RMS TITANIC

By Cody Mahen

Size

Tonnage: 46,328gross register tons(GRT)[1]

Displacement: 52,310 tons[1]
Length: 882ft9in (269.1m)[10]
Beam: 92ft0in (28.0m) 10]
Height: 175ft (53.3m) (Keel to top of funnels)
Draught: 34ft7in (10.5m)[1]
Depth: 64ft6in (19.7m)[10]
Decks: 9 (Lettered A through G)

Power
Installed power: 24 double-ended (six furnace)
and 5 single-ended (three furnace) Scotch marine
boilers
Two four-cylinder reciprocating triple-expansion
steam engines each producing 15,000 hp for the
two outboard wing propellers at 75 revolutions per
minute[11]
One low-pressure turbine producing 16,000 hp[11]
A total of 46,000 HP (design) 59,000 HP
(maximum)[12]
Propulsion: Two bronze triple-blade wing propellers
One bronze quadruple-blade centre propeller
Speed: 21 knots (39km/h; 24mph)[
23 knots (43km/h; 26mph) (maximum)[14]
Capacity: Passengers and crew (fully loaded):
3547
Staterooms (840 total):
First Class: 416
Second Class: 162
Third Class: 262
Plus 40 open berthing areas[

Crew
913 Crew
Members

1st Class
On Board

1st Class
Survived

2nd
Class On
Board

2nd
Class
Survived

3rd Class 3rd Class Crew On

On Board Survived Board

Crew
Survived

Men

175

57

168

14

462

75

192

Women

144

140

93

80

165

76

23

Children

24

24

79

27

Total

325

202

285

118

706

178

913

215

Total Passengers = 1316

Total Crew = 913

Total Survived = 498

Total Survived = 215

Total On Board Titanic = 2229

Total Survivors = 713

The Sinking
Even though crew members were desperately trying to turn the ship in the other direction, when the
ship collided with the berg a massive rip was torn parallel across the ship's bulk. The Titanic sinking
began almost immediately, as the ship began to take on water.
Surprisingly, many of the passengers remained unaware of this fact. Some passengers reported
hearing and feeling a strange quivering in the ship; however, they did not attribute this to any potential
problem and went on about their business.

Others had seen the iceberg has it passed their window and hurriedly donned dressing gowns and
robes, anxious to discover whether or not they had truly hit the berg. At first, passengers were assured
that there would only be a slight delay and were given no indication of the true severity of the
situation.

Passengers located at strategic points in the ship already knew the devastating truth however: the
Titanic was sinking and sinking fast. An SOS was sent out to neighboring ships. The Carpathia picked
up the ship's distress call and radioed back to let the ship's crew know they were on their way. It would
be too late, however. By the time the Carpathia arrived, all that remained of the Titanic was a handful
of lifeboats filled with shocked survivors.

Since the ship sank to her watery grave, almost one hundred years ago, a number of theories have
been put forth to explain how in the year of 1912 the sinking of the Titanic could have occurred. Some
theories suggest that had the ship's crew not attempted to turn the ship in the opposite direction of
the iceberg and instead took the blow head-on, the collision would not have resulted in such
catastrophic disaster.

Titanic Sinking Continued

Discovery

Discovery Continued
In the summer of 1985 several American and French scientists sailed for the
last known location of the Titanic before it sank, hopeful of finally locating the
wreckage. After sixty plus years the world had become skeptical that the
location of the ship could be found. Many scholars even suggested that the
wreckage has disintegrated over the years and was now impossible to locate.
Never the less, the search team was determined and for weeks they used a
state of the art sonar system to scour the depths of the ocean floor, searching
for any sign of the ship's debris. Two months later, on September 1, 1985 a
camera picked up definitive signs of debris thousands of feet below the water.
The elusive search was finally over. The Titanic wreck had been discovered.
The bow and the stern of the Titanic were found almost 2000 ft apart.
Since that monumental day numerous search teams had returned to the area
and ever advancing technology has allowed scientists to recover items from
the ship's debris and film incredibly detailed underwater shots of the tragic
ship. While suggestions have been made to raise the Titanic, as of yet she
remains in the exact location where she finally came to rest early on the
morning of April 15, 1912.

The Titanic Hitting Iceberg

Watertight Bulkheads

Talk It Up
Any Questions?

My Turn
Answering the Questions You Wrote
Me!