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Specifications

Statistics:

Capacity: 3,547 passengers and crew

*People Onboard: 2,223 passengers and crew

Length: 882.9 feet

Width: 92.5 feet

Height: from keel to funnels-175 feet

Weight: 46,328 (gross) tons

Decks: 10(Boat, A,B,C,D,E,F,G,Lower,Orlop, Tank Top)

Lifeboats:20

Types: 14 regular, 4 Engelhardt collapsables, 2 emergency

Capacity: 1,178

*Saved: 705

*Lost: 1,518

*These figures are approximate.


Facts about the Titanic:

Passengers: 329 First Class, 285 Second Class, 710 Third Class

Crew: 899

Titanic had 29 boilers that were 15 feet high. Each weighed almost 100 tons.

She required 825 tons of coal per day.

Engines: 2 reciprocating 4 cylinder, triple expansion, direct-acting, inverted engines: 30,000hp, 77 rpm. Low pressure

Parsons turbine: 16,000hp, 165rpm

The rudder weighed 20,250 lbs.

The yard number assigned to the Titanic by Harland and Wolff was 401.

Her official Board of Trade number was 131,428.

Each funnel was large enough to drive two trains through.

There were four funnels, although the fourth was a dummy. It was used for looks and for ventilation.

Titanic had 3 propellers. The middle one was 16 feet across and the two side ones were 23 feet across,

One of the anchors of the Titanic had a mass of 15.5 tons. They needed 20 horses to pull the anchor.

The Titanic actually carried more lifeboats than were required by law at the time, although there were not enough to hold the all the people aboard the ship.

she had 3 anchors, which weighed a total of 31 tons.

Each chain link weighed about 175 lbs.

The Titanic had a gym and a swimming pool which were both very new to ocean liners.

There were 15 watertight bulkheads that went up to E Deck.

Titanic's top speed was 23 knots.

Titanic's cruising speed was 21 knots.

The Titanic cost 7.5 million US dollars to build.

The Cafe Parisian was made to emulate a Parisian sidewalk cafe.

There were 3 elevators in first class and 1 in second class

The Titanic ahd one Renault automobile on board.

She consume 14,000 gallons of fresh water per day.

The people that reserved the suite B51(one of the best suites), which had 3 rooms and its own promanade, paid almost $4,350 dollars(in 1912) for it.

The Titanic had a great triple-toned whistle-the largest ever built.

She had 66,000 tons of displacement.

During Titanic's construction, an astonishing 3 million rivets had been hammered into her hull.

More than 15,000 people built the Titanic and the Olympic. The largest moving objects that had been constructed at the time.

The wealthiest passenger aboard was Colonel John Jacob Astor, with a fortune estimated at around 100 million dollars. He had just remarried an 18 year old. He died in the sinking.

JP Morgan, the ship's owner, cancelled his trip.

The Titanic was actually an American ship, not a British ship.


Provisions:

Food and Drink

Fresh Meat - 75,000 lbs

Fresh Fish - 11,000 lbs

Salt & Dried Fish - 4,000 lbs

Bacon & Ham - 7,500 lbs

Poultry & Game - 25,000 lbs

Fresh Eggs - 40,000 lbs

Sausages - 2,500 lbs

Potatoes - 40 tons

Onions - 3,500 lbs

Tomatoes - 3,500 lbs

Fresh Asparagus - 800 bundles

Fresh Green Peas - 2,500 lbs

Lettuce - 7,000 heads

Sweetbreads - 1,000

Ice Cream - 1,750 lbs

Coffee - 2,200 lbs

Tea - 800 lbs

Rice & Dried Beans - 10,000 lbs

Sugar - 10,000 lbs

flour - 250 barrels

Cereals - 10,000 lbs.

Apples - 36,000

Oranges - 36,000

Lemons - 16,000

Grapes - 1,000 lbs

Grapefruit - 13,000

Jams and Marmalades - 1,120 lbs

Fresh Milk - 1,500 gallons

Fresh Cream - 1,200 quarts

Condensed Milk - 600 gallons

Fresh Butter - 6,000 lbs

Ales and Stout - 15,000 bottles

Wines - 1,000 bottles

Spirits - 850 bottles

Minerals - 1,200 bottles

Cigars - 8,000

Tableware

57,600 items of crockery

29,000 pieces of glassware

44,000 pieces of cutlery

12,000 dinner plates

2,500 breakfast plates

2,000 dessert plates

5,500 icecream plates

4,500 soup plates

1,500 coffee saucers

3,000 tea saucers

4,500 breakfast saucers

1,000 finger bowls

500 salad bowls

45,000 table napkins

40,000 towels

4,500 breakfast cups

3,000 beef tea cups

3,000 tea cups

1,500 coffee cups

1,000 cream jugs

1,000 champagne glasses

2,000 wine glasses

1,500 cocktail glasses

1,200 liquer glasses

300 celery glasses

1,200 pie dishes

1,200 pudding dishes

400 fruit dishes

400 butter dishes

400 entree dishes

1,500 crystal dishes

400 meat dishes

400 vegatables dishes

1,500 souffle dishes

3,000 beef tea dishes

8,000 cut glass tumblers

1,200 teapots

2,000 salt shakers

500 flower vases

1,000 oyster forks

8,000 dinner forks

1,500 fish forks

1,500 fruit forks

400 butter knives

1,500 fruit knives

8,000 dessert knives

1,500 fish knives

3,000 dessert spoons

6,000 teaspoons

1,500 mustard spoons

1,500 salt spoons

2,000 egg spoons

300 nut crackers

100 grape scissors

400 asparagus tongs

400 sugar tongs

400 toast racks

400 sugar basins

300 calret jugs

1,200 coffee pots

2,500 water bottles

Linens:

6,000 table cloths

4,000 aprons

3,600 bed covers

800 eiderdown quilts

15,000 single sheets

3,000 double sheets

7,500 blankets

15,000 pillow slips

7,500 bath towels

25,000 fine towels

3,500 roller towels

Costs:

Cost to build Titanic:
Then: 7,500,000
Now: 400,000,000

Cost for one way-tickets:
First Class(Parlor suite): $4,350 dollars/$50,000 today
First Class(Berth): $150 dollars/$1724 today

Second Class: $60 dollars/$690 today

Third Class: $40 dollars/$172 to $460 today

Cost for a Turkish or Electric Bath: $1.00/$5.00 today

Cost to send a Marconi Wirlesss Telegram: 12 shillings and sixpence/$3.12/$36.00 today for the ten words, and 9 pence per word thereafter. Passenger telegrams sent and recieved during the voyage: over 250.