Titanic: The Legacy Of A Leviathan

Titanic was built in 1909 and finally launched in 1911. It took one more year to furnish the inside.

Report On The Loss of  the "Titanic" (S.S.)

1.  Description Of Ship

 The White Star Line, The S.S. Titanic, Detailed Description, Watrertight Compartments, Decks and Acoomodations, Structure, Life Saving Appliances, Pumping Arrangments, Electrical Installation, Machinery, General and Crew And Passengers

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The White Star Line

The Titanic was one of a fleet of thirteen ships employed in the the transport of passengers, mails, and cargo between Great Britain and the United States, the usual port of call for the service, in which she was engaged, being Southampton, Cherbourg, Plymouth, Queenstown and New York.

The owners are the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, Limited, usually known as the White Star Line, a British registered company, with a capital of 750,000 pounds, all paid up, the directors being, Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (Chairman), Right Hon, Lord Pirrie, and Mr. H. S. Sanderson. 
 The company are owners of twenty-nine steamers and tenders; the have a large interest in thirteen other steamers, and also a training sailing ship for officers.
All the shares of the company, with the exception of eight held by Messrs.  E.C. Grenfell, Vivian H. Smith, W. S. M Burns, James Gray, J. Bruce Ismay, H. A. Sanderson, A. Kerr and the Right Hon, Lord Pirrie, have, ever since 1902, been held by the International Navigation Company, Limited, of Liverpool, a British registered company, with a capital of 700,000 pounds, which of all is paid up, the directors being, Mr. J. Bruce Ismay, Messrs, H. A. Sanderson, Charles F. Torrey, and H. Concanon.

The debentures of the company, 1,250,000 pounds, are held mainly, if not entirely,  in the United Kingdom by the general public.
The International Navigation Company, Limited, of Liverpool, in addition to holding the above mentioned shares of the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, Limited, is also the owner of:

           1. Practically the whole of the issued shared capital of the British and North Atlantic Steam Navigation, Limited, and the Mississippi and Dominion Steamship Company, Limited (the Dominion Line).
 

           2. Practically the whole of the issued share capital of the Atlantic Transport Company, Limited, (the Atlantic Transport Line)

            3. Practically the whole of the issued ordinary share capital and about one- half of the preference share capital of Frederick Leyland and Company, Limited (the Leyland Line)

 

As against the above-mentioned shares and other property, the International Navigation Company, Limited, have issued a share lien certificates for 25,000,000 pounds. 

 

Both the Shares and chare lien certificates of the International Navigation Company, Limited, are now held by the International Mercantile Marine Company, of New Jersey, or by trustees for the holders of its debenture bonds.

 



The Steam Ship "Titanic"

The Titanic was a three srew vessel of 46,328 tons gross and 21,831 net register tons, built by Messres. Harland and Wolff for te White Star Line service between Southampton and New York.  She was registered as a British steamship at the pot of Liverpool, her oficial number being 131, 428.  Her resgistered dimensions were;

            Length~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~852.5 ft.

            Breadth~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~92.5 ft.

            Depth fro top of kell to top of beam at lowest point of sheer of C. Deck, the  highest deck which extends continuously from bow to stern. ~~~~~~~64 ft. 9 inches

            Depth of Hold~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~59.58 ft.

            Height from B to C Deck~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~9 ft.

            "                " A to B Deck~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~9 ft.

            "                " Boat Deck to A Deck~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~9.5 ft.

            "                " Boat deck to waterline  at time of accident about~~~60.5 st.

         Displacement at 34 ft. 7 inches~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~52310 tons

The propelling machinery consited of two sets of four-cylinder reciprocating engines, ech driving a wing propeller, and a turbine driving centre propeller.  The registered horse-power of the propelling machinery was 50,000.  The power which would probably have been delveloped was atleast 55,000.

Structual arrangerments- the structural arrangements of the Titanic consisted primarily of:- and outer shell of plating, giving form to the ship up to the top decks and steel decks.

C,D, E and F decks were continuous from end to end of the ship.  The decks above these were continuos for the greater part of hte ship, extendeding from amidships both forward and aft.  The boat deck and A deck each had two expansion joints, which broke the strength continuity.  The decks below were continuous outside the boiler and engine rooms and extended to the end of the ship.  Except in a small patches none of these decks were watertight in the steel parts, except the weather deck and the orlop deck.

There were 15 trenverse watertight bulkheads, by which the ship was divided in the direction of here length into 16 separate compartments.  These bulkheads ar reffered as "A" to "P", commercing forward.

The water tighness of the bulkheads extended up to one or another o the decks D or E; the bulkhead A extended to C, but was only watertight to D deck.  THe position of the D, E and F decks, which were the only ones to which the watertight bulkheads extended was in relation to the waterline (34 ft. 7 inches draught) approximately a follows:-

Height above waterline (34 ft. 7 inches)

D- 20 ft 0 in.

 

 

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