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Titanic Facts
1. 2012 will be the 100th anniversary of the Titanic.
2. The annual Titanic Made in Belfast festival includes exhibitions, displays of Titanic related artefacts, schools projects, speakers, bus and boat tours, walking tours and dramatic re-enactments.
3. The launch of the Titanic took 62 seconds to complete.
4. There were only 3 funnels that worked on the Titanic. The fourth funnel was put on just for decoration.
5. There was 64 lifeboats to be carried on Titanic (designed by Alexander Carlisle) but later his designs showed 32 boats. White Star and Harland and Wolff consulted and halved again to a mere 16 boats and 4 Englehardt collapsible.
6. Construction began on the ship on 31st March 1909.
7. The initial first launch of the Titanic was 20th March 1912 but the Olympic collided with Royal Navy Cruiser HMS Hawke and had to be bought back to Belfast. The Titanic was then moved to the Dry Dock.
8. It was announced in the London Times that the Titanic Maiden Voyage would be the 10th April 1912.
9. Titanic left Belfast on 2nd April 1912.
10. Titanic departed Southhampton on 10th April 1912.
11. Titanic hit the iceberg on Sunday 14th April 1912 approx 11.40pm.
12. The Titanic sank at 2.20am. It took 3hrs for the whole boat to sink.
13. There were 2,228 people on board, 1,343 were passengers and 885 were crew members. There were only enough lifeboats for 1,178 people.