RMS Titanic                                              

Built by the firm of Harland & Wolff in Belfast, Titanic was, at the time of her launch, the largest passenger ship in the world.  Her Scotch marine boilers and steam engines produced 59,000 horse power and drove her 882’ 9” length, and 46,328 gross registered tons, at a top maximum speed of 26 knots.  Total capacity of 3547 passengers and crew filled out her general characteristics.

Thought unsinkable, she none-the-less struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic a few minutes before midnight, 14 April 1912, and sank some two hours and forty minutes later, resulting in the deaths of 1,517 of the 2,223 people on board.  The deaths were largely men, because many believed that women and children should go first.

This is the 8th in a Series of Historic Ships                                                 edition size - 500       print size  34" x 11"           $ 75.00

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