TITANIC
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10 Facts About the Titanic
- People died on the Titanic even before it set out. ...
- The largest liner in the World. On her launch, the Titanic became the largest movable man-made object. She was 269 metres long and 28 metres wide.
- One of three. Because of her size and the new equipment it would require, it would have been too expensive to build the Titanic alone.
- Room for one (thousand) more. Around 2,200 people were on board when the Titanic sank in 1912, but her maximum capacity was around 3,500.
- The estimated overall wealth of the passengers in first class was $500 million. ...
- In first class, Titanic was a place of luxury. The liner had 4 restaurants and passengers ate off the 50 thousand pieces of bone china crockery supplied by Liverpool’s ...
- Titanic was officially responsible for delivering mail for the British Postal Service. ...
- A lifeboat drill scheduled for the 14 April was called off. This was possibly because Captain Edward Smith wished to deliver a final Sunday service before retirement