 RMS Titanic departing Southampton on 10 April 1912 |
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| Name: | RMS Titanic | ||
| Owner: | White Star Line |
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| Port of registry: |  Liverpool |
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| 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 | ||
| Christened: | Not christened | ||
| Completed: | 31 March 1912 | ||
| Maiden voyage: | 10 April 1912 | ||
| Identification: | Radio Callsign “MGY” UK Official Number: 131428 |
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| Fate: | Foundered on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg 375 miles southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia
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| General characteristics | |||
| Class and type: | Olympic-class ocean liner | ||
| Tonnage: | 46,328 gross register tons (GRT) | ||
| Displacement: | 52,310 tons | ||
| Length: | 882 ft 9 in (269.1 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 through G) | ||
| Installed power: | Boilers: 24 double-ended and 5 single-ended Engines: Two reciprocating steam engines for the wing propellers and a low-pressure turbine for the center propeller Effect: 46,000 HP (design) |
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| Propulsion: | Two triple-blade wing propellers and one quadruple-blade centre propeller | ||
| Speed: | Comfortably: 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)Max: 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) | ||
| Capacity: | Passengers: 2,453, crew: 885 | ||
| Notes: | Lifeboats: 20with a capacity of 1,178 people | ||
Source: Wikipedia
On Sept. 1, 1985, the wreck of the Titanic was found lying upright in two pieces on the ocean floor at a depth of about 4,000 m (about 13,000 feet). The ship, located at about 41° 46′ N 50° 14′ W, was subsequently explored several times by manned and unmanned submersibles under the direction of American and French scientists. The expeditions found no sign of the long gash previously thought to have been ripped in the ship’s hull by the iceberg. The scientists posited instead that the collision’s impact had produced a series of thin gashes as well as brittle fracturing and separation of seams in the adjacent hull plates, thus allowing water to flood in and sink the ship. In subsequent years marine salvagers raised small artifacts and even a 20-ton piece of the hull from the wreckage.
