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Specifications: History of the Titanic It took a year to design the first two ships. Construction of Olympic started in December 1908, followed by Titanic in March 1909. The Belfast shipyards of Harland & Wolff had to be redesigned to accommodate the immense projects, while White Star's pier in New York City had to be lengthened to enable the ships to dock. During the two years it took to complete Titanic's hull, publicity about the ship's magnificence made Titanic a legend before its first cruise. The "launch" of the completed steel hull on May 31, 1911 was heavily publicized. The ship was then "fitted out," which involved
construction of the ship's many facilities and systems, its elaborate
woodwork, and elegant decor. As the date of Titanic's maiden voyage
approached, the completed Olympic suffered a collision and required
extensive repairs, increasing the workload at Harland & Wolff,
which was struggling to complete Titanic on schedule. Titanic's
maiden voyage was delayed from March 20 to April 10. The ship was also designed to be a symbol of modern
safety technology. It had a double-hull of 1-inch thick steel plates
and a 16 water-tight compartments sealed by massive doors that could
be instantly triggered by a single electric switch on the bridge,
or even automatically by electric water-sensors. The original design
called for 32 lifeboats, but White Star Line thought the boat-deck
would look cluttered and reduced the number to 16, for a total lifeboat
capacity of 1,178. This capacity exceeded the current regulations
requiring space for 962, even though Titanic was capable of carrying
some 3,500 passengers and crew and had more than 2,200 aboard for
its maiden voyage. The press labeled the ship "unsinkable."
The ship's much-publicized maiden voyage lured British nobility, members of American society and industrialists, as well as many poor emigrants hoping to begin a new life in America. The journey began at Southampton, England, at noon on April 10, 1912. By nightfall Titanic had stopped in Cherbourg, France, to pick up additional passengers. That evening it sailed for Queenstown, Ireland, and at 1:30 PM on April 11, the ship headed into the Atlantic Ocean toward New York City. Seasoned transatlantic passengers were impressed by the new ship. It was so massive that they barely felt the movement of the sea at all. The huge engines were quiet and produced almost none of the vibration common on other steamers as the ship traveled comfortably at 22 knots ( about 25 miles per hour). Weather was pleasant and clear, and the water temperature
was about 55° F. The winter of 1912 had been unusually mild,
and unprecedented amounts of ice had broken loose from the arctic
regions. Titanic was equipped with Marconi's new wireless telegraph
system and the two Marconi operators kept the wireless room running
24 hours a day. On Sunday, April 14, the fifth day at sea, Titanic
received five different ice-warnings, but Captain Edward Smith was
not overly concerned. The ship steamed ahead at 22 knots, and the
White Star's Managing Director J. Bruce Ismay hoped to arrive in
New York a day ahead of schedule. By all accounts, the night was uncommonly clear and dark, moonless but faintly glowing with a sky full of stars. The stars were so bright that one officer mistook the planet Jupiter, then rising just above the horizon, for a steamship light. The sea was unusually calm and flat, "like glass" according to many survivors. The lack of waves made it even more difficult to spot icebergs, since there was no telltale white water breaking at the edges of the icebergs. At 11:40 p.m. lookout Fred Fleet in the crow's nest spotted an iceberg dead ahead. He notified the bridge, and First Officer William Murdoch ordered the ship turned hard to port. He signaled the engine room to reverse direction, full astern. The ship turned slightly, but it was too large, was moving too fast, and the iceberg was too close. Just seconds later, one of the greatest maritime disasters in history began unfolding. Within hours, 705 lives were saved, but 1,502 lives were lost. |