Interesting facts about the Titanic

The Titanic sank on April 15, 1912. Many people want to learn about this ship. Here are 41 facts about the Titanic and its demise.

Titanic and interesting facts

1. RMS Titanic was the world's largest passenger ship at the time with a length of 269 meters. The largest passenger ship today is MS Allure of the Seas, 362 meters long.

2. The ship consumes 600 tons of coal a day due to a team of 176 men using shovels to shovel coal into the furnace. Nearly 100 tons of coal slag is discharged to the sea every day.

3. The interior of the ship is inspired by each Ritz hotel in London. On-board equipment includes gym, swimming pool, Turkish bath, pet kennel and tennis court. There was even an editorial board on the ship, the Atlantic Daily Bulletin.

4. There are 20,000 bottles of beer, 1,500 bottles of wine, 8,000 cigars on board - all to serve up class passengers.

5. The ship's Grand Staircase is submerged through 7 of the 10 decks made of typical oak panels, sculpting many angelic boys and bronze paintings. Copies of this grand staircase can be found at Tinatic Museum in Branson, Missouri.

6. The stairway of the White Swan Hotel in Alnwick has Grand Staircase railings of the Olympic ship, Titanic's sister ship. These stairs are almost identical.

7. Only 16 wooden lifeboats and 4 foldable boats can be used, enough to accommodate 1,178 people, only 1/3 of Titanic's total capacity, but more on demand. legal at that time.

8. There were 246 wounded and 2 deaths within 26 months of building a ship in Belfast.

9. 20 horses are used to make the main anchor for the ship.

10. 100,000 people were present for the ship's opening ceremony on May 31, 1911.

11. 22 tons of soap and animal fat (from cows or sheep) are applied on the slide to support the ship when crossing the Lagan River.

12. The ship stopped at two locations after leaving Southampton: in Cherbourg in the south of France and Cobh (later renamed Queenstown) in Ireland.

13. Of the 885 sailors on board, only 23 are female. 699 people boarded ships at Southampton and 4 out of 10 were native people of the town.

14. The final dinner serves first-class passengers of 11 dishes.

15. First-class passengers are selected from the list of 352 songs to enjoy and the musicians on the train know all the songs.

16. John Jacob Astor IV is the richest passenger on board. He has assets worth about $ 85 million (about $ 2 billion today) and sank with the ship. A legend has it that after the ship hit the ice, he quipped the waiter: " I have requested ice, but this is absurd . "

17. A notable victim was Benjamin Guggenheim , an American businessman. Realizing the sinking ship, he and his servant, Victor Giglio became famous when they changed out of ceremonies and said: "We were wearing the best clothes and were about to sink like gentlemen. " . Eventually they discovered they sat on chairs and drank cigars.

18. Noel Leslie, Count of Rothes is also on board but survived. She was mentioned in an episode of the movie Downton Abbey. " Terribly, how much do you think Lucy Rothes will be happy with this scene, " said Earl Grantham (the film's character) when she heard about the disaster.

19. 2 of 9 rescued ship dogs, 1 Pomeranian and 1 Pekinese.

20. Many people buy tickets for the journey but have not boarded the train. Among them was Milton S.Hershey, the founder of the chocolate company, Guglielmo Marconi and Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, who died on board the RMS Lusitania three years later.

21. The last survivor of the shipwreck is Millvina Dean . She died on May 31, 2009, when the accident occurred when she was only 2 months old.

22. The iceberg was discovered at 23h40 on April 14, 1912. Frederick Fleet, the discoverer, shouted: "Iceberg! Stay right ahead!" . Fleet survived the disaster and was an observer on the ship RMS Oceanic in the twenties before joining World War II. Later, in 2012, naughty guys placed a binoculars on his grave with the words " Sorry for being 100 years late".

23. The iceberg is about 100 feet high and comes from a glacier in Greenland that began moving nearly 2,000 years ago.

24. It only takes 37 seconds from when people see the iceberg until the collision occurs.

25. Vice Admiral William McMaster Murdoch ordered the ship to turn around but it was too big to do this. The idea is that the ship may not sink if it hits the iceberg. Murdoch sank with the ship. A monument was built at Dalbeattie Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.

26. Edward Smith , the captain also sank with the ship. His last words: " Guys, you have done your job and done very well. I don't ask for anything more. " A statue of him was also built in Lichfield, Staffordshire.

27. The ship received 6 warnings about icebergs during the journey.

28. A lifesaving drill is scheduled for April 14 but later canceled without any reason.

29. The ship broke in half at 2:20 on April 15 and sank with the rest of the passengers into the ocean. The temperature was -20C and very few people could survive 15 minutes in the country, about 1% died within 2 minutes due to cold shock.

30. Charles Joughin, the baker on board, fell into the water within 2 hours but survived. He said he did not feel cold due to drinking a lot of whiskey.

31. There are 26 couples on board that newlyweds are on their honeymoon.

32. The musicians played music within 2 hours and 5 minutes when the ship sank.

33. SS California is criticized for ignoring Titanic's rescue signals. Later, she committed suicide with a German submarine.

34. The ship RMS Carpathia arrived at the scene at 4 am to bring survivors to New York. About 40,000 people welcomed them at Pier 54.

35. Only 306 bodies were found . The dead were taken to Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Maritime Museum has dedicated a section to display what was obtained from the wreck.

36. The Titanic wreck was discovered in 1985 and lies about 370 miles from Newfoundland coast, at a depth of 12,500 feet.

37. The bow has penetrated deep into the seabed 18 meters.

38. Dozens of documentaries about this disaster have been made. The most controversial is the film commissioned by Joseph Goebbels in 1943.

39. In 1997, James Cameron made the most successful film about this disaster, grossing more than $ 2 billion and winning 11 Oscars.

40. Celine Dion's main song - My heart will go on is the best-selling single in 1998 and has been covered by many other singers.

41. The most luxurious rooms on the Titanic then cost about $ 100,000 (at current exchange rates).