Where would you like to see Wikimedia in five years Submit a proposal Learn more Hide Help us with translations RMS Titanic From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Redirected from R M S Titanic Jump to navigation search Titanic redirects here For other uses see Titanic disambiguation RMS Titanic before departing Southampton England Photo taken Good Friday 5 April 1912 Career Name RMS Titanic Owner White Star Line Port of registry 1 Liverpool Route Southampton to New York City Ordered July 31 1908 2 Builder Harland and Wolff yards in Belfast Ireland Yard number 401 Laid down 31 March 1909 Launched 31 May 1911 Christened Not christened Completed 31 March 1912 Maiden voyage 10 April 1912 Identification Radio Callsign MGY UK Official Number 131428 Fate Sank on 15 April 1912 after hitting an iceberg General characteristics Class and type Olympic class ocean liner Tonnage 46 328 gross register tons GRT Displacement 52 310 tons Length 882 ft 9 in 269 1 m 3 Beam 92 ft 0 in 28 0 m 3 Height 175 ft 53 3 m Keel to top of funnels Draught 34 ft 7 in 10 5 m Depth 64 ft 6 in 19 7 m 3 Decks 9 Lettered A through G with boilers below Installed power 24 double ended six furnace and 5 single ended three furnace Scotch marine boilers Two four cylinder reciprocating triple expansion steam engines each producing 15 000 hp for the two outboard wing propellers at 75 revolutions per minute 4 One low pressure turbine producing 16 000 hp 4 46 000 HP design 59 000 HP maximum 5 Propulsion Two bronze triple blade wing propellers One bronze quadruple blade centre propeller Speed 21 knots 39 km h 24 mph 23 knots 43 km h 26 mph maximum Capacity Passengers and crew fully loaded 3547 Staterooms 840 total First Class 416 Second Class 162 Third Class 262 plus 40 open berthing areas Topics about Titanic List of passengers List of crew members Films about the Titanic Titanic Historical Society The RMS Titanic was an Olympic class passenger liner owned by British shipping company White Star Line and built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast United Kingdom For her time she was the largest passenger steamship in the world On the night of 14 April 1912 during the ship s maiden voyage Titanic hit an iceberg and sank two hours and forty minutes later early on 15 April 1912 The sinking resulted in the deaths of 1 517 people making it one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history The high casualty rate was due in part to the fact that although complying with the regulations of the time the ship did not carry enough lifeboats for everyone aboard The ship had a total lifeboat capacity of 1 178 people although her capacity was 3 547 A disproportionate number of men died due to the women and children first protocol that was followed The Titanic used some of the most advanced technology available at the time and was popularly believed to have been described as unsinkable 6 It was a great shock to many that despite the extensive safety features and experienced crew the Titanic sank The frenzy on the part of the media about Titanic s famous victims the legends about the sinking the resulting changes to maritime law and the discovery of the wreck have contributed to the continuing interest in and notoriety of the Titanic Contents hide 1 Construction 1 1 Features 1 2 Lifeboats 1 3 Comparisons with the Olympic 2 Ship history 2 1 Sea trials 2 2 Maiden voyage 2 3 Sinking 2 4 Lifeboats launched 2 5 Final minutes 3 Aftermath 3 1 Arrival of Carpathia in New York 3 2 Survivors victims and statistics 3 3 Retrieval and burial of the dead 3 4 Memorials 4 Investigations into the RMS Titanic disaster 4 1 SS Californian inquiry 5 Rediscovery of the Titanic 5 1 Current condition of the wreck 5 2 Ownership and litigation 6 Possible factors in the sinking 6 1 Construction 6 2 Rudder construction and turning ability 6 3 Orientation of impact 6 4 Adverse weather conditions 6 5 Excessive speed 6 6 Insufficient lifeboats 6 7 Alternative theories 7 Legends and myths regarding the RMS Titanic 7 1 Unsinkable 7 2 David Sarnoff wireless reports and the use of SOS 7 3 Titanic s band 7 4 The Predictions of W T Stead 7 5 The Ti