735 Second Class: 674 Third Class: 1.026 ~ Total Passengers: 1.026 Crew: 885 ~ Total Passengers & Crew: 2.320 Lifeboats Lifeboat Davits: 14 Double-acting Welin's with Murrays disengaging gear Lifeboats 1 & 2: Emergency wooden cutters: 25 feet, 2 inches long by 7 feet, 2inches wide by 3 feet, 2 inches deep; capacity - 40 persons. Lifeboats 3 to 16: Wooden lifeboats: 30 feet long by 9 feet, 1 inch wide by 4 feet deep; capacity - 65 persons. Lifeboats A, B, C and D: "Collapsible" lifeboats: 27 feet, 5 inches long by 8feet wide by 3 feet deep; capacity - 47 persons. ~ Total Lifeboat Capacity: 1.178 persons. Floating Devices Life-Jackets: 3560 Life-Buoys: 49 Radio Aparatus: 5Kw Marconi Transmitter / Receiver. Guaranteed Range: 250 miles (402 km). Possible Range Daytime: 400 miles (643 km) Possible Range Night-Time: 2000 miles (3218 km) Main Transmitter: Rotary spark. |