How to build the Titanic

Titanic ยป(RMS Titanic, SS Titanic) - English ship of the" Olympic ", founded March 31, 1909 at the shipyards of shipbuilding company" Harland and Wolff "in the Queen's Island (Belfast, Northern Ireland), launched on May 31, 1911 , sea trials took place April 2, 1912 The largest passenger ship of the world at the time of its construction, which belonged to the company "White Star Line". Bo the first flight April 14, 1912 struck an iceberg and within 2 hours and 40 minutes sank. He was carrying 1,316 passengers and 891 crew members, only 2,207 people (ie 38% of the planned load). Of this number of passengers and crew members survived 706. Catastrophe "Titanika" has become legendary and was one of the largest in the history of shipwrecks.





Keel of the Titanic



Steam engines Titanic



Crankshaft Titanic



Cover the steam turbine Titanic



The turbine rotor Titanic



Titanic slipway



Titanic deck



Titanic on the stocks and his twin brother Olympic



Propeller shaft Titanic



Titanic body ready



Titanic body before launching



Start launching Titanic



Titanic slowly leaves the stocks



Titanic launched



Towing the Titanic to the docking wall



Boiler installation on the Titanic



Titanic ready!



Morning before the official launching.



Towing Titanic Belfast through the fairway



Titanic on its way to England



Titanic before leaving Southampton



Admission passengers on the Titanic



Titanic departs on a voyage



Titanic on its way to New York (on the right another giant - Oceanic)



Towing the ocean Titanic



Titanic from the coast of Ireland



Last Photo Titanic coast of Ireland with

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