Friday, April 15, 2016

Titanic Among the Icebergs


Among the Icebergs
the Most Appalling Disaster in Maritime History.
The White Star Liner "Titanic," sunk on her maiden voyage, off Cape Race, 15 April, 1912

The Titanic, The Largest and most complete passenger vessel ever built, had a tonage of 46,382.

Principal dimensions as follows -
Length over all - - - - 882 ft. 6 in.
Breadth over all - - - -92 ft. 6 in.
Breadth over boat deck - - - 94 ft. 0 in.
Height from bottom of keep to boat deck - - 97 ft. 4 in.
Height from bottom of keel to top of Captain's house - - 105 ft. 7 in.
Height of funnels above casing - -  72 ft. 0 in.
Height of funnels above boat deck - - - 87 ft. 6 in.
Distance from top of funnel to keel - - 175 ft. 0 in.
Number of steel decks - - - 11
Number of watertight bulkheads - -15  **(Five of these were opened by the iceberg)**

This unused 1912 postcard was printed in Great Britain. 

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