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101 Facts about the RMS Titanic.
1. Harland and Wolff did not own the R.M.S. Titanic.
2. R.M.S. Titanic Inc. has no involvement with Harland and Wolff.
3. To rebuild the ship today would cost about $ 400 million.
4. Harland and Wolff are NOT going to build a replica for Japan.
5. Copies of the drawings are available and are not kept secret.
6. The ship did not sail with a workman trapped between the side plates or anywhere else.
7. The ship did not have a ships cat.
8. Captain Smith owned a dog, it was not on board with him.
9. J. Bruce Ismay did not dress as a woman to escape in a lifeboat.
10. The ship was owned by International Mercantile Marine not White Star Line.
11. The ship was officially named in Southampton.
12. The port of registry was Liverpool.
13. The build number was 401.
14. Launch date was 31st May 1911.
15. Completed on 2nd April 1912.
16. Titanic's hull No. was 401.
17. Radio call sign MGY.
18. Titanic radio operators used both emergency call signs CQD and SOS.
19. The White Star pier in New York was pier 59.
20. Third class ticket from UK to New York $ 36.25.
21. Titanic was exactally the same size as her sister ship Olympic, but weighed more due to slightly different interior modifications. Once Titanic sank however, Olympic and Britannic were fitted with a double skin increasing their beam by 2 feet.
22. Titanic struck the iceberg at 11.40 p.m. 14th April 1912.
23. Titanic finally sank at 2:20 a.m. on 15th April 1912.
24. President of the UK Board of Inquiry was Lord Mersey.
25. The official report was published as Parliamentary paper Cd 6352.
26. The Titanic was proceeding at her normal cruising speed (approx. 21 knots).
27. There is not a huge gash in the hull.
28. Some passengers did not climb onto the iceberg.
29. Titanic was a schooner rigged vessel.
30. The launch process consumed 23 tons of tallow and soft soap.
31. The actual launch took 62 seconds to complete.
32. The concept was decided over dinner in Lord Pirries London home.
33. At the time she was the largest man made moveable object in the world.
34. The construction was not classified by Lloyds Register of Shipping.
35. Overall length was 882' 8 inches.
36. Breadth was 92'.
37. Order to proceed with construction was given on 30th April 1907.
38. Keel was laid on 31st March 1909.
39. Titanic had 15 main bulkheads.
40. Titanic has two steam reciprocating engines and one turbine engine.
41. The total horsepower was 46,000.
42. Coal consumption on normal service was 825 tons per day.
43. Reciprocating engine revolutions were 77 per min..
44. Turbine revolutions were 127 per min..
45. Titanic had 24 double ended boilers and 5 single ended boilers.
46. Boilers had 159 furnaces in total.
47. Steam pressure was 215 psi.
48. Titanic had three propellers.
51. Titanic was said to be 'unsinkable'.
52. 2228 passengers and crew departed Queenstown the last port of call before New York.
53. This figure comprised 1343 passengers and 885 crew.
54. The S.S. Carpathia rescued 705 persons.
55. The Titanic inquiry recommended that in future lifeboats should be provided for all on board.
56. After the loss of Titanic her sister Olympic was fitted with an 'double skin'.
57. As a consequence of the disaster the US Coastguard established the International Ice Patrol.
58. Dr Robert Ballard of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute found the wreck in September 1985.
59. The ship is resting in primarily two sections approx. one mile apart.
60. Titanic had a passenger capacity of 3547 fully loaded.
61. The Titanic left Southampton at 12.15 p.m. Wednesday 10th April 1912.
62. The Titanic carried in addition to the lifeboats 3560 life belts (Jackets) 49 life buoys.
63. 14,000 gallons of pure drinking water were used each 24 hours.
65. Twenty lifeboats were fitted in total as follows.
66. 14 wood lifeboats each 30'-0 long by 9'-1 by 4'-0 deep with a capacity of 65 persons each.
67. 2 wood cutters 25'-2 long by 7'-2 by 3'-0 deep with a capacity of 40 persons each.
68. 4 Englehardt collapsible boats 27'-5 by 8'-0 by 3'-0 deep with a capacity of 47 persons each.
69. All lifeboats were fitted with Murrays disengaging gear to simultaneously free both ends.
70. The lifeboats were stowed on hinged wood chocks on the Boat Deck.
71. Titanic was equipped with eighteen compasses.
72. Titanic had twelve water tight doors.
73. The doors would close automatically if water should reach them.
74. The doors could also be controlled electrically from the Bridge.
75. The time required to fully close the doors was between 25 and 30 seconds.
76. Titanic had three electric first class elevators for passenger use and one for second class.
77. Steam whistles were fitted to the two forward funnels.
78. No 4 funnel or the aft-most one was a dummy.
79. Titanic did not have it's name painted in the ship while it was on the slipway.
80. Olympic and Titanic cost 33 million pounds for the pair.
81. Titanic has part of the Promenade Deck plated in to allow better passenger comfort.
82. Alexander N Carlisle was Chief Designer for Harland and Wolff when order was placed.
83. Cunard Line purchased the White Star line.
84. The two outer propellers had a diameter of 23'-6 while the center or turbine one was 16'-5 in diameter.
85. Titanic had the first ever swimming pool built into a vessel.
86. White Star had difficulty in assembling a crew for Titanic due to a manpower shortage.
87. Due to serious coal strike White Star were forced to transfer all their coal stocks to Titanic.
88. All the engineering staff both White Star and H&W were lost in the disaster.
89. The Titanic came from No 3 slip Queens Shipyard.
90. The Thompson dry-dock was designed to accommodate the Olympic class vessels.
91. The hull shell plating on Titanic was 1 inch thick.
92. The anchors weighed 31 tons in Total.
93. Over three million rivets were used in the construction of Titanic.
94. The rudder weighed 101 tons and was made from six separate parts.
95. All children in First and Second class were saved (5 first and 24 second class, per Board of Trade report.).
96. Of the 73 children in Third Class only 23 were saved.
97. Titanic had a crew of 898 of which only 210 were saved.
98. Third class passengers were locked in their accommodation during the sinking. In 1996, the wrought-iorn gates were found by R.M.S. Titanic Inc. still shut and locked.
99. Lord Pierre did not sail on the maiden voyage of Titanic as planned as he was too ill to travel.
100. Titanic had a Turkish Bath, Gymnasium and a Squash Court.
101. The Veranda Cafe had real palm trees.
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