Specifications

Statistics:

• Capacity: 3,547 passengers and crew
• *People Onboard: 2,223 passengers and crew
• Length: 882.9 ft.
• Width: 92.5 ft.
• Height: From keel, to top of funnels - 175 ft.
• Weight: 46,328 (gross) tons
  
• Decks: 10 (Boat, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, Lower, Orlop, Tank Top)
• Life Boats: 20
  Types: 14 regular, 4 Engelhardt collapsables, 2 emergency
  Capacity: 1,178
• *Saved: 705
• *Lost: 1,518

* These figures are an approximate

Facts about the Titanic:

• Passengers: 329 First Class, 285 Second Class, 710 Third Class
• Crew: 899
• Titanic had 29 boilers that were 15 feet high. Each weighed almost 100 tons.
• She required 825 tons of coal per day.
• Engines: 2 reciproctating 4 cylinder, triple expansion,direct-acting, inverted engines: 30,000hp 77 rpm. 1 low pressure
• Parsons turbine: 16,000hp 165rpm.
• The rudder weighed 20,250 lbs.
• The yard number assigned to the Titanic by Harland and Wolff was 401.
• Her official Board of Trade number was 131,428.
• Each funnel was large enough to drive two trains through.
• There were four funnels, but the forth funnel was a dummy. It was used for looks and for ventilation.
• Titanic had 3 propellers. The middle on was 16 feet across and the two side ones were over 23 feet across.
• One of the anchors of the Titanic had a mass of 15.5 tons. They needed 20 horses to pull the anchor.
• The Titanic actually carried more lifeboats then were required by law at the time.
• She had 3 anchors, which weighed a total of 31 tons.
• Each chain link weighed about 175 lbs.
• The Titanic had a gym and a swimming bath (pool) which were both very new to ocean liners.
• There were 15 watertight bulkheads that went up to E deck.
• Titanic's top speed was 23 knots.
• Titanic's cruising speed was 21 knots.
• The Titanic cost 7.5 million US dollars to build.
• The Cafe Parisien was made to emulate a Parisian sidewalk cafe.
• Stood on end, the Titanic would have been higher that any of the buildings of her day.
• There were 3 elevators in 1st Class and 1 in 2nd Class.
• The Titanic had one Renault Automobile on board.
• She consumed 14,000 gallons of fresh water per day.
• The people that reserved the suite B51 (one of the best suites), which had 3 rooms and its own promenade, paid almost $4,350 dollars (in 1912) for it.
• The Titanic had a great triple-toned whistle - the largest ever built.
• 5,892 tons of coal were on the Titanic.
• 23 tons of soap, grease, and train oil were used to slide the Titanic into the water. The whole process took only sixty-two seconds for the Titanic to complete her journey down the ways.
• She had 66,000 tons displacement.
• The anchor of the Titanic had a mass of 15.5 tons. They needed 20 horses to pull the anchor.
• During Titanic's construction, an astonishing 3 million rivets had been hammered into her hull.
• More than 15,000 people build the Titanic and the Olympic. The largest moving objects that had been constructed, at the time.
• The wealthiest passenger aboard was Colonel John Jacob Astor, with a fortune estimated at around 100 million dollars. He had just remarried an 18 year old. He died in the sinking.
• JP Morgan, the ship's owner, cancelled his trip.
• The Titanic was actually an American ship, not a British ship.

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  Provisions:
  (food & drink)

  Fresh Meat - 75,000 lbs
  Fresh Fish - 11,000 lbs
  Salt & Dried Fish - 4,000 lbs
  Bacon & Ham - 7,500 lbs
  Poultry & 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 - 10,000 lbs
  Sugar - 10,000 lbs
  Flour - 250 barrels
  Cereals - 10,000 lbs
  Apples - 36,000
  Oranges - 36,000
  Lemons - 16,000
  Grapes - 1,000 lbs
  Grapefruit - 13,000
  Jams and Marmalade - 1,120 lbs
  Fresh Milk - 1,500 gallons
  Fresh Cream - 1,200 quarts
  Condensed Milk - 600 gallons
  Fresh Butter - 6,000 lbs
  Ales and Stout - 15,000 bottles
  Wines - 1,000 bottles
  Spirits - 850 bottles
  Minerals - 1,200 bottles
  Cigars - 8,000
  

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  Tableware:

  57,600 items of crockery
  29,000 pieces of glassware
  44,000 pieces of cutlery
  
  12,000 dinner plates
  2,500 breakfast plates
  2,000 dessert plates
  5,500 icecream plates
  4,500 soup plates
  1,500 coffee saucers
  3,000 tea saucers
  4,500 breakfast saucers
  1,000 finger bowls
  500 salad bowls
  45,000 table napkins
  40,000 towels
  4,500 breakfast cups
  3,000 beef tea cups
  3,000 tea cups
  1,500 coffee cups
  1,000 cream jugs
  1,000 champagne glasses
  2,000 wine glasses
  1,500 cocktail glasses
  1,200 liquor glasses
  300 celery glasses
  1,200 pie dishes
  1,200 pudding dishes
  400 fruit dishes
  400 butter dishes
  400 entrée dishes
  1,500 crystal dishes
  400 meat dishes
  400 vegtable dishes
  1,500 souffle dishes
  3,000 beef tea dishes
  8,000 cut glass tumblers
  1,200 teapots
  2,000 salt shakers
  500 flower vases
  1,000 oyster forks
  8,000 dinner forks
  1,500 fish forks
  1,500 fruit forks
  400 butter knives
  1,500 fruit knives
  8,000 dessert knives
  1,500 fish knives
  3,000 dessert spoons
  6,000 teaspoons
  1,500 mustard spoons
  1,500 salt spoons
  2,000 egg spoons
  300 nut crakers
  100 grape scissors
  400 asparagus tongs
  400 sugar tongs
  400 toast racks
  400 sugar basins
  300 claret jugs
  1,200 coffee pots
  2,500 water bottles
  

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  Linen:
  

  6,000 table cloths
  45,000 table napkins
  4,000 aprons
  3,600 bed covers
  800 eiderdown quilts
  15,000 single sheets
  3,000 double sheets
  7,500 blankets
  15,000 pillow slips
  7,500 bath towels
  25,000 fine towels
  3,500 roller towels
  

Costs:

• Cost to build Titanic:
  Then: $7,500,000
  Now: $400,000,000
• Cost for one-way tickets:
  

  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)

• Cost for a Turkish or Electric Bath: $1 ($5 today)
• Cost to send Marconi Wireless Telegram: 12 shillings and sixpence/$3.12 ($36 today),
  for the first 10 words, and 9 pence per word thereafter. Passenger telegrams sent & received during the voyage: over 250

Copyright © 2000 by Andrew Udvare.
Last Updated: 08/24/00.