Titanic

RMS TITANIC - SPECIFICATIONS
Length: 882 feet, 8 inches/268 metres Gross tonnage: 46,328 tons Net tonnage: 24,900 tons Total capacity: 3547 passengers and crew, fully loaded
Decks: 9 in total (counting the orlop deck) the boatdeck, A,B,C,D,E,F,G and below G boiler rooms. Beam: 92.5 feet/28 meters Height: 60.5 feet waterline to Boat Deck, 175 feetkeel to top of funnels. Depth: 59.5 feet Draft: about 34 feet Engines: 2 reciproctating 4 cylinder, tripleexpansion, direct - acting, inverted engines: 30,000hp77 rpm. 1 low pressure Parsons turbine: 16,000hp165rpm Propellers: 3 ; Center turbine: 17 feet ; Left/Rightwings: 23 feet 6 inches Boilers: 29 (24 double ended boilers and 5 singleended boilers) Furnaces: 159 providing a total heating surface of144,142 sq. feet Steam pressure: 215 P.S.I. Watertight compartments: 16, extending up to F deck Lifeboat davits: 14 double acting Welin's with Murraysdisengaging gear Lifeboats: 20 total as follows: 14 wood lifeboats each 30'0" long by 9'1" by 4'0" deepwith a capacity of 65 persons each2 wood cutters 25'2" long by 7'2" by 3'0" deep with acapacity of 40 persons each4 Englehardt collapsible boats 27'5" by 8'0" by 3'0"deep with a capacity of 47 persons each
Lifeboat Total Rated Capacity: 1,178 persons Personal floatation devices: 3560 life jackets and 49life buoys Fuel requirement: 825 tons of coal per day Water consumption: 14,000 gallons of fresh water perday Top Speed: 23 knots A First Class Stateroom The Third Class Dining Room The Barbershop Titanic's Bow Today Titanic's Bow under construction The Anchor Chain The Boat Deck The Titanic Docked The last photograph taken of the Titanic Titanic Newspaper Headline Olympic next to the Titanic being fitted Titanic's Propeller Painting of Titanic The Marconi Radio Room Captain Smith The Grand Staircase Another view of the Grand Staircase Another View Titanic at Sea One of the Watertight Doors TITANIC PROVISIONS
Fresh Meat 75,000 lbs Fresh Fish 11,000 lbs Salt & dried fish 4,000 lbs Bacon and Ham 7,500 lbs Poultry and game 25,000 lbs Fresh Eggs 40,000 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 etc.10,000 lbs Sugar 10,000lbs Flour 250 barrels Cereals 10,000 lbs Apples 36,000 Oranges 36,000 Lemons 16,000 Grapes 1,000lbs Grapefruit 13,000 Jams and Marmalade 1,120 lbs Fresh Milk 1,500 gal Fresh Cream 1,200 qts Condensed Milk 600 gals Fresh Butter 6,000lbs Linens
Aprons: 4,000 Blankets: 7,500 Table Cloths: 6,000 Bed Covers: 3,600 Eiderdown Quilts: 800 Single Sheets: 15,000 Table Napkins: 45,000 Bath Towels: 7,500 Fine Towels: 25,000 Roller Towels: 3,500 Double Sheets: 3,000 Pillow-slips: 15,000 Ales and Stout 15,000 bottles Wines 1,000 bottles Spirits 850 bottles Minerals 1,200bottles Cigars 8,000 57,600 items of crockery 29,000 pieces of glassware 44,000 pieces of cutlery. Among these:
Tea Cups: 3,000 Dinner Plates: 12,000 Ice Cream Plates: 5,500 Soufflé Dishes: 1,500 Wine Glasses: 2,000 Salt Shakers: 2,000 Pudding Dishes: 1,200 Finger Bowls: 1,000 Oyster Forks: 1,000 Nut Crackers: 300 Egg Spoons: 2,000 Grape Scissors: 1,500 Asparagus Tongs: 400

TITANIC CARGO CLAIMED AS LOST
3,364 bags of mail and between 700 and 800 parcels. One Renault 35 hp automobile owned by passengerWilliam Carter. One Marmalade Machine owned by passenger Edwina Trout.
Oil painting by Blondel, "La Circasienne Au Bain"owned by Hokan Björnström-Steffanson. Seven parcels of parchment of the Torah owned by HershL. Siebald. Three crates of ancient models for the Denver Museum. 50 Cases of toothpaste for Park & Tilford 11 bales of rubber for the National City Bank of NewYork Eight dozen tennis balls were lost which were to goto R.F. Downey & Co. A cask of china headed for Tiffany's. Five Grand Pianos. Thirty cases of golf clubs and tennis rackets for A.G.Spalding. A jewelled copy of The Rubáiyát by Omar Khayyám, withillustrations by Eliku Vedder sold for £405 at auctionin March of 1912 to an American bidder. The bindingtook two years to execute, and the decoration embodiedno fewer than 1,500 precious stones, each separatelyset in gold. Four cases of opium


Passenger Facilities : 2 Parlor Suites each with a 50 foot private promenadeand 67 other First Class Staterooms & Suites.Decorating designs included: Louis Seize, Empire,Adams, Italian Renaissance, Louis Quinze, LouisQuatorze, Georgian, Regency, Queen Anne, Modern Dutchand Old Dutch. Some had marble coal burningfireplaces. Gymnasium with rowing machines, a stationary bicycleand an electric horse. A heated swimming pool (the first ever built into avessel). Squash court on F deck. Turkish bath. 2 Barber shops with automated shampooing and dryingappliances available for all classes.. First & Second class smoking rooms (for the men). Reading and writing rooms (for the ladies). First & Second class libraries. 10,488 square foot First Class Dining Saloon. Seatingcapacity 554. Authentic Parisien Café with French waiters. A Veranda Cafe with real palm trees. A piano in the Third Class common room/saloon (aluxury for its day). Electric light and heat in every stateroom. 4 electric elevators complete with operators. (3 infirst class, 1 in second class) A state of the art infirmary staffed by 2 physiciansthat included an operating room. A fully equipped darkroom for amateur photographers totry their skills. A 5 kilowatt Marconi wireless radio station forsending and receiving passenger's telegrams. A 50 phone switchboard complete with operator forintra-ship calls. Other Facts
In 1912, skilled shipyard workers who built Titanicearned £2 ($10) per week. Unskilled workers earned £1or less per week. A single First Class berth wouldhave cost these workers 4 to 8 months wages. Fee to send a wireless telegram: 12 shillings andsixpence/$3.12 ($36 today), for the first 10 words,and 9 pence per word thereafter. Passenger telegrams sent & received during the voyage:over 250. Cost of the Titanic (in 1912): $7,500,000 Cost to build Titanic today: $400,000,000 Crew Salaries
Captain E.J. Smith, Titanic: £105 a month Captain Rostron, Carpathia: £53 per month Seaman Edward Buley: £5 a month Look-out G.A. Hogg: £5 and 5 shillings a month Radio Operator Harold Bride: £48 per month Steward Sidney Daniels: £3 and 15 shillings a month Stewardess Annie Robinson: £3 and 10 shillings a month
(Note: The range of salaries was quite extreme in1912. In today's money, Captain Smith earned about$72,500 per year while Stewardess Robinson earned only$2400 per year!)