How Big Was The Titanic? - Titanic Facts

Above: This view gives a sense of the enormous size of the Titanic.

882 feet 9 inches – the length of the Titanic (269.1 metres).

92 feet 6 inches – the width (‘beam’) of the ship at the widest point (28.2 metres).

175 feet – Titanic’s height measured from the top of the funnels to the keel, also referred to as the hull (53.3 metres).

104 feet – Titanic’s height measured from the top of the bridge to the keel (31.2 metres).

9 – the number of decks.

How Much Did The Titanic Weigh?

46,328 tons – the weight of Titanic in gross register tons.

1,328 – the difference in tonnage between Titanic and her sister ship Olympic (resulting from the increased size of her deck houses and other external additions).

52,310 tons – Titanic’s displacement, i.e. the amount of water that Titanic displaced when fully loaded.

34 feet 7 inches – the draught of Titanic; i.e. the vertical distance between the waterline and the bottom of Titanic’s keel (10.4 metres).

92 x 114 feet – the dimensions (width x length) of the largest room on the ship, the first class dining saloon on deck D.

1,116 – the number of portholes (also called ‘sidelights’) in Titanic’s hull.

419 – the combined number of windows in the hull and deckhouses.

Above: The rudder of the sister ship Olympic, comparable to that used on Titanic, under construction at the Darlington Forge Company Limited.

78 feet 8 inches – the height of Titanic’s rudder (23.8 metres).

15 feet 3 inches – the length of the rudder at the widest part (4.5 metres).

100 tons – the weight of the rudder (it was so heavy that one of two steam-powered steering engines were needed to operate it).

17 feet – the span of the central propeller (5.2 metres).

23 feet 6 inches – the span of each of the two outer propellers (7 metres).

Above: Boilers ready for installation in the Titanic. Note the size of the figure stood in the middle distance.

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