4. Titanic’s sister ship, The Olympic, can be seen docked in New York City – the same day Titanic left from Southampton to New York City. The maximum number of people the Titanic could carry was 3,547 and the number of people aboard (passengers and crew) were 2,223. The Titanic also had 13 couples who were honeymooning on the voyage. The Titanic leaving Belfast for her first maiden voyage – April 2, 1912. In order to transport the main anchor, a total of 20 horses were required.ģ. The Titanic cost a total of $7,500,000 to be built, while two workers were killed during its construction. The Harmony of the Seas stands at an astonishing 1,188 ft long, 215.5 ft wide and 226,963 GRT and can accomodate for up to 6,780 guests and 2,100 crew members. Today, the largest passenger vessel is the Royal Caribbean’s Harmony of the Seas. This photo shows work still being done on the ship. The RMS Titanic was the world’s largest passenger ship when it entered service, and the largest man-made moving object on Earth. The Titanic under construction – May 31, 1911. However, we have collected several amazing pictures and facts about the Titanic that you might have never seen before. Many photos were taken to document what happened to the Titanic, though many were never shown to the public or forgotten about with time. The incident occurred in the early morning hours of April 15, 1912. The ship’s lookout spotted an iceberg in its path and sounded the alarm – but it was too late. More than 1,500 souls perished along with the luxury liner, in what was one of the deadliest commercial peacetime maritime disasters in modern history. The unsinkable ship sank more than 100 years ago, but it’s a tragedy that people still talk about to this day. During her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City, the Titanic made its fatal descent into the depths of the North Atlantic after colliding with an iceberg.
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