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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