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Titanic departing Belfast for sea trials on 2 April 1912. Titanic ' s sea trials began at 6 am on Tuesday, 2 April 1912, just two days after the fitting out was finished and eight days before departure from Southampton on the maiden voyage. [98] The trials were delayed for a day due to bad weather, but by Monday morning it was clear and fair. [99]
The navigation bridge of the Titanic. On the Titanic, the navigation bridge (or command bridge) was a superstructure where the ship's command was exercised.From this location, the officer on watch determined the ship's geographical position, gave all orders regarding navigation and speed, and received information about everything happening on board.
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.
The story of the Titanic fascinates people to this day for many reasons, Ballard said. It was at the time the world's largest ocean liner and was supposed to be virtually unsinkable.
James Cameron, who directed the movie “Titanic” and has made 33 visits to the wreckage of the luxury liner, blamed the ship’s carbon-fiber hull for the implosion in a series of interviews ...
Titanic: The Complete Story is a 1994 American two-part documentary chronicling the story of the ocean liner RMS Titanic which sank on its maiden voyage in 1912. It is a compilation of a four-hour documentary special produced by A&E Television Networks in 1994.
Titanic never stopped dominating her thoughts, though. Any time there was a development regarding the ship, discoveries, history, anything, she was on top of it.
The ship is not actually departing, though the cuts give that impression; the ship is virtually stationary through all shots. These shots are the only movie footage known of the actual Titanic itself; most film seen is of the Titanic’s sister ship, the Olympic, built at the Harland & Wolff shipyard at the same time.