Did you know that Titanic burned more than 650 tons of coal every day, and that it cost $167 million in today's money to build the ship? Get the facts on one of history's most infamous maritime disasters with Titanic By the Numbers. TITANIC BY THE NUMBERS Construction $ 7. 5 MILLION That s equal to Titanic s rudder weighed 20 tons, and each anchor weighed TO BUILD 16/ 3 MILLION 2 - POUND RIVETS in Titanic s hull MILLION TODAY Tech Specs WEIGHT : 46,000TONS 172005 TALL Titanic had 29 boilers and burned more than 652000 tons of coal every day. 882002 9 LONG 92 WIDE ???????????????????????????????????? What Was On Board 75. 0 POUNDS 130 pieces of fruit of fresh meat, including 9, 500 pounds of ham, bacon and sausage, and 25, 0 pounds of poultry bottles of wine, ale and liquor | pieces of cookware, glassware and cutlery PASSENGERS & CREW RMS TITANIC MAIL Approximately L, people on board : 1, 300 passengers and 900 crew members Titanic set sail less than 75 PERCENT FULL. It had room for 1, 100 more people. As a Royal Mail ship, Titanic was carrying more than 3, 300 bags of mail. April 14 - 15, 1912 2, 70 MILES Distance Titanic sailed between April 11 and the evening of April 14, 1912 400 MILES Distance from land when it sank QUEENSTOWN ( COBH, IE ) - NEWFOUNDLAND 58 MILES Distance of the nearest rescue vehicle, Carpathia, which didn t arrive until 4 a. m. NEW YORK O SITE OF SINKING 11 : 30 p. m. 12 a. m. 1 a. m. 2 a. m. 3 a. m. 4 a. m. I 30 SECONDS 60 MINUTES 1.5 elapsed between the first sighting of the Iceberg and impact at 11 : 40 p. m. elapsed between collision and launch of first lifeboat bU MINUTES When he saw the damage, Titanic s builder said it would sink within 90 minutes. It didn t It stayed afloat for 162000 minutes. Number of people who went down with the ship at 2 : 20 a. m. 22. 5 KNOTS 36° FAHRENHEIT 15 MINUTES Titanic s speed at time of impact, just 5 knots below its top speed Water temperature around Titanic Number of Iceberg warnings Titanic received that day. There were nearly 400 Icebergs sighted in April 1912, 4 times as many as in previous years. Average life expectancy for those in the water. 20 LIFEBOATS ONLY 700 PEOPLE were carried by Titanic - enough for half of its 2, 200 passengers. This was more than they were required to have by law. made it into a lifeboat - almost all of them left with empty seats. ODDS OF SURVIVAL : KEY SURVIVED OPERISHED Half of Titanic s officers perished, but all six of the ship s lookouts survived. IST CLASS AND CLASS 3RD CLASS ( STEERAGES CREW WOMEN & CHILDREN : 93%7% 81%19% 0.47 0.53 87%13% MEN: MEN : 31 % 0.31 0.69 0.09 0.91 0.14 0.86 0.22 0.78 OVERALL 63%37% OVERALL 42%58% OVERALL 25%75% OVERALL 23%77% Aftermath NEARLY 2. 3 MILES Depth Titanic rests below sea level. That s equal to 10 Empire State Buildings stacked on top of each other. 15 SQUARE MILES Size of Titanic s debris field. The hull is buried under 45 feet of mud. 73 YEARS passed before Titanic s wreckage was discovered, and there have been nearly 20 expeditions since then. 1 $ 31. 4 MILLION - in today s money - was raised for survivors and their families by the Titanic Relief Fund. The fund remained in operation until 1959. MILLVINA DEAN, the last Titanic survivor, died in 2009. She was 2 months old when the ship sank. SOURCES : BRITISH ARCHIVES, ENCYCLOPEDIA TITANICA, RMS TITANIC, INC. A COLLABORATION BETWEEN HISTORY. COM AND COLUMN FIVE
