Saturday, August 3, 2013

RMS TITANIC (WHITE STAR LINE SHIPS)


Amazing Facts:

1) Smoke and Steam emitting only from three funnels fourth funnel was only for beauty.

2) The most expensive tickets to travel aboard Titanic cost about $99,000 in today's money.

3) Titanic's whistle could be heard from a distance of 11 miles. 

HMHS BRITANNIC

Amazing Facts:

1) Britannic was the sister ship of RMS TITANIC and RMS OLYMPIC.

2) 13 November 1915, Britannic was requisitioned as hospital ship.

3) Britannic sank in just 55 minutes with the loss of 30 lives.


RMS OLYMPIC

Amazing Facts:

1) Olympic enjoyed a long career of 24 years from 1911 to 1935.

2) Olympic also worked as a troopship during First World War.

3) Olympic was scraped in 1937.

RMS LUSITANIA (CUNARD LINE SHIPS)

Amazing Facts:

1) The German submarine U-20 torpedoed and sank her 7 May 1915.

2) The Lusitania took just eighteen minutes to sink.

3) The speed and the angle of sinking made it extremely difficult to launch the life boats.

4) Lusitania was able to convert from a passenger liner into a war ship in the situation of war.


RMS AQUITANIA

Amazing Facts:

1) Aquitania survived in military duty in both World Wars and returned to passenger service after each.

2) Aquitania grew older and was scheduled to be replaced by RMS QUEEN ELIZABETH in 1940.

3) Aquitania was the last four funneled passenger liner to be scraped.

RMS MAURETANIA

Amazing Facts:

1) Mauretania was also known as "Maury".

2) Mauretania was also the fastest ship on the North Atlantic till 1929.


3) The Mauretania's four steam turbines developed 68,000 horse power, giving speed exceeding 27 knots.