Facts about the Titanic
The Titanic was owned by the White Star Line.
She was built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast,Ireland.
Launch date: May 31, 1911. It took twenty two tons of soap, grease, and train oil to slide her into the water.
She was licensed to hold 2603 passengers and 944-3547 crew. 2200 people were part of her madian voyage.
The life boats accommodated for no more than 1178 people.
She was 882 feet long (almost the length of four city blocks.
She was a tall as an eleven storey building with her nine decks.
The Titanic had 4 funnels (each one big enough to fit two trains through), three anchors that weighted a total of thirty one tons (the same weight as twenty cars), and propellers as big as windmills.
On her madian voyage she was said to carring enough food to feed a small town for several months.
The captain of the ship was Captain Smith, age 59. He served 38 years as a captain and the Titanic's madian voyage was his last trip before retirment.
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