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Posted on 01/14/2026 4:44:18 PM PST by Brian Griffin
"She is nearly 100 feet longer than any other ship in the world except her sister — and her tonnage of 45,000 is 13,000 in excess of that of the biggest of rival liners. Her engines — 50,000 horsepower — are both turbine and reciprocating, are expected practically to eliminate vibration.
"She has accommodations for 5,000 passengers. She cost $7,500,000. The Titanic is not a speed marvel — she makes but 21 knots as against the Mauretania’s 25 — but she is the last word in the way of comfort and luxury in trans-Atlantic travel."
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That double staircase is probably about the same as my dad’s WWII light cruiser path down to the engine room looked like, maybe not.
And I think the 1997 movie did a good job (set design wise) no?!
No water slide? Not impressed.
Nice pictures, thanks. The Titanic compared to modern cruise ships could be like a life boat. The current ships are huge.
I am appalled by the lack of seatbelts and other SRS devices.
/Ralph Nadir
I’d say that was the only thing worth watching the movie for.
Cool idea for a video.
Educational but food centric.
This guy could do a series.
Food on the Hindenburg.
Food on the Santa Maria.
And then of course go into all the details of the dirigible, ship, their crew, the functional design, style, passengers etc.
Yep.
Most unfortunate that she didn’t float all that well after having a giant gash torn in her starboard side...
The science of metallurgy “was not mature” in 1912...
Among other problems, like going too fast at night, in the North Atlantic, and one of the screws being ordered to “All back full”, thus ruining any steering effect from the rudder... and radio warnings from other ships in the area being disregarded... and on and on...
Was there a norovirus petri dish disguised as a salad bar on the ship?
I would have thought it was more colorful 😳
The pools still have water in them
Bkmk
The soundtrack was also good!
If you want a more in depth experience, you can stay in the [RMS Queen Mary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Queen_Mary) hotel in Long Beach, where a stateroom is about $212/day. Lots of amenities, exhibits and museums.
It is actually larger than the Titanic.
Olympic's keel was laid first. Titanic, on which construction began later, was specified with larger, more evenly spaced windows, as in the lowest image above.
Post-1912 images of the rebranded Olympic show the larger, more evenly spaced windows.
Third class food cooked up:
https://youtube.com/shorts/zPukQZMbI6s?si=hYDa6oQ6GuqaBcjC
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