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112th Titanic anniversary

RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner, operated by the White Star Line, which sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK, to New York City, United States. Of the estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard, more than 1,500 died, making it the deadliest sinking of a single ship up to that time.^[​a] It remains the deadliest peacetime sinking of a superliner or cruise ship.^[​4] The disaster drew public attention, provided foundational material for the disaster film genre, and has inspired many artistic works.

RMS Titanic was the largest ship afloat at the time she entered service and the second of three Olympic-class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line. She was built by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. Thomas Andrews, the chief naval architect of the shipyard, died in the disaster.^[​5] Titanic was under the command of Captain Edward Smith,^[​6] who went down with the ship. The ocean liner carried some of the wealthiest people in the world, as well as hundreds of emigrants from Great Britain and Ireland, Scandinavia, and elsewhere throughout Europe, who were seeking a new life in the United States and Canada.

The first-class accommodation was designed to be the pinnacle of comfort and luxury, with a gymnasium, swimming pool, libraries, high-class restaurants, and opulent cabins. A high-powered radiotelegraph transmitter was available for sending passenger "marconigrams" and for the ship's operational use.^[​7] Titanic had advanced safety features, such as watertight compartments and remotely activated watertight doors, contributing to its reputation as "unsinkable".

Titanic was equipped with 16 lifeboat davits, each capable of lowering three lifeboats, for a total of 48 boats; she carried only 20 lifeboats, four of which were collapsible and proved hard to launch while she was sinking.^[​8] Together, the 20 lifeboats could hold 1,178 people—about half the number of passengers on board, and one third of the number of passengers the ship could have carried at full capacity (consistent with the maritime safety regulations of the era). When the ship sank, many of the lifeboats that had been lowered were only about half full.


Photo by Titanic Honor and Glory

Name	RMS Titanic
Owner	White Star Line
Operator	White Star Line
Port of registry	Liverpool, England
Route	Southampton to New York City
Ordered	17 September 1908
Builder	Harland and Wolff, Belfast
Cost	£1.5 million (£150 million in 2019)
Yard number	401
Way number	400
Laid down	31 March 1909
Launched	31 May 1911
Completed	2 April 1912
Maiden voyage	10 April 1912
In service	1912
Out of service	15 April 1912
Identification	UK official number 131428[​1] Code letters HVMP[​2] Wireless call sign MGY
Fate	Struck an iceberg at 11:40 pm (ship's time) 14 April 1912 on her maiden voyage and sank 2 h 40 min later on 15 April 1912; 112 years ago
Status	Wreck
General characteristics
Class and type	Olympic-class ocean liner
Tonnage	46,329 GRT, 21,831 NRT
Displacement	52,310 tons
Length	882 ft 9 in (269.1 m) overall
Beam	92 ft 6 in (28.2 m)
Height	175 ft (53.3 m) (keel to top of funnels)
Draught	34 ft 7 in (10.5 m)
Depth	64 ft 6 in (19.7 m)
Decks	9 (A–G)
Installed power	24 double-ended and five single-ended boilers feeding two reciprocating steam engines for the wing propellers, and a low-pressure turbine for the centre propeller;[​3] output: 46,000 HP
Propulsion	Two three-blade wing propellers and one centre propeller
Speed	Service: 21 kn (39 km/h; 24 mph). Max: 23 kn (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Capacity	Passengers: 2,453, crew: 874. Total: 3,327 (or 3,547 according to other sources)
Notes	Lifeboats: 20 (sufficient for 1,178 people)

SS Nomadic is a former tender of the White Star Line, launched on 25 April 1911 at Belfast, that is now on display in Belfast's Titanic Quarter. She was built to transfer passengers and mail to and from the ocean liners RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic. She is the only surviving vessel designed by Thomas Andrews, who also helped design those two ocean liners, and the last White Star Line vessel in existence today.

Name	Nomadic (1911–1934) Ingenieur Minard (1934–1974)
Owner	White Star Line (1911–1927) Société Cherbourgeoise Transbordement (1927–1934) Société Cherbourgeoise de Remorquage et de Sauvetage (1934–1968)
Operator	White Star Line (1911–1934) Société Cherbourgeoise de Remorquage et de Sauvetage (1934–1968)
Port of registry	Cherbourg, France
Builder	Harland and Wolff, Belfast
Yard number	422
Laid down	22 December 1910
Launched	25 April 1911
Completed	27 May 1911
Acquired	27 May 1911
Maiden voyage	31 May 1911
In service	1911–1968
Out of service	1968
Fate	Sold to UK
United Kingdom
Name	Nomadic (1974–present)
Operator	Titanic Belfast Ltd
Port of registry	Cherbourg, France
Acquired	2006
Identification	IMO number: 5161110
Status	Museum ship, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
General characteristics
Tonnage	1,273 GRT
Length	220 ft (67 m)
Beam	37 ft (11 m)
Draught	8 ft (2.4 m)
Decks	5
Installed power	2 single-ended Scotch marine boilers
Propulsion	2 double-expansion engines powering 2 triple-bladed propellers
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Capacity	1,000 passengers
Crew	14

Credits to:
-Titanic Honor and Glory/ Project 401 for interiors
-CronosDarth, much of the structure was based on his map of the RMS TITANIC
-Encyclopedia TITANICA for Deck Plans
-Oceanliners Design



I hope and enjoy your stay aboard the most famous ship in the world. :-)

-MR0CH8 2024