Titanic Model Ship (Painted)

Built between 1910 and 1912 the RMS Titanic was to make her mark in history. She was the grandest ship of her time, the largest and most luxurious cruise ship on the seas. Titanic was a stunning sight of beauty and massiveness with her length of 83 feet (1/6 of a mile), width of 92 feet and weighing in at 46,328 tons. J. Bruce Ismay named this majestic ship the Titanic, a well-deserved and legendary name.

The Titanic was the most luxurious ship, lavishly decorated and equipped to welcome and comfort even the wealthiest of travelers. Her total construction cost with all of her modern technology and luxury was $7.3 million, a large sum for the year 1912.

She was designed to carry her affluent passengers in style and even her lower class guests were welcomed into more pleasant accommodations than they were used to. With a total capacity for 3500 passengers, she was a breathtaking and inspiring means of transportation to the United States of America.

This luxurious and awe-inspiring ship was believed by many to be unsinkable. Called a lifeboat in itself; she was designed to remain afloat with any two of three compartments flooded and to withstand a collision at the joint of any two compartments.

She only carried 20 lifeboats, which at this time met the requirements of The British Board of regulations. No cruise liners carried enough lifeboats to evacuate all the passengers and crew in this era.

On April 14, 1912 four days after setting sail from Southampton, the Titanic struck an iceberg. More than two of her compartments were punctured and the unsinkable ship began to sink. Three hours after striking the iceberg, the Titanic plummeted to the bottom of the ocean loosing 1502 lives. The R.M.S. Carpathia rescued the 705 survivors transporting them to New York, the Titanic intended destination.

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The Titanic gives you too many bad memories? The Queen Mary might work better.