THE HUGE TITANIC SHIP AND ITS TRAGIC END.

TITANIC MISHAP.

World mourns the death of 1517 killed in the disaster 100 years ago.

Titanic sailed from South-Hampton on its maiden voyage to New York,

at noon on April 10, 1912. It arrived at Cherbourg, France, at 6:30 p.m. to pick up more passengers. At 11:30 p.m. on April 11, the liner reached Queenstown, Ireland. The ship sailed through clear waters toward New York for three days until 11:40 p.m. on April 14, when it struck an iceberg off NewFoundland. It sank within 3 hours of the hit.

The sinking of Titanic caused the deaths of 1,517 people in one of the deadliest disasters in history.    She carried 2,224 people.

Distress signals were sent by wireless, rockets and lamp, but none of the ships that responded were near enough to reach her before she sank. A nearby ship, the Californian, which was the last to have been in contact with her before the collision, saw her flares but failed to assist. Around 4 am, the rescue ship Carpathia arrived on the scene in response to Titanic's earlier distress calls. 710 people survived the disaster and were conveyed by Carpathia to New York, while 1,517 people lost their lives out of 2224 people it carried.

Her passengers included some of the wealthiest people in the world, as well as over a thousand emigrants from Great Britain and Ireland, Scandinavia and elsewhere seeking a new life in North America. The ship was designed to be the last word in comfort and luxury, with an on-board gymnasium, swimming pool, libraries, high-class restaurants and opulent cabins. She also had a powerful wireless telegraph provided for the convenience of passengers as well as for operational use. Though she had advanced safety features such as watertight compartments and remotely activated watertight doors, she lacked enough lifeboats to accommodate all of those aboard. Due to outdated maritime safety regulations, she carried only enough lifeboats for 1,178 people – a third of her total passenger and crew capacity.

CAPTAIN Edward Smith, master of Titanic, was responsible for speeding at 27 knots.  The ship dashed against the iceberg at midnight.

Some revealing details while commissioning the ship for its journey was to equip the ship with every conceivable article of crockery, cutler, linen and glassware.

It was to prove a mammoth operation, just like the ship herself, and the amounts and numbers involved were enormous, including 12,000 dinner plates, 14,200 glasses, 19,000 spoons, 5,100 dishes and bowls, 6,000 tablecloths, 18,000 sheets and 50,500 towels.

A SUITE on Titanic cost $ 1000 while the steward who helped look after the stateroom was paid  $ 6.5 a month.

SAMUEL Herman, who owned the Britannia Hotel in Castle Cary, was among those who died on the vessel. He paid $ 100 for a second class ticket for himself, his family and a farmhand, who survived the sinking.

-The Titanic was built during March 31, 1909 in Belfast (Ireland)
-The Titanic was constructed by the Harland & Wolff company of Belfast (Ireland)

- Titanic construction took about 3 years and $7.5 million to complete

- It took around 3000 laborers to construct the Titanic

- The vessel featured 16 watertight compartments with steel doors designed to close within 25 seconds, keep any flooding out of the ship’s interior

- Nearly 3 million rivets were used in the Titanic construction.

Company: White Star Line; Keel laid: March, 1909; Builder: Harland and Wolff, Belfast; Cost: £1.5million; Tonnage: 46,000;Top speed: 22 knots; Length: 883 feet; Number of boilers: 29;Portholes: 200 Rivets: three million Funnels: four; Watertight compartments: 16; Dinner Plates: 12,000; Glasses: 14,000;Spoons: 19,000; Dishes and Bowls: 5,100; Tablecloths: 6,000;Towels: 50,500; Passengers: 2,500; Crew: 860; Lifeboats: 20;Depth of wreck: 12,460 feet.