The Largest Mail Steamer in the World White Star Line Titanic (in service April, 1912)
882 1/2 feet long 92 1/2 feet broad 45,000 tons register 66,000 tons displacement Height from keel to top of funnels 175 feet Top speed 23 knots (engines capable of producing over 50,000 horsepower) 9 steel decks (equivalent to an 11 story building) 4 funnels (each one 22 feet in diameter. 2 locomotives could drive through at the same time, with room to spare.) 15 watertight bulkheads 24 huge boilers (each weighing 100 tons) A total of 3 million rivets (1,200 tons had gone into the hull) 3 huge anchors (weighed 31 tons each) The rudder weighed 101 tons
Four Electric Elevators Three in First Class One in Second Class
Sun Deck First and Second Class Promenade Deck Games Gymnasium Officers Quarters
Upper Promenade Deck "A" First and Second Class Promenade Verandam Cafe and Palm Court Photographic Darkroom First Class Lounge First Class Reading and Writing Room First Class Smoke Room First Class State Rooms
Promenade Deck "B" (glass enclosed) First and Second Class Promenade First Class a la Carte Restaurant First Class Suites and Cabins with bath First Class State Rooms Second Class Smoke Room
Upper Deck "C" First Class Apartments and Cabin Deluxe Enquiry Officer Second Class Library Second Class Promenade Third Class Social Hall Third Calss Smoke Room Maids and Valets' Saloon
Saloon Deck "D" First Class Dining Saloon First Class Reception Room First Class State Rooms Second Class Dining Saloon Second Class State Rooms Third Class Rooms
Main Deck "E" First Class State Rooms Second Class State Rooms Third Class Rooms
Middle Deck "F" Turkish and Electric Bath Establishment Saltwater Swimming Pool Tennis and Handball Court Second Class State Rooms Third Class Dining Saloon Third Class Rooms
Lower Deck "G" Sea Post Office Third Class Rooms
Two Lower Decks Cargo-Coal Bunkers Boilers-Engines
Double Bottom
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