The R.M.S. Titanic - Specifications

The R.M.S. Titanic - Specifications
RMS Titanic was a passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK to New York City, USA. The sinking of Titanic caused the deaths of 1,514 people in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history.

The R.M.S. Titanic

She was the largest ship afloat at the time of her maiden voyage. One of three Olympic class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line, she was built between 1909–11 by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. She carried 2,223 people.

The R.M.S. Titanic - Specifications

The R.M.S. Titanic - Specifications

Her passengers included some of the wealthiest people in the world, as well as over a thousand emigrants from Great Britain and Ireland, Scandinavia and elsewhere seeking a new life in North America. The ship was designed to be the last word in comfort and luxury, with an on-board gymnasium, swimming pool, libraries, high-class restaurants and opulent cabins.

She also had a powerful wireless telegraph provided for the convenience of passengers as well as for operational use. Though she had advanced safety features such as watertight compartments and remotely activated watertight doors, she lacked enough lifeboats to accommodate all of those aboard. Due to outdated maritime safety regulations, she carried only enough lifeboats for 1,178 people – slightly more than half of the number travelling on the maiden voyage and one-third her total passenger and crew capacity.

The R.M.S. Titanic - Specifications

The R.M.S. Titanic - Specifications
Length: 882 feet, 8 inches (268 meters)
Beam: 92.5 feet (28 meters)
Height: 60.5 feet waterline to Boat Deck, 175 feet keel to top of funnels
Draft: 59.5 feet
Gross Tonnage: 46,328 tons
Net Tonnage: 24,900 tons
Top Speed: 23 knots
Total Capacity: 3547 passengers and crew
Decks: 9 in all (including the Orlop Deck)- the Boat Deck, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and boiler rooms below G.
Engines: 2 reciprocating 4 cylinder, triple expansion, direct- acting, inverted engines: 30,000 hp, 77 rpm. 1 low pressure Parsons turbine: 16,000 hp, 165 rpm
Fuel Requirement: 825 tons of coal per day
Propellers: 3- Center turbine: 17 feet, Left/right wings: 23 feet, 6 inches
Boilers: 29 (24 double ended boilers and 5 single ended boilers)
Furnaces: 159 providing a total heating surface of 144,142 sq. feet
Steam pressure: 215 P.S.I.
Watertight compartments: 16, extending up to F deck
Lifeboats: 20 total as follows:
14 wood lifeboats, each 30 feet x 9 feet 1 inch, by 4 feet deep, with a carrying capacity of 65 persons each; 2 wood cutters, each 25 feet 2 inches, x 7 feet 2 inches, by 3 feet deep, with a carrying capacity of 40 persons each; 4 Englehardt collapsible boats, each 27 feet x 8 feet, by 3 feet deep, with a carrying capacity of 47 persons each
Lifeboat Total Rated Capacity: 1,179 persons
Personal floatation devices: 3,560 life jackets and 49 life buoys