The Titanic
Weighing over forty-six thousand tons, over one hundred feet tall, eight hundred eighty-three feet long, and ninety-two feet wide. She was the largest moving object ever made by man. Press called her the �unsinkable.� She was . Her accommodations were the most modern and luxurious on any ocean, and included electric light and heat in every room, electric elevators, a squash court, a Turkish bath, a gym with a mechanical horse and staterooms and first-class facilities to rival the best hotels on the continent. She also had two libraries for the first and second classes. The original design asked for thirty-two lifeboats. But White Star management said the boat deck was to crowed so they ...
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after the palace at Versailles. �s official name was the RMS Titanic which stands for Royal Mail Steamer.
April 10,1912 Titanic left the docks of Southampton, England and was headed to Cherbourg, France and then from France they left for Queenstown, England, from England to New York City.�s top speed was 23 knots. The morning before the the sinking actually recieved numerous messages from other ships regarding icebergs in the area. The collision with the iceberg occurred at 11:40 p.m. April 14, 1912, off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. Surviors say they can remember after hit the iceberg, people were out on the decks playing with chunks of ice. As sank, the band played on the deck in an effort to calm the passengers waiting for a rescue. Women and children in the first-class and second-class were given the choice to loading the lifeboats first. Captian Smith was the first to go insane he locked himself in the lookout room . He thought that it was proper for a captain to ...
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