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Statistics
RMS
TITANIC - SPECIFICATIONS
|
Length |
882
feet, 8 inches/268 meters |
| Gross
tonnage |
46,328 tons |
| Net
tonnage |
24,900 tons |
| Total
Capacity |
3547
passengers and crew, fully loaded |
Decks
|
9 in
total (counting the orlop deck) the boat deck, A, B, C, D, E, F, G and
below G the tank top and orlop decks (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 |
Engines
|
2
reciprocating 4 cylinder, triple expansion, direct-acting, inverted
Engines: 30,000hp 77 rpm. 1 low-pressure |
|
Parson's turbine |
16,000hp, 165rpm |
|
Propellers |
3 -
Center: 17 feet, Left & Right wings: 23 feet 6 inches |
|
Boilers |
29
(24 double ended boilers and 5 single ended boilers) |
|
Furnaces |
159
providing a total heating surface of 144,142 sq. feet |
| Steam
pressure |
215
P.S.I. |
|
Watertight compartments |
16,
extending up to F deck |
|
Lifeboat davits |
14
double acting Welin's Quadrants with Murray's disengaging gear |
|
Lifeboats
|
20 total
14 wood lifeboats each 30'0" long by 9'1" by 4'0" deep with a capacity
of 65 persons each.
2 wood cutters 25'2" long by 7'2" by 3'0" deep with a capacity of 40
persons each.
4 Englehardt collapsible boats 27'5" by 8'0" by 33'0" deep with a
capacity of 47 persons each |
|
Lifeboat Total Capacity |
1,178
persons
|
|
Personal floatation devices |
3560
life jackets and 49 life buoys
|
| Fuel
requirement |
825
tons of coal per day |
| Water
consumption |
14,000 gallons of fresh water per day |
| Top
Speed |
23
knots (estimated) |
TITANIC
PROVISIONS
57,600 items of crockery
| Tea
Cups |
3,000 |
|
Dinner Plates |
12,000 |
| Ice
Cream Plates |
5,500 |
|
Souffle Dishes |
1,500 |
|
Pudding Dishes |
1,200 |
|
Finger Bowls |
1,000 |
| Grape
Scissors |
1,500 |
|
Asparagus Tongs |
400 |
29,000 pieces of glassware
| Wine
Glasses |
2,000 |
| Salt
Shakers |
2,000 |
44,000 pieces of cutlery
|
Oyster Forks |
1,000 |
| Nut
Crackers |
300 |
| Egg
Spoons |
2,000 |
Linen
| Table
Cloths |
6,000 |
| Bed
Covers |
3,600 |
|
Eiderdown Quilts |
800 |
|
Single Sheets |
15,000 |
| Table
Napkins |
45,000 |
| Bath
Towels |
7,500 |
| Fine
Towels |
25,000 |
|
Roller Towels |
3,500 |
|
Double Sheets |
3,000 |
|
Pillow Slips |
15,000 |
|
Aprons |
4,000 |
|
Blankets |
7,500 |
Food
| Fresh
Meat |
75,000lbs |
| Fresh
Fish |
11,000lbs |
| Salt
and dried fish |
4,000lbs |
| Bacon
and Ham |
7,500lbs |
|
Poultry and game |
25,000lbs |
| Fresh
Eggs |
40,000 |
|
Sausages |
2,500lbs |
|
Potatoes |
40
tons |
|
Onions |
3,500lbs |
|
Tomatoes |
3,500lbs |
| Fresh
Asparagus |
800
bundles |
| Fresh
Green Peas |
2,500lbs |
|
Lettuce |
7,000
heads |
|
Sweetbreads |
1,000 |
| Ice
Cream |
1,750lbs |
|
Coffee |
2,200lbs |
| Tea |
800lbs |
| Rice
(Dried beans etc) |
10,000lbs
|
| Sugar |
10,000lbs |
| Flour |
250
barrels |
|
Cereals |
10,000lbs |
|
Apples |
36,000 |
|
Oranges |
36,000 |
|
Lemons |
16,000 |
|
Grapes |
1,000lbs |
|
Grapefruit |
13,000lbs |
| Jams
and Marmalade |
1,120lbs
|
| Fresh
Milk |
1,500
gal |
| Fresh
Cream |
1,200
qt |
|
Condensed Milk |
500
gals |
| Fresh
Butter |
6,000lbs |
| Ales
and Stout |
15,000 bottles |
| Wines |
1,000
bottles |
|
Spirits |
850
bottles |
|
Minerals |
1,200
bottles |
|
Cigars |
8,000 |
TITANIC
CARGO CLAIMED AS LOST
3,364 bags of
mail, and between 700 and 800 parcels
One Renault
25 hp automobile owned by passenger William Carter
One Marmalade
Machine owned by passenger Edwina Trout
Oil painting
by Blondel, "La Circasienne Au Bain" owned by Hokan Bjornstrom-Steffanson.
