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Perhaps the finest room in the vessels was the first class dining saloon, over 10 ft (3.05 m) high and measuring 98 ft (30 m) long by 63 ft (19.2 m) wide. Over the central part of this room was a well that rose through three decks to a skylight.
Victorian was 520.0 ft (158.5 m) long, her beam was 60.4 ft (18.4 m) and her depth was 38.0 ft (11.6 m). Her tonnages were 10,629 GRT and 6,744 NRT . [ 6 ] She had orlop decks fore and aft of her machinery spaces, and three full decks in her hull with berths for 240 second-class passengers on the main and upper deck and up to 940 in third class.
Railway Number and name Type or Class Builder Works Number Built Wheels Location Object Number Image S&D: Locomotion No. 1: R Stephenson: 3 1825 0-4-0
She was launched on 24 February 1906 and completed on 5 June 1906. She was built to the same dimensions as RMSP's first "A-liner", Aragon: 513.2 ft (156.4 m) long, 60.4 ft (18.4 m) beam and 30.5 ft (9.3 m) depth. Amazon ' s tonnages were 10,037 GRT and 6,301 NRT. [3] Amazon had twin screws, each driven by a quadruple expansion steam engine.
[1] [2] Made in 1900–1901 and weighing 14 tons, [1] these seated 48 passengers, 32 on longitudinal seating with 16 on transverse seating in the centre. The cars were 9 feet 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (2.858 m) high and 8 feet 6 inches (2.59 m) wide, to run in tubes with a diameter of 11 feet 6 inches (3.51 m). The wooden carriage bodies were 39 feet ...
RMS Republic was a steam-powered ocean liner built in 1903 by Harland and Wolff in Belfast, and lost at sea in a collision in 1909 while sailing for the White Star Line.The ship was equipped with a new Marconi wireless telegraphy transmitter, and issued a CQD distress call, resulting in the saving of around 1,500 lives.
Most coaches ran on two four-wheel bogies which were of a 9 ft 0 in wheelbase single bolster design which hardly changed for the whole of the company's life. Some special vehicles ran on twelve wheel chassis and the six-wheel bogie on these vehicles was of 12 ft 6 in wheel-base, based on the London and North Western Railway design. All coaches ...
It was in a box three feet (914 mm) long by two feet (610 mm) wide and had been placed near the first-class gangway. One of the police officers tied a rope around the box and lowered it into the sea. When the box was lifted back up and opened, it was found to have 100 lb (45 kg) of dynamite attached to a crude timed fuse.