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The crew were given a bonus of a month's wages by Cunard as a reward for their actions, and some of Titanic 's passengers joined to give them an additional bonus of nearly £900 (£113,000 today), divided among the crew members.
The Titanic could carry 3,547 people in speed and comfort, [3] and was built on an unprecedented scale. Her reciprocating engines were the largest that had ever been built, standing 40 feet (12 m) high and with cylinders 9 feet (2.7 m) in diameter requiring the burning of 600 long tons (610 t) of coal per day. [3]
The last four-funnel liners built were the sister ships Arundel Castle and Windsor Castle which entered service in 1921. By 1922, only 10 of the 14 four-funnel liners remained. In 1923, the ex-Kronprinz Wilhelm was sold for scrap, followed by the ex-Deutschland in 1925. [8] By the start of the Great Depression, only 8 four-funnel liners remained.
There were 840 guest bedrooms — 416 in first-class, 162 in second-class, and 262 in third-class. The transatlantic liner carried approximately 2,200 people on its maiden voyage, 1,300 were ...
The Center of Science and Industry is opening 'Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition' on March 9. The exhibit will feature more than 200 items from the ship
The Titanic under construction at a Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast. The ship hit an iceberg and sank on her maiden voyage in April 1912. - Krista Few/Corbis/Getty Images
The Titanic has fascinated society since its fateful voyage in 1912. These four survivors lived out their lives in Texas. These four Titanic survivors are now buried in Texas.
What the evasive manoeuvre may have looked like: the Titanic, coming from the east (on the right in the picture), first goes to the left and then to the right, so that the stern, which is swinging out, does not hit the iceberg. (Bow in blue, stern in red.) The Titanic was still able to steer slightly to port (left) before the impact ...