Fifteenth Index Card

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• Facts about the Titanic:
• Passengers: 329 First Class, 285 Second Class, 710 Third Class
• Crew: 899
• Titanic had 29 boilers that were 15 feet high. Each weighed almost 100 tons.
• She required 825 tons of coal per day.
• Engines: 2 reciproctating 4 cylinder, triple expansion,direct-acting, inverted engines: 30,000hp 77 rpm. 1 low pressure
• Parsons turbine: 16,000hp 165rpm.
• The rudder weighed 20,250 lbs.
• The yard number assigned to the Titanic by Harland and Wolff was 401.
• Her official Board of Trade number was 131,428.
• Each funnel was large enough to drive two trains through.
• There were four funnels, but the forth funnel was a dummy. It was used for looks and for ventilation.
• Titanic had 3 propellers. The middle on was 16 feet across and the two side ones were over 23 feet across.
• One of the anchors of the Titanic had a mass of 15.5 tons. They needed 20 horses to pull the anchor.
• The Titanic actually carried more lifeboats then were required by law at the time.