Cruise Ship Model RMS Titanic

The Royal Mail Ship (RMS) Titanic was designed to be one of the greatest achievements of an era of prosperity, confidence, and propriety known as the Gilded Age. White Star Line, one of the industry leaders, focused on size and elegance rather than just speed, and in 1907, conceived of three magnificent steamships that would set a new standard for comfort, elegance, and safety. These were to be named the Olympic, the Britannic and the Titanic.

The RMS Titanic, named by J.BRUCE ISMAY, was built in March 1909 and was launched on May 31, 1911. During the two years it took to complete Titanic's hull, publicity about the ship's magnificence made Titanic a legend before its first cruise. The "launch" of the completed steel hull was heavily publicized.

Titanic was a massive ship--883 feet long, 92 feet wide, and displacing (or weighing) 52,310 long tons ( a long ton is 2240 pounds). It was 175 feet tall from the keel to the top of the four stacks or funnels, almost 35 feet of which was below the waterline. Titanic was taller above the water than most urban buildings of the time! There were three real smokestacks, with a fourth "dummy" stack added to increase the impression of its size and power and to vent smoke from the ship’s numerous galleys. At the time, Titanic was the largest ever movable man-made object.

Titanic was designed to be a marvel of modern safety technology and her accommodations were the most modern and luxurious on any ocean. It had a double-hull of 1-inch thick steel plates and made up of 16 water-tight compartments sealed by massive doors that could be instantly triggered by a single electric switch on the bridge, or even automatically by electric water-sensors.

The press labeled the ship "unsinkable."

Titanic’s accommodations were considered the most modern and luxurious on any ocean, and included electric light and heat in every room, electric elevators, a swimming pool, a squash court, a Turkish bath, a gymnasium with a mechanical horse and mechanical camel to keep riders fit, and staterooms and first-class facilities to rival the best hotels on the Continent.

The ship’s much-publicized maiden voyage lured British nobility, members of American society and industrialists, as well as many poor emigrants hoping to begin a new life in America. The journey began at Southampton, England, at noon on April 10, 1912. By nightfall Titanic had stopped in Cherbourg, France, to pick up additional passengers. That evening it sailed for Queenstown, Ireland, and at 1:30 PM on April 11, the ship headed into the Atlantic Ocean toward New York City.

By all accounts, the night was uncommonly clear and dark, and the weather was pleasant and clear.

Unfortunately, at 11:40 p.m on the 14th April 1912, the greatest maritime disaster in history began. During that night of heroism, terror and tragedy, 705 lives were saved, but 1502 lives were lost, and many legends were born.

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