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AN UNSINKABLE TITANIC

the insurance companies, but, as we have noted, she was constructed by the leading shipbuilding company of the world, under conditions which would inspire them to put into the world's greatest steamship the very best that the long experience and ample facilities of the yard could produce.

The principal dimensions of the Titanic, as furnished by her owners, were as follows:

PARTICULARS OF THE TITANIC

Ft.

Ins.

Length over all ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

882

9

Length between perpendiculars ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

850

0

Breadth extreme ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

92

6

Depth moulded to shelter deck ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

64

3

Depth moulded to bridge deck ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

73

3

Total height from keel to navigating bridge ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

104

0

Load draft ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

34

6

Gross tonnage ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

45,000

Displacement in tons ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

60,000

Indicated horsepower of reciprocating engines ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

38,000

Shaft horsepower of turbine engine ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

22,000

In this connection the following table, giving the dimensions of the most notable steamships, from the Great Eastern of 1858 to the Imperator of 1913, will be of interest. How rapidly the weight (displacement) increases with the length of these large ships, is shown by the fact that, although in length the Titanic is only

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