Loss of the Steamship "Titanic"Great Britain. Court to investigate loss of steamship "Titanic"
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Loss of the Steamship "Titanic"
Great Britain. Court to investigate loss of steamship "Titanic"
Shipwrecks; Titanic (Steamship)
Feet
Length 852.50
Breadth 92.50
Depth from top of keel to top of beam at lowest point of
sheer of C deck, the highest deck which extends
continuously from bow to stern 64.75
Depth of hold 59.58
Height from B to C deck 9.00
Height from A to B deck 9.00
Height from boat to A deck 9.50
Height from boat deck to water line amidships at time of
accident, about 60.50
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Displacement at 34 feet 7 inches is tons 52,310
The propelling machinery consisted of two sets of four-cylinder
reciprocating engines, each driving a wing propeller, and a turbine
driving the center propeller. The registered horsepower of the
propelling machinery was 50,000. The power which would probably have
been developed was at least 55,000.
_Structural arrangements._--The structural arrangements of the _Titanic_
consisted primarily of--
(1) An outer shell of steel plating, giving form to the ship up to the
top decks.
(2) _Steel decks._--These were enumerated as follows:
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