The following will give you some idea of
just how large a ship the Titanic was. Also take notice of some of the dinner
ware and serving utensils used on the ship. Nothing was spared in making even
the dining experience an event.
I. Food, Drink, and Dining Utensils
- Fresh Meat: 75,000 lbs.
- Fresh Fish: 11,000 lbs.
- Bacon and Ham: 7,500 lbs.
- Fresh Eggs: 40,000
- Ice Cream: 1,750 qts.
- Coffee: 2,200 lbs.
- Tea: 800 lbs.
- Flour: 200 barrels.
- Oranges: 36,000
- Lemons: 16,000
- Fresh Milk: 1,500 gallons
- Butter: 6,000 lbs.
- Tomatoes: 2� tons
- Potatoes: 40 tons
- Beer and Stout: 20,000 bottles
- Wines: 1,500 bottles
- Spirits: 850 bottles
- Tea Cups: 3,000
- Dinner Plates: 12,000
- Ice Cream Plates: 5,500
- Souffl� Dishes: 1,500
- Wine Glasses: 2,000
- Salt Shakers: 2,000
- Pudding Dishes: 1,200
- Finger Bowls: 1,000
- Oyster Forks: 1,000
- Nut Crackers: 300
- Egg Spoons: 2,000
- Grape Scissors: 1,500
- Asparagus Tongs: 400
II. Linens
- Aprons: 4,000
- Blankets: 7,500
- Table Cloths: 6,000
- Bed Covers: 3,600
- Eiderdown Quilts: 800
- Single Sheets: 15,000
- Table Napkins: 45,000
- Bath Towels: 7,500
- Fine Towels: 25,000
- Roller Towels: 3,500
- Double Sheets: 3,000
- Pillow-slips: 15,000
III. Cargo-The Usual and Unusual
- There were 3,364 bags of mail on board and
between 700 and 800 parcels.
- One Renault 35 hp automobile owned by
passenger William Carter.
- One Marmalade Machine owned by passenger
Edwina Trout.
- Oil painting by Blondel, "La
Circasienne Au Bain" owned by Hokan Bj�rnstr�m-Steffanson.
- Seven parcels of parchment of the Torah
owned by Hersh L. Siebald.
- Three crates of ancient models for the
Denver Museum.
- Cases of toothpaste for Park &
Tilford
- bales of rubber for the National City
Bank of New York
- Eight dozen tennis balls were lost which
were to go to R.F. Downey & Co.
- A cask of china headed for Tiffany's was in
the cargo hold.
- Five Grand Pianos were on board.
- Thirty cases of golf clubs and tennis
rackets for A.G. Spalding.
- A jewelled copy of The Rub�iy�t
by Omar Khayy�m, with illustrations by Eliku Vedder sold for �405 at
auction in March of 1912 to an American bidder. The binding took two years to
execute, and the decoration embodied no fewer than 1,500 precious stones, each
separately set in gold.
- Four cases of opium
IV. Interesting Facts About The Titanic
- Laid down: March 31, 1909
- Launched: May 31, 1911
- Maiden Voyage: April 10, 1912
- Length (overall) 882 ft 9 in
- Beam: 92 ft. 6 in
- Moulded depth: 59 ft 6 in
- Tonnage gross: 46,329
- Tonnage net: 21,831
- Decks: 7
- Engines: 2 triple expansion and 1 turbine
- Total horsepower: 46,000
- Service speed: 21 knots
- Top speed: 23-24 knots (est.)
- Passengers-First Class: 735
- Passengers-Second Class: 674
- Passengers-Third Class: 1,026
- Officers and Crew: 892-two for every 3
passengers
- The Titanic needed 650 tons of coal a day
for her 159 furnaces.
- The Titanic's anchor chains were huge. Each
link weighed 175 pounds.
- Some prices on the Titanic: It cost 50�
for a game of squash
- It cost one dollar for a Turkish bath.
- People paid $3.12 to send a wireless
- It cost $7,500,000 to construct the Titanic
- The new movie directed by James Cameron,
about the sinking of the Titanic has a budget of $200,000,000.
- Salaries of Titanic's Crew:
a. Seaman
Edward Buley: �5 a month
b. Look-out G.A. Hogg: �5 and 5 shillings
a month
c. Captain E.J. Smith: �105 a month
d. Captain Rostron Carpathia:
�53 per month
e. Radio Operator Harold Bride: �48 per month
f.
Steward Sidney Daniels: �3 and 15 shillings a month
g. Stewardess Annie
Robinson: �3 and 10 shillings a month
h. A suite on the Titanic cost: �870
Note:
I have no idea what the equivalent would be in other currencies, but it doesn't
take a mathematic genius to see the difference in salaries.
- The oldest passener on the Titanic was
74-year-old Johan Svensson of Sweden, a third class passenger traveling from
Sweden to live in Effington Rut, South Dakota. He did not survive when the ship
sank.
The youngest passenger: 2-month-old Gladys (Milvina) Dean, who is
also the youngest living survivor today.