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
Further reconstruction in pictures ...
Morning New York newspaper:
Titanic state today:
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