Launch of RMS Titanic by aprillia 2012/05/20 08:16
Titanic was the 2nd of 3 Olympic-sized liners designed n built at the Harland n Wolf shipyard in Belfast between 1908 & 1914.
At her launch,she was the largest moving object of her time,weighing 46.328 tonnes with a capacity to carry 3.547 passanger n crue.
aprillia 2012/05/20 08:34
15 tonnes of tallow,5 tonnes of tallow n train oil mixed together with 3 tonnes of soft soap were needed to guide the enermouse vessel down the slopway at Harland n Wolffs Queen's Yard.Where she floated on the waters of the Victoria Channel in Belfast Lough for the first time.Although there was no ceremonial breaking of a bottle on Titanic's bow.100.000 spwctators turn out to witness her launch n rocket's were fire to mark the ocassion.Within an hour of her launch,Titanic was towed to the shipyard's deep-water fitting-out warf for completion as an ocean liner,ready for her maiden voyage in April 1912.
EpIcInCoGnItO 2012/05/20 08:43
okay good info. nice to read and know/smiley
Amorian 2012/05/20 08:44
Nice
donprecious 2012/05/20 08:44
Info Noted!
cmail 2012/05/20 08:45
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MAHESH_K 2012/05/20 08:49
Excellent info naughty../smiley../smiley
Jill 2012/05/20 09:03
Useful topic... /smiley
HandsomeDon 2012/05/20 09:43
good info apprilla /smiley
KingFISHER 2012/05/20 12:32
good job. I appreciated.
TemPEST 2012/05/24 23:26
Indeed launched
aniesco 2012/06/11 17:11
Very good one, like it
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