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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, ItalianRenaissance, 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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