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Laid down: March 31, 1909 

Launched: May 31, 1911 

Maiden Voyage: April 10, 1912 

Length (overall) 882 ft 9 in 

Beam: 92 ft. 6 in 

Moulded depth: 59 ft 6 in 

Tonnage gross: 46,329 

Tonnage net: 21,831 

Decks: 7 

Engines: 2 triple expansion and 1 turbine 

Total horsepower: 46,000 

Service speed: 21 knots 

Top speed: 23-24 knots (est.) 

Passengers-First Class: 735 

Passengers-Second Class: 674 

Passengers-Third Class: 1,026 

Officers and Crew: 892-two for every 3 passengers 

Number of windows on the Titanic: 1116 portholes and 419 windows
   in the various deck houses for a total of 1535. 

The Titanic needed 650 tons of coal a day for her 159 furnaces. 

The Titanic's anchor chains were huge. Each link weighed 175 pounds.

Cost to build the Titanic in 1912: $7,500,000

Cost to build the Titanic today: $400,000,000 

The R.M.S. in R.M.S. Titanic stands for "Royal Mail Steamship", on the
   the Titanic was a post office for handling mail and the Titanic carried
   large amounts of mail

Cost of a one way ticket on Titanic

First Class (parlor suite) £870/$4,350 ($50,000 today)
First Class (berth) £30/$150 ($1724 today)
Second Class £12/$60 ($690 today)
Third Class £3 to £8/$40 ($172 to $460 today) 

Facilities for passengers on the Titanic:

2 Parlor Suites each with a 50 foot private promenade and 67 other
   First Class Staterooms & Suites.

Decorating designs included: Louis Seize, Empire, Adams, Italian
   Renaissance, Louis Quinze, Louis Quatorze, Georgian, Regency, Queen
   Anne, Modern Dutch and Old Dutch. Some had marble coal burning
   fireplaces. 

Gymnasium with rowing machines, a stationary bicycle and an electric
   horse. 

A heated swimming pool (the first ever built into a vessel). 

Squash court on F deck. 

Turkish bath. 

2 Barber shops with automated shampooing and drying appliances
   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. Seating capacity 554.

Authentic Parisien Café with French waiters.

A Veranda Cafe with real palm trees.

A piano in the Third Class common room/saloon (a luxury for its day).
Electric light and heat in every stateroom.

4 electric elevators complete with operators. (3 in first class, 1 in
   second class)

A state of the art infirmary staffed by 2 physicians that included an
   operating room. 

A fully equipped darkroom for amateur photographers to try their
   skills. 

A 5 kilowatt Marconi wireless radio station for sending and receiving
   passenger's telegrams.

A 50 phone switchboard complete with operator for intra-ship calls.

The Titanic's last distress, sent in Intercontinental Morse Cose, was:
   CQD CQD SOS SOS CQD DE MGY MGY
   "CQD" was the common international distress signal in use at the time.
   "SOS" was a newer distress signal. "DE" is the international code
   meaning "from", adopted from the French preposition of the same
   meaning. "MGY" was the Titanic's call signal. The signal was keyed by
   John G. Phillips, the Titanic's chief Marconi operator, using a spark
   transmitter. 



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