during the time it was being constructed, perhaps it had taken more than a thousand workers when built. but now, through means of technology, shipbuilders doesn't that really need thousands of workers or so to build every single ship, because of robots & machines available now that they are using to make the production more faster and demanding as well. but i think no ship/s to date or in the future would ever surpass the extremely luxurious, classically timeless facade & structure of the Titanic, because it's just solely unique, amazing and lovely. yet of course, there are more durable, innovative and supremely engineered designed ships being built now.
Nails were not used to build the ship. It was made of steel. Rivets are used in steel.
rivets
Titanic's plates were connected with about three million rivets.
Rivets
Most of the construction was done using rivets, not nuts and bolts.
25000 rivets were rotten on titanic
The rivets in the titanic were made of iron.
titanic how many people died on the titanic
The plates of Titanic were connected with about three million rivets.
Titanic was designed by hulls and rivets.
The rivets that were used in the building of the Titanic was considered poor quality, and some were not installed properly.
rivets
Nails were not used to build the ship. It was made of steel. Rivets are used in steel.
Titanic's plates were connected with about three million rivets.
Rivets
Most of the construction was done using rivets, not nuts and bolts.
Titanic had a series of rivets popped between her plates for a stretch on her starboard site for about 258 feet.