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This is our latest scale
model of the GREAT TITANIC SHIP 1/166 SCALE. Measuring 5'6"
in length. Beautifully built from wood, brass and white metal. We
have designed and made all the fittings to scale. 3 Years have spent
on the development of this prototype. We hope you enjoy looking
at it as much as we have enjoyed making it.
The Real TITANIC
The Titanic was a White
Star Line steamship carrying the British flag. She was built by
Harland and Wolff of Belfast, Ireland, at a reported cost of $7.5
million.
Her specifications were:
Length overall:
882.5 feet
Gross tonnage: 46,329 tons
Beam: 92.5 feet
Net tonnage: 24,900 tons
Depth: 59.5 feet
Triple screw propulsion
On 10 April 1912, the
Titanic commenced her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to
New York, with 2,227 passengers and crew aboard. At 11:40 p.m. on
the night of 14 April, traveling at a speed of 20.5 knots, she struck
an iceberg on her starboard bow. At
2:20 a.m. she sank, approximately 13.5 miles east-southeast of the
position from which her distress call was transmitted. Lost at sea
were 1,522 people, including passengers and crew.The
705 survivors, afloat in the ship's twenty lifeboats, were rescued
within hours by the Cunard Liner, Carpathia.
The wreck of the Titanic
was located by a French and American team on 1 September 1985 in
12,500 feet (3,810 m) of water about 350 miles