~The Titanic had 3 'sisters' including itself, Britannic, and the Olympic. (Which captian E.J. Smith did her maiden voyage. He also struck something with her, but was able to make it back into port), and Britannic (whose original name was Gigantic, but was changed after Titanic sank.

~ Titanic's maiden voyage began on April 7,1912. She made two stops before proceeding west to New York.

~The Titanic had many luxurious features such as: a swimming pool, gym, bars, elevators, boiler rooms, engine rooms, many first, second and third class rooms. It also was the most luxurious ship (of her time) ever created.

~The Titanic had 16 water tight compartments.

~She could stay afloat with 4 water tight compartments blocked/closed.

~The Grand Staircase was on the first class level.

~There were 9 movies made about Titanic.

~ Just 19 minutes before Titanic hit the iceberg, there was a reported ship within a few miles, the 'Californian', who later reported no SOS or CDQ distress calls from the 'Titanic'

~There were 3 classes first, second, third (third being the worst).

~Scienctists have announced that they think the ship may have sunk because of structural damage in some of the ships most basic parts; the rivets.After analyzing 2 recovered rivets that held the ship's steel plates together.Scienctists found the metal bolts were structurally weak.

~Scienctists also discovered that the iron used to make Titanic was structurally weak/cheap.

~The Titanic was 883 feet long , weighed 46,328 tons, she was 92 feet wide, and 104 feet tall from keel to bridge. (Which, 35 feet were below the waterline.)

~A man named Carlos F. Hurd was aboard the Carpathia when it came to Titanic's (or what was left of it) rescue-he was a Post Dispatcher Reporter.

~Carlos F. Hurd got the information and wrote a 5,000 word article on the Titanic.

~The Titanic was constructed by the White Star Line in shipyards at Belfast, Northern Ireland; completed on March 31, 1912. It was trumpeted by it's owners as "unsinkable."

~The Titanic began its maiden voyage on April 7, 1912, from Southampton, England, headed for NewYork.

~Total on board: 2,201 people; 1,316 passengers; 885 crew members.

~Struck a huge iceberg at 11:40 p.m. on April 14, gashing open the starboard side.

~She sank at 2:20 a.m. on April 15, breaking in half as it went down.

~Total killed: about 1,500 passengers and crew members; includingthe Captain,Edward J. Smith. Of the 951 male passengers, 805 died.

~Total saved: about 700 people, mostly women and children, in the Titanic's 20 lifeboats, which were capable of holding 1,178 people.Many of the boats were only half filled when they left the sinking ship.

~Survivors were rescued by the steamer, Carpathia,which had been 58 miles away when it received distress signals from the Titanic.

~Number of survivors still living: seven.Three are in the United States-Eleanor Shuman of Elgin, III; Lillian Asplund of Shrewsbury, Mass., and Winifred Van Tongerloo of Warren, Mich.Two survivors are in England and 2 are in France.

~Only the hardiest of constitutions could endure for many minutes such a numbing bath. The first vigorous strokes (away from the ship) gave way to heartbreaking cries of "Help"...

~The boat cost 7.5 million dollars to make.

~People lined the streets to watch the procession to the cemetery for the Titanic's bandmaster.

~Of the 4 smokestacks on the original 'Titanic' only 3 actually blew engine steam. The other one was connected to the kitchen.

~The third class passengers were not all locked inside the ship, some White Star Line employees let out the trapped passengers.

~The average person would die in 30 minutes or less in freezing water up to their neck.

~That previous summer was the warmest summer ever recorded in the previous fifty years and that's why there were so many icebergs broken off from greenland that spring of 1912.

~Ben Guggenheim was real, along with J. Dawson, Molly Brown....etc.

~There was a man who drank heavily in the last hour of the sinking (who was next to Rose and Jack in the movie) which thinned his blood and allowed him to pay no attention to the cold water and was saved by a boat.

~In first class, the cost for a ticket was $4350.00 dollars, in todays money that would probably be around $50,000.00 dollars.

~Titanic's unladened weight (empty) 46,328 tons--her ladened weight was 64,000 tons. Alot of the weight came from the fact she needed 620 tons of coal a day to operate and also that she did have excess cargo on.

~ She was sinkable, the Shipbuilder knew this, the designer, and White Star Lines. It was all started by somebody saying she was "unsinkable." Which White Star Lines used in they're press release of Titanic.

~The temperature of the water was 28*F.

~Morgan Robertson wrote a novel, Futility in 1898,(14 years before the Titanic sank) .Let's look at the similarities:

~Titan~Ship length:800 ft. Ship tonnage:75,000 ons Propellers:3 Speed at impact:25 knots Passengers:3,000 Month of disaster: April

~Titanic~Ship length:882.5 ft. Ship tonnage:66,000 Propellers:3 Speed at impact:23 knots Passengers:2,201 Month of disaster:April

If you have any questions, or would like to more about Titanic please e-mail me, Amy

© 1998 Amy Kleinschmidt

Now the subject of the most successful motion picture of all time, "Titanic," has risen again into the public consciousness as legions of fans and historians alike, peer into the murky depths, seeking answers as to what happened that dark fateful night. I'm here to tell you that story.

