As well as passengers, the ship carried nearly 3,500 sacks of letters, packages and documents.ĥ) There were over 2,200 people on board Titanic, 900 of which were crew members. Any idea what RMS means? It stands for ‘ Royal Mail Steamer’. Or perhaps it dates back to the idea of goddesses protecting ships on dangerous journeys!Ĥ) Titanic’s full title was RMS Titanic. Historians think this may be the result of links in our language to Ancient English.

On route, she called by Cherbourg in France and Queenstown in Ireland to pick up more passengers.īoats are traditionally referred to as ‘she’. She was completed and ready for the ocean on 31 March 1912, after three years in construction in Belfast, Ireland.Ģ) And she was no ordinary ship, Titanic was the most impressive and luxurious ship of her time! She was the biggest, too, measuring 28 metres wide, 53 metres tall and 269 metres long - that’s about the length of three football fields!ģ) On 10 April 1912, Titanic set out on her maiden voyage (first big journey), taking people from Southampton, England, to New York, USA. But how much do you know about this world-famous ship? It’s time to find out in our twenty top Titanic facts! Titanic factsġ) Titanic was built by a company called White Star Line. Titanic – the iconic vessel that came to a very tragic end.

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