» This ship was designed to carry fare-paying passengers across the Atlantic from  
            Britain to the United States.  

         » The completed ship cost US$7.5 million in 1912.  

         » To get the massive ship in the water, over 2235 tonnes of soap, grease and   
            train-oil were used.  

         » The TITANIC was launched on May 31, 1911 before a cheering crowd of 10000. 
  

FIRST & LAST VOYAGE  
        APRIL 10, 1912: The TITANIC commenced her maiden voyage from Southampton  
        to New York, with 2227 passengers and crew on board.  
        » On the maiden voyage, the TITANIC carried enough food to feed a small town   
            for several months.  

        » On Aprill 11, Queenstown, Ireland, the final passengers boarded. Since no dock  
            could accomodate her, they had to be ferried to her.  

        » This is a small list of what the TITANIC took on her on her maiden voyage:  

               -Coffee.................................998kg  
               -Dinner Plates.....................12,000  
               -Champagne glasses...........15,000  
               -Table Napkins................... 45,000  
               -Apples.................................36,000  
               -Oranges..............................36,000   
               -Lemons...............................16,000  
               -Grapes................................454kg  
               -Fresh Eggs.........................35,000  
               -Fresh Meat........................34,019kg  
               -Fresh milk..........................6,820 litres  
               -Fresh butter.......................2,722kg  
               -Ice-cream...........................794kg  
               -Potatoes.............................40.6 tonnes  
               -Asparagus..........................800 bundles  
               -Wine...................................1000 bottles  
               -Ale and stout.....................15,000 bottles  
 

BREAKING RECORDS  
         The Titanic broke all records for size and opulence.  
         » Length: 269m   »Weight: 47,071 tonnes   »Height: 9 decks (11-storeys)  

         » Top speed: 44kmh   »Fuel consumption: 838 tonnes of coal per day  

         » Fresh water consumption: 63,645 tonnes per day  

         » Lifejackets: 3,560   »Lifeboats: 20; capable of rescuing 1,178 people  

         » Crew: 907   »Passengers: 1,320   »Survivors: 705  
 

DISASTER  
         SUNDAY, April 14, 1912: The ship received nine ice warnings but still steams  
                                                full speed ahead at 22 knots, or about 44kmh.  
        » 11.40pm: Crew reports an iceberg directly in the path of the TITANIC.  

        » The ship creaks as the engines are forced into reverse; the middle engine does  
           not have a reverse gear on it. The ship hits the ice-berg.  

        » Cargo Rooms 1-5 and Boiler Room 6 flood from ice-berg damage.  

        » April 15, 2.20am: The TITANIC sinks, approximately 21.7km from where her   
           distress calls were transmitted.  

        » 1522 lives were lost.  

        » April 15, 4.00am: The 705 surviviors, afloat in the ship's lifeboats, are rescued  
           by Cunard Liner, CARPHATHIA.    

 Do you know???  

  » The original design of the TITANIC, and it's sister ships, the Olympic and the   
     Britannic, had 3 funnels. However, Lord Pirrie of Harland and Wolff felt that 4  
     would give the ships a better overall look.  

  » The original design called for 32 lifeboats. However White Star management felt  
     that the boat-deck would look cluttered, and reduced the number to 20.  

  » There were 29 boilers each weighing nearly 100 tonnes and 3 anchors weighed   
     31.5 tonnes.  

  » There were 3 propellers---the middle one was 4.88m across and the other 2 were  
     over 7m across.  

  » The Titanic had 28 staterooms and suites for the first class passengers. The special   
     staterooms was located amidships on deck B and C and they were designed in   
     different ways. The first-class passengers could choose between a room in designs of  
     Louis XIV, XV, XVI, empire, Italian, Renaissance, Georgian Regency, Queen Anne   
     and both Modern and Old Dutch!  

  » A place where people met aboard The Titanic at night was the huge dining saloon   
     located at D deck. It was 114 feet long and 92 feet width. It took maximum 500 people at 
     a siting.  

  » The ship even had a French restaurant "Café Parisien" with French waiters.  

  » The second class section was designed to be far superior to the first-class rooms of   
     on any other liner.  

  » After the TITANIC hit the ice-berg, some passengers went out to the deck to play  
     with the ice.  

  » Most of the first-class passengers did not want to go outside in the cold.  

  » By 12.45am, the first life-boat, No.7, was lowered. It had a capacity of 65, but left with  
     only 28.  

  » Lifeboats were lowered with women and children first. Men were forced to stay   
     behind.  

  » Many of the officers were skeptical of the amount of weight the davits could hold,  
     because they were never informed of the rigorous testing that the davits endured.  
     This is one of the reasons that many lifeboats left half-full.  

  » At 12.55am, lifeboat No.6 left with fewer than 28 people. No.5 was lowered with 41  
     and No.3 with 32; all had a capacity of 65. Boat No.1 left with 12, but had a capacity  
     of 40.  
  » The musicians kept playing until the boat sank.  

  » One millionaire, Ben Guggenheim, exchanged his life belt for a sweater. He wanted  
     to die like a gentleman.  

  » Many 3rd class or steerage passengers were trapped in the ship. Some had to break  
     barriers between 1st class and 3rd class to escape to the upper decks.  

  » Even on lifeboats, many passengers still felt the TITANIC would not sink.  

  » Captain Edward J. Smith went down with the TITANIC. Thomas Andrews, the ship's  
     builder also went down with her.  

  » Chief baker Charles Joughin owed his survival to alcohol. He stepped off the stern of  
     the TITANIC and swam around in the water, oblivious to the cold, until picked up by  
     another lifeboat. He had drank a large amount of liquor before the sinking.  

  » The TITANIC had sent messages with her reported position 41°44" N, 50°24"W  
     and later 41°46"N, 50°14"W.  
 

         THE TITANIC'S FINAL RESTING PLACE IS 

PEOPLE HAVE COLLIDED WIH DESTINY.

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