Titanic Facts

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1. Titanic sank on Sunday April 14 at about 11:40 p.m

2. More then 1,500 passengers died including passengers and crew

3. The White Star Line owned the Titanic

4. Captain Smith sailed the Titanic

5. The Titanic's sister ships were Olympic, and Britannic

6. Titanic sank more than 500 miles from New York

7. The classes were first class, second class, and third class

8. Famous passengers Dorothy Gibson, Molly Brown, and John Jacob Astor IV

9. There were dogs, birds, and a kitten aboard Titanic

10. There was a pool on Titanic

11. One of the most famous on the Titanic was Rubaiyat

12. Wallace Hartley was the bands leader

13. 16 lifeboats, and 4 collapsible boats on Titanic

14. The water temperature was below 30 degrees F.

15. The Carpathia rescued the Titanic survivors

16. Titanic's owner J. P. Morgan wasn't on board the ship on her maiden voyage, because he was ill

17. Building the Titanic cost about $7.5 million dollars in 1912

18. Building the Titanic began on March 31, 1909

19. Both Titanic and its sister ship Olympic were built in Belfast, Northern Ireland

20. The length of the Titanic was 882 feet, and 9 inches

21. The width of the Titanic was 92 feet

22. The height of the Titanic was 175 feet

23. The four funnels were 24 feet 6 inches diameter


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