*service history

-	laid down	:	31-Mar-1909
-	built	:	Harland & Wolff	Belfast, Ireland
-	launch	:	31-May-1911	No. 401
-	service	:	02-Apr-1912
-	commissioned by	:	White Star Lines
-	maiden voyage	:	14-Apr-1912	Southhampton-New York
-	sunk at maiden voyage	:	14-Apr-1912	2:20

*ocean liner - displacement : 46,329 gross tons   ( BRT) - ground tackle : 3 anchors   ( weight: 3x11,5 t) - rudder : 1   ( weight: 20,250 lbs)

*engines - shaft horsepower : 51,050 shp - speed : 21.0 kn max. 23.0 kn - oil boiler : 29 ( m2 heating area) - reciprotating : 2 producer : typ : triple expansion horsepower :2x 15,304 hp turn :75 rpm cylinder : 4 - screw : 2 leafs : 3 diameter : 16.0 ft (4,88 m) - turbine : 1 producer : typ : low pressure Parson horsepower :16,218 hp turn :165 rpm - screw : 1 leafs : 4 diameter : 16.0 ft (4,88 m)

	*geometric measurements - overall length : 882 ft 9 in   ( 269,10 m) - waterline length : 803 ft 10 in   ( 245,00 m) - vessel beam : 91 ft 2 in   ( 27,80 m) - beam : 92 ft 6 in   ( 28,20 m) - depth : 34 ft 6 in   ( 10,50 m) - draught : 38 ft 10 in   ( 11,84 m) - height waterline-boat deck : 60 ft 6 in   ( 18,40 m) - height keel-funnel-top : 175 ft   ( 53,30 m)

*lifeboats - lifeboats : 16 life saving capacity per boat : 58 - Engelhardt (collapsable) : 4

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* Wikipedia

•  RMS Titanic - Ocean Liner
•  RMS Titanic - artwork: cd51-1000g.gif

* bibliography

•  Harro Hess, Manfred Hessel, TITANIC - Zwei Gesichter einer Katastrophe, Transpress Verlag 1992 -
•  Wolf Schneider, Mythos TITANIC - Das Protokoll der Katastrophe - drei Stunden, die die Welt erschütterten, Ein Stern-Buch, 1987 -
•  Robert D.Ballard, Das Geheimnis der Titanic - 3800 m Unter Wasser, Ullstein Verlag -
•  Walter Lord, Die TITANIC Katastrophe, Heyne Buch -
•  Dr.Boris Lux, Die "Titanic" Detailbetrachtungen, Modell Werft 3/98, S.38-47 -

* web sites

•  R.M.S. Titanic -
•  A Brief History of the RMS Titanic... (Passenger-list) -
•  The Building of the Titanic -
•  In Memoriam: RMS Titanic -
•  White Star Line -
•  Constructionn of the Titanic -
•  Titanic Web Page -
•  RMS TITANIC -
•  The Titanic -
•  Untergang der Titanic (Lexikon german) -
•  Titanic Bibliography -

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