RMS Titanic

RMS Titanic departing Southampton on 10 April 1912.
Career ( United Kingdom)	White Star Line
Name:	RMS Titanic
Owner:	White Star Line
Port of registry:	Liverpool
Route:	Southampton to New York City
Ordered:	31 July 1908
Builder:	Harland and Wolff yards in Belfast, Ulster, Ireland
Yard number:	401
Laid down:	31 March 1909
Launched:	31 May 1911
Christened:	Not christened
Completed:	31 March 1912
Maiden voyage:	10 April 1912
In service:	1912
Identification:	Radio Callsign "MGY" UK Official Number: 131428
Fate:	Sank on 15 April 1912 after hitting an iceberg in middle of Atlantic Ocean
General characteristics
Class and type:	Olympic-class ocean liner
Tonnage:	46,328 gross register tons (GRT)
Displacement:	52,310 tons
Length:	882 ft 9 in (269.1 m)
Beam:	92 ft 0 in (28.0 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 (Lettered A through G)
Installed power:	24 double-ended (six furnace) and 5 single-ended (three furnace) Scotch marine boilers Two four-cylinder reciprocating triple-expansion steam engines each producing 15,000 hp for the two outboard wing propellers at 75 revolutions per minute One low-pressure turbine producing 16,000 hp 46,000 HP (design) – 59,000 HP (maximum)
Propulsion:	Two bronze triple-blade wing propellers One bronze quadruple-blade centre propeller.
Speed:	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) (maximum)
Capacity:	Passengers and crew (fully loaded): 3547 Staterooms (840 total): First Class: 416 Second Class: 162 Third Class: 262 Plus 40 open berthing areas
Crew:	860

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RMS Titanic was the largest passenger steamship in the world when she set off on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City on 10 April 1912. Four days into the crossing, at 23:40 on 14 April 1912, she struck an iceberg and sank at 2:20 the following morning, resulting in the deaths of 1,517 people in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history.
An Olympic-class passenger liner, RMS Titanic was owned by the White Star Line and constructed at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland. She set sail for New York City with 2,227 people on board. The high casualty rate when the ship sank was due in part to the fact that, although complying with the regulations of the time, the ship carried lifeboats for only 1,178 people. A disproportionate number of men died due to the women and children first protocol that was followed.
Titanic was designed by some of the most experienced engineers, and used some of the most advanced technologies available at the time. It was a great shock to many that, despite the extensive safety features, Titanic sank, and the fact that it sank on its maiden voyage added to the particularly ironic nature of the tragedy. The frenzy on the part of the media about Titanic's famous victims, the legends about the sinking, the resulting changes to maritime law, and the discovery of the wreck have contributed to the interest in Titanic.