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called her the “unsinkable ship”. It was the largest steam
engine ever built in the world. She was the most beautiful
and biggest ship ever to set sail to the sea. In the summer of
1907, Lord Pierrie, Harland & Wolf, J. Bruse Ismay, and
White Star Line planned to build three giant ships (Olympic,
Titanic, and Britannic). They were to be designed as the
most luxurious ships in the world, and to be built with the
finest woods and furnishings. They would cater to the rich
and affluent that traveled the North Atlantic. The three ships
would give customers luxury and they would travel at greater
speeds than ever before. In March 1909, the keel was laid
down for yard number 401, where the Titanic would be built.
It took two years to complete the construction of the ship
and cost approximately $7,500,000. She was 882.9 feet long,
92.6 feet wide, and weighted 46,329 tons. Titanic was the
largest ship ever to be built by man in the world. Twenty- two
tons of tallow, soap, and train oil were used to grease the
slipway bed to coat and protect it against the enormous
. . .
March the engineering crew began to assemble in Belfast
and some lived abroad the ship. The
ship had three propellers and could reach the estimated
speed of 24 knots (43 km/h: 27 mph).
On the 3rd of February 1912, the gigantic ship
dry-docked at the Belfast’s Thompson Graving Dock.
Out of 898 crew members only 210 survived and out of the
73 third class children only 23 survived. She also had 12
water tight doors that would close automatically if water
should reach them, which were controlled electrically
by a push of a button from the Bridge and would close fully
between 25-30 seconds. She also taught the woman on the boat to fight the
bitter cold by rowing and sharing her sable coat. All but two children
were saved in the first and class. The Titanic would have survived if all
the first four were flooded -- but not the first five. They
have tried to surface the ship, however they have yet to
succeed. In addition to the life boats the
Titanic carried 3560 life jackets and 49 buoys. On April
8, 1912, food supplies were taken abroad and all final
preparations were made for the Titanic’s maiden voyage. Except for a few minor details, the Titanic
was complete. She could hold weight up to 46,382 tons with
a displacement of approximately 52,250 tons. The water was
calm which made it difficult to look for the ice.
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