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Ship Information

  Ship Caption The RMS ''Titanic'' leaving Belfast for sea trials, April 2 , 1912
  Ship Class ''Olympic''-class Ocean Liner
  Ship Builder Harland And Wolff shipyard, Belfast
  Ship Laid Down 31 March 1909
  Ship Launched 31 May 1911
  Ship Christened Not christened, as per White Star Line practice
  Ship Fate Sunk<br><small>&nbspstruck iceberg 14 April 1912 23:40<br>&nbspsank
  Ship Displacement 52,310&nbsp L/T
  Ship Length 882&nbsp Feet 9&nbsp Inch es (269&nbspm)
  Ship Beam 92&nbspfeet 6&nbspinches (28&nbspm)
  Ship Draught 34&nbspfeet 7&nbspinches (105&nbspm)
  Ship Propulsion 25 double-ended and 4 single-ended Scotch Boiler s at 215&nbsp Psi <br>Two four-cylinder Triple-expansion Reciprocating Engines each producing 15,000&nbsp Hp (12&nbspMW) at a speed of 75 Rpm for outer two propellers<br>One low-pressure (about 7&nbsppsi absolute) Steam Turbine producing 16,000&nbsphp (135&nbspMW) for the centre propeller at 165 rpm<br>Total 46,000&nbsphp at 75 rpm 59,000 hp at 83 rpm (37&nbspMW)1 Page 72 Book's Webpage
  Ship Speed <small>– service speed: 21&nbsp)</small>
  Ship Complement 2,208 <small>(maiden voyage)<br>&nbsp<small>First-class: 324<br>&nbspSecond-class: 285<br>&nbspThird-class: 708<br>&nbspCrew: 891<br>&nbspSurvivors: 712 (estimate)</small>


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