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 april career name rms titanic owner white star line port of registry liverpool route southampton to new york city ordered july builder harland and wolff yards in belfast ireland yard number laid down march launched may christened not christened completed march maiden voyage april identification radio callsign mgy uk official number fate sank on april after hitting an iceberg general characteristics class and type olympic class ocean liner tonnage gross register tons grt displacement tons length ft in m beam ft in m height ft m keel to top of funnels draught ft in m depth ft in m decks lettered a through g with boilers below installed power double ended six furnace and single ended three furnace scotch marine boilers two four cylinder reciprocating triple expansion steam engines each producing hp for the two outboard wing propellers at revolutions per minute one low pressure turbine producing hp hp design hp maximum propulsion two bronze triple blade wing propellers one bronze quadruple blade centre propeller speed knots km h mph knots km h mph maximum capacity passengers and crew fully loaded staterooms total first class second class third class plus 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 april during the ship's maiden voyage titanic hit an iceberg and sank two hours and forty minutes later early on april the sinking resulted in the deaths of 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 people although her capacity was 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 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 construction features lifeboats comparisons with the olympic ship history sea trials maiden voyage sinking lifeboats launched final minutes aftermath arrival of carpathia in new york survivors victims and statistics retrieval and burial of the dead memorials investigations into the rms titanic disaster ss californian inquiry rediscovery of the titanic current condition of the wreck ownership and litigation possible factors in the sinking construction rudder construction and turning ability orientation of impact adverse weather conditions excessive speed insufficient lifeboats alternative theories legends and myths regarding the rms titanic unsinkable david sarnoff wireless reports and the use of sos titanic's band the predictions of w t stead the ti