Titanic: Building the World's Most Famous Ship
A fascinating look at the making of the Titanic in vivid, colorful detail When she set sail from Southampton on her doomed maiden voyage on April 10, 1912, theRMS Titanic was the jewel in the crown of the White Star Line. A floating palace weighing nearly 50,000 tons, she was the largest and most technologically advanced moving object in the world. Titanic spent barely five days at sea, but a skilled workforce of thousands had toiled for years—amid long, hard, and often dangerous conditions—building the ship in a remarkable feat of design and engineering.