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The Big Piece is a large section of the Titanic ' s starboard hull extracted from its wreck. Recovered in 1998, it is the largest piece of the wreck to be recovered [2] and weighs 15 short tons (14,000 kg). It is currently located at the Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition at Luxor Las Vegas. [3]
Titanic was 882 feet 9 inches (269.06 m) long with a maximum breadth of 92 feet 6 inches (28.19 m). The ship's total height, measured from the base of the keel to the top of the bridge, was 104 feet (32 m). [16] Titanic measured 46,329 GRT and 21,831 NRT [17] and with a draught of 34 feet 7 inches (10.54 m) and displaced 52,310 tonnes. [5]
RMS Queen Elizabeth's size record stood for the longest time at over 54 years. This is a timeline of the world's largest passenger ships based upon internal volume, initially measured by gross register tonnage and later by gross tonnage.
A gold watch worn by John Jacob Astor IV, a member of the wealthy Astor family and the richest man aboard the Titanic, sold for a record-breaking £1.175 million ($1.485 million) at auction on ...
The price of gold climbed to an all-time high on Friday as uncertainty about conflict in the Middle East and the U.S. presidential election sent investors in search of a safe haven. The monthslong ...
Depending on design requirements, some ships have extremely large internal volumes in order to serve their duties. Gross tonnage is a monotonic and 1-to-1 function of the ship's internal structural volume.
A gold watch gifted to the captain of a ship which rescued more than 700 passengers and crew from the Titanic has sold for a record-breaking £1.56 million ($1.97 million).
The Precious Metals, Comprising Gold, Silver and Platinum. New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1909: 255. — "Pure platinum, according to G. Matthey has a density of 21.46." 79 Au gold; use: 19.3 g/cm 3: WEL (near r.t.) 19300 kg/m 3: LNG (at r.t.) 19.3 g/cm 3: CRC (near r.t.) 19.3 g/cm 3: 81 Tl thallium; use: 11.85 g/cm 3: WEL (near r.t.) 11850 ...