Ship Statistics & Construction
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Owners:
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Oceanic Steam Navigation Company (Ismay, Imrie & Co) popularly
known as the White Star Line
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Builders:
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Harland & Wolf
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Titanics Official Number:
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131428
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Building Date:
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Titanic was to be built beside her sister ship Olympic in 1909.
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Type:
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Steel triple screw steamer
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Overall Length:
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882.5 ftWidth: 92.5 ft
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Beam:
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92 ft, 6 in.
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Height, Keel to Bridge:
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104 ft
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Tonnage:
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46, 329
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Displacement:
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66,000 tons
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Decks:
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10
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Boilers:
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29
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Furnaces:
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159
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Propellers:
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3
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Watertight compartments:
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16
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Engines:
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2 triple expansion, 1 low-pressure turbine
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Total horsepower:
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46,000
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Service Speed:
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21 knots
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Max Speed:
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24-25 knots
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Number aboard:
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2,228
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Lifeboats:
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20 (1,176 places)
Orinally Titanic was designed to carry 32 Lifeboats, but this figure
was reduced to 20 as it was thought that the decks would look too
clutteerd.
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Date of Launch:
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1911
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Titanics Boilers.
Titanics
Engine.
Titanic
at the shipyard.
Titanics
launch.
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