IN MINUTES

60 MINUTES
speed at which the Titanic hit the ocean bottom

KNOTS FEET PER SECOND

60 FEET

24 KNOTS TOP SPEED

MPH Estimated
PROPELLERS
years to build

AT 22.5 TRAVELLING SPEED38 TIME OF IMPACT

Estimated height of the iceberg

Between collision and launch of rst lifeboat

62

HEIGHT IN FEET OF THE FOUR FUNNELS

12,500
Depth in feet of

the ocean oor

24-30

TITANIC BY THE NUMBERS

9 DECKS 1,250 800
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The Titanic set out on its maiden voyage April 10, 1912. On April 15, after colliding with an iceberg, the Titanic sank to the bottom of the North Atlantic ocean.
81,000 LB. GRAPES 36,000 APPLES 36,000 ORANGES 13,000 GRAPEFRUIT 16,000 LEMONS
40 TONS OF POTATOES

musicians

$4 $30- ANCHORS 2
400 miles from land when it sank

$60 0 Cost of

2,224

PEOPLE ON BOARD

2,070

miles sailed by the Titanic April 11-14

LENGTH OF SHIP, IN FEET

882

710 SURVIVORS (PASSENGERS AND CREW)

mailbags on board

1,514 PEOPLE DIED

900
CREW MEMBERS

13

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honeymoon couples were on board

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WORKERS USED TO BUILD THE SHIP

3,000

$15

cond

-class ticket ($690 today)

The

of a rst-class ticket for a berth cost

CAR ON BOARD A RENAULT

-class ket 0 Titanic (about $50,000 ticday)for a parlour suite on the to ,35 . $4

S PASSE S RST CLA 324 FI

8,000 CIGARS ON BOARD

3,500 LB. ONIONS

10,000 LAMP BULBS USED ON THE SHIP

Years passed before the wreckage was found

3,423

5,892TONS OF COAL WAS ON BOARD

1,000

POUNDS PER MONTH, ASPARAGUS BUNDLES WAS THE SALARY OF 44,000 PIECES OF CUTLERY CAPTAIN SMITH

9 dogs were on board, 2 dogs rescued

BOTTLES OF WINE ON BOARD

distance in feet between the stern and the bow on the ocean oor 30

31F

Temperature of the water

4,000

CUBIC FEET OF WATER FLOODED THE SHIP IN THE FIRST 10 MINUTES AFTER IMPACT

15 minutes is how long a body can survive in that water temperature 20 LIFEBOATS WERE CARRIED BY THE TITANIC (MORE THAN WHAT WAS REQUIRED BY LAW)

THE COST OF USING THE POOL (SHILLINGS) 850 OF LIQUOR ICEBERG WARNINGS WERE RECEIVED THAT DAY BY THE TITANIC 2 NUMBER OF SEASICKNESS CURES AVAILABLE ON BOARD
BOTTLES
SUSAN BATSFORD, GRAPHICS EDITOR, TWITTER @SBATS1; INFOGRAPHIC BY TARA CORRAN/QMI AGENCY

400

DIMENSIONS OF THE SWIMMING POOL ON DECK

1,970

MILES FROM LAND WHEN IT SANK

GALLONS OF DRINKING WATER USED EVERY DAY

14,000

712

PEOPLE MADE IT INTO A LIFEBOAT (ALMOST ALL LEFT WITH EMPTY SEATS)

X40

19,455

cubic feet was used for baggage by rst- and second-class passengers

$7.5

MILLION WAS SPENT TO BUILD THE TITANIC (THATS EQUIVALENT TO $167 MILLION TODAY)

73

7 MILLION PIECES OF MAIL 0 PIECES OF MAIL WERE RECOVERED

600
tons of coal a day shovelled into the furnaces

10,000 POUNDS OF CEREAL ON BOARD

800 LB. TEA

20

minutes of travelling was completed after impact with the iceberg before the Titanic came to a complete halt.

3 MILLION RIVETS WERE IN THE HULL

11,000 POUNDS OF FRESH FISH ON BOARD

1,200

The cost of a r st

559
TONS OF GENERAL CARGO

THE TYPICAL RANGE OF THE TITANICS WIRELESS AT NIGHT, IN MILES

D CLASS 72 SECON NGERS 2