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.
Click
on image above to view!
The Titanic
gives you too many bad memories? The Queen
Mary might work better.
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