Information
about the Titanic: |
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| The ship was built at
the Harland and Wolff Shipbuilding in Belfast Northern Ireland in 1912. She was 882 feet
long and had a gross tonnage of 45 000 ton. She was owned by The White Star Line who were
going to use her (and her sister which was an identical ship but she was called The
Olympic) to the Atlantic traffic between Southampton and New York, USA. The Titanic only
carried 16 lifeboats, and 4 life rafts which is very little if you think of that the boat
carried about 3200 passengers and crew. Altogether the lifeboats could take only 1200 of
the passengers. Anyhow, the passengers could choose between 1st, 2nd and third class for
their voyage. The difference in price was huge (£870 for a first class ticket and as
little as £ 2 for a third class one..) and of course the majority of passengers was
third-class passengers. |
| - Length: 882 Ft 9 in. |
| - Width: 92 Ft 6 in. |
| - Titanic was only 9
inches longer than her sister ship " The Olympic". |
| - The Titanic was Apart
of the White Star Line |
| - The White Star Line
was owned by J.P. Morgan, who was also an American Railroad Tycoon |
| - Crusing Speed: 21
Knots |
| - Number of People on
Board: 2203. -1324 Passengers and 899 Crew |
| - Lifeboats: 20 |
| - Lifeboat Capacity:
1178 People |
| - Surviors: 705 |