Seven parcels
of parchment of the Torah owned by Hersh L. Siebald
Three crates
of ancient models for the Denver Museum, Molly Brown
50 Cases of
toothpaste for Park & Tilford
11 bales of
rubber for the National City Bank of New York
Eight dozen
tennis balls to go to R.F. Downey & Co.
A cask of
china for Tiffany's
Five Grand
Pianos
Thirty cases
of golf clubs and tennis rackets for A.G. Spalding
A jeweled
copy of The Rubiyat by Omar Khayam, with illustrations by Eliku Vedder sold for
405 lbs. sterling at auction in March of 1912 to an American bidder. The binding
took two years to execute, and the decoration embodied no fewer than 1,500
precious stones, each separately set in gold.
Four cases of
opium
MORE
FACTS
Cost of a ticket (one way)
First Class
|
Parlor Suite |
870
lbs. sterling/$4,350 ($50,000 today) |
| Berth |
30
lbs. sterling/$150 ($1724 today) |
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Second Class |
12
lbs. sterling/$60 ($690 today) |
| Third
Class (Steerage) |
3 to
8 lbs. sterling /$40 ($172 to $460 today)
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Note:
In 1912,
skilled shipyard workers who built Titanic earned 2 lbs. Sterling ($10) per
week.
Unskilled
workers earned 1 lbs.. sterling or less per week.
A single
First Class berth would have cost these workers 4 to 6 months' wages.
| Fee
to send wireless telegram |
12
shillings & sixpence/$3.12 ($36 today), for the first 10 words,
9 pence per word thereafter |
|
Passenger telegrams sent & received during the voyage |
Over 250
|
| Cost
of Titanic |
$7,500,000 ($400,000,000 today) |
Crew
Salaries
|
Captain EJ Smith, Titanic |
105
lbs. Sterling a month
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Captain Rostron, Carpathia |
53
lbs. Sterling per month
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Seaman Edward Buley |
5
lbs. Sterling a month
|
|
Look-out G.A. Hogg |
5
lbs.5 shillings a month |
| Radio
Operator Harold Bride |
48
lbs. per month
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Steward Sidney Daniels |
3
lbs.15 shillings a month
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Stewardess Annie Robinson |
3
lbs.10 shillings a month
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Note:
The range of
salaries was quite extreme in 1912. In today's money, Captain Smith earned
about $72,500 per year while Stewardess Robinson earned only $2400 per year.
Passenger
Facilities
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 barbershops
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
Parisian Cafe‚ with French waiters.
A Veranda
Café 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.
AA 5-kilowatt
Marconi wireless radio station for sending and receiving passenger's telegrams
(the most powerful afloat).
A 50 phone
switchboard complete with operator for intraship calls.
Passengers
Total on
board: 2228
Note:
There are
quite a few opinions about the number of survivors.
Estimates
range from 701 to 713.
705 was the
headcount of the survivors aboard Carpathia and seems the most likely correct.
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