April 10th, 1912, people say their good-byes to the loved ones, most of them which they would see never again. Titanic was the most luxurious ship of her time. By some she was claimed "unsinkable." She weighed 46,000 tons, and stretched 882.5 feet- the length of four city blocks. She stood as tall as an 11-story building-175 feet from its keel to the top of its four smokestacks. The cost per suite for the best first-class ticket was $4,350.00 (in 1912 US dollars) one way across the Atlantic Ocean.

At 11:40 P.M. on April 14th, 1912, the Titanic had side-swiped an iceberg, and was sinking fast. Alot of passengers on board felt a slight jolt, but didn't think nothing of it. The icy water started filling up water compartment, after water compartment. Titanic could've stayed afloat if only 4 of the water tight compartment's were full, but 5 was too much, and she was sinking faster and faster. The gash on Titanic's starboard was to said to look like dits, like morse code. The Titanic could've avoided the iceberg, if the look-outs would've spotted the berg 15 seconds faster.

At 12:25 A.M. First Wireless Officer Phillips receives a message from the Carpathia. The operator, seemingly unaware of the Titanic's predicament, exchanges a few pleasantries before the exasperated Titanic operator shouts "Come at once! We've struck a berg!" There were tense moments of silence as the operator sends for his Captain. By 12:30 A.M. the Carpathia operator is back on the line with the news that "The Carpathia is only 58 miles away and running hard." At 12:45 P.M. the first distress rocket is fired from the deck of Titanic.

At 1:05 A.M. Phillips and Bride notice the floor of the Titanic beginning to tilt. Phillips, in a classic bit of understatement, suggests to Bride, "I think we're in a tight pickle." Bride's response? "You think we'll be having sand for breakfast?"

At 1:15 A.M. the water reaches the Titanic's name on the bow.

At 1:30 A.M. panic erupts at lifeboat No. 14. Fifth Officer Lowe draws his gun on a young boy and orders him out. He gets out of the boat. Moments later, lifeboat No. 14 is swinging out over the water. A group of men rush the lifeboat, attempting to jump in. Seaman Scarrott beats them off with the tiller. Fifth Officer Lowe once again pulls his guns again and shouts, "If anyone tries this again, this is what they will get." Lowe fires three shots along the side of the ship. The crowd backs off as lifeboat No. 14, with its 60 passengers, including Fifth Officer Lowe, is lowered into the water. First Wireless Officer John Phillips continues to send out frantic distress calls to any ships in the area. One of his last is, "We are sinking fast. Women and children in boats. Cannot last much longer."

At 1:40 A.M. witnesses will later testify that First Officer Murdoch did not fire in the air, but actually shot at and killed two passengers. Then he reportedly turned the gun on himself and committed suicide.

At 2:00 A.M. te water level rises to the Promenade Deck.

At 2:05 A.M. the forecastle of the Titanic sinks below the water.

At 2:17 A.M. Captain Smith does a quick your of the decks, officially releasing his crew with the order, "Every man for himself." He returns to the bridge, determined, in the grand tradition of the sea, to go down with his ship. Titanic shipbuilder Thomas Andrews retires to the first-class smoking lounge, where he stares silently off into space. Father Thomas Byles hears confession and gives absolution to more than 100 passengers. As Wireless Operators Phillips and Bride are preparing to leave the bridge for the last time, a crew member enters and attempts to steal Phillip's life-jacket. A fight breaks out. Phillips knocks the crew-man unconscious. The band stops playing and joins the remaining passengers and crew as they jump overboard.

At 2:18 A.M. a loud roar echoes through the night. The ship breaks in half. The bow half sinks.

At 2:20 A.M. after one or two minutes, the stern begins to slip under. The remains of the Titanic vanish into the sea. Fireman Harry Senior reported that shortly after the Titanic sank, he saw the body of Captain E.J. Smith, holding a baby in his arms, floating motionless in the ocean.

A total of 60 percent, or 199 of the first-class passengers were saved. A total of 25 percent, or 174, of the third-class passengers survived. Only 32 percent of the total passengers and crew on the Titanic were saved.

April 15th, 1912 a night truly no person on the Titanic will forget. That night was a night to remember. The Titanic lives in the heart of many. The remains of her lie on the ocean floor, scientists say, " The remains of her should last about another 20 years, the bacteria is eating on her as we speak." Lately, they recovered a big chunk of her. After they examine it , it's going to the Titanic Historicial Museum. Hopefully, they'll learn more about that fateful night. She was indeed , "The Ship Of Dreams," and our "Hearts Will Go On" with her.

© 1998 Amy Kleinschmidt