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Titanic: Facts & Figures

Updated 12/18/2005

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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 boiler rooms. * Beam: 92.5 feet/28 meters * Height: 60.5 feet waterline to Boat Deck, 175 feet keel to top of funnels. * Depth: 59.5 feet * Draft: about 34 feet * Engines: 2 reciprocating 4 cylinder, triple expansion, direct - acting, inverted engines: 30,000hp 77 rpm. 1 low pressure Parsons turbine: 16,000hp 165rpm * Propellers: 3 ; Center turbine: 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 with Murrays disengaging gear * Lifeboats: 20 total as follows: 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 3'0" deep with a capacity of 47 persons each

* Lifeboat Total Rated 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 * Staterooms: 840 First Class: 416

Second Class: 162

Third Class: 262 plus 40 open berthing areas

* Construction and fitting out time: 3 Years * Rivets used in the hull: 3 million

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