Facts and Figures

TITANIC SPECIFICATIONS Length: 882 feet, 9 inches/268 metres Decks: 9 in total (counting the orlop deck) the boat deck A,B,C,D,E,F,G below G boiler rooms. 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 Passengers: 329 First Class, 285 Second Class, 710 Third Class Crew: 899 Engines: 2 reciproctating 4 cylinder, triple expansion, direct - acting, inverted engines: 30,000hp 75 rpm. 1 low pressure Parsons turbine:16,000hp 165rpm Propellers: 3. Center: 16 feet Left/Right wings: 23 feet Gross tonnage: 46,328 tons Net tonnage: 24,900 tons Boilers: 29 Watertight compartments: 16, extending up to F deck Lifeboats: 20 total - 16 wooden lifeboats with 4 Engelhardt collapsables. Capacity - 1,178 persons Top Speed: 23 knots

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 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

OTHER FACTS Cost of a ticket First Class £870/$4,350 ($50,000 today) Third Class £3 to £6/$30 ($345 today) Cost of the Titanic (in 1912): $7.5 million Passenger Facilities: 28 First Class Staterooms & Suites, decorating designs included: Italian, Renaissance, Georgian, Modern and Old Dutch, Regency, Queen Anne and Louis XIV, XV and XV. Some had coal burning fireplaces. Gymnasium with rowing machines, a stationary bicycle and an electric horse. Swimming pool (exclusive to Titanic and Olympic). Squash court on F deck. Turkish bath. 2 Barber shops. First & Second class smoking rooms. 10,488 square foot Dining Saloon. Seating capacity 500. Authentic Parisien Café with French waiters. A piano in the Third Class common room (a luxury for its day). 4 electric elevators with operators. People on board: 2227 Survived: 705 Perished: 1522 RATIO of SURVIVORS Women & Children Men Total First Class 94% 31% 60% Second Class 81% 10% 44% Third Class 47% 14% 25% Crew 87% 22% 24% (chart source: The Titanic: End of a Dream) Final resting place of the Titanic 1000 miles due east of Boston, Massachusetts, and 375 miles southeast of St. John's, Newfoundland. Depth: 12,500 feet. Stern Section: 41°43'35" N, 49°56'54" W Boilers:41°43'32" N, 49°56'49" W Bow Section:41°43'57" N, 49°56'49" W Speed of the Titanic at impact: 20.5 knots Thank you to Jim Sadur at Jim's Titanic Site for this Information. Back to Main