Motor specialists Haynes produce a manual for the 'unsinkable ship'
A Titanic task: Motor specialists Haynes produce a manual for the 'unsinkable ship'
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Every bolt and rivet: Motor specialists Haynes have produced a manual for the Titanic
Nearly a century after the ill-fated luxury liner sank on its maiden voyage to the depths of the freezing the North Atlantic, those masters of the motorists' car manual at Haynes have diversified into a fascinating new area with the 'RMS Titanic Owners' Workshop Manual 1909-12 (Olympic Class).'
The 160-page hardback tome covers both the technical specifications of the superlative steam ship and the all too human tragedy which befell the passengers and crew after the ship's owners and captain tempted fate too far - and lost.
Details range from the making and fitting of its three giant propellers to the furnishing of the luxury state rooms, and from the creation of its three vast anchor to the choice and fitting of rivets - many of which failed.
A whole chapter is devoted to the intricate design of lifeboats - of which there were sadly and scandalously far too few.
The new and 'missing' manual has been published exactly a year ahead of the 100th anniversary of the Titanic's sinking in April 1912.
WILL IT FIT IN MY HARBOUR? RMS TITANIC BY NUMBERS
Length: 882ft
Breadth 92ft 6 ins
Keel to navigating bridge: 104ft
Keel to top of funnels: 175 ft
Masts: 2
Max Speed - 24 knots
Weight: 46,328 tons
Anchors: 5 : including a monster 15.5 tonner.
Rivets used: estimated 3 million
Cost to build: £2million
Capacity: 3,300 passengers.
Passengers actual: 1,320
Crew: 900
Funnels: 4
Life-boats: 20
Power: steam
Boilers: 29
Furnaces: 159
Fuel: coal
Propellers: 3
Engines: 3
Special features: 15 watertight bulkheads
Stretching 882ft long with a 104ft navigating bridge sitting 104ft above the keel, weighing 46,328 tons, and capable of carrying 3,300 passengers. Yet this Leviathan, which then cost £2million to build, had only 20 full-sized life-boats capable of carrying 65 passengers each.
Cutaways and technical illustrations show key machinery and equipment, including features such as the Titanic's 15 watertight bulkheads that were supposed to make her 'practically unsinkable' even when holed.
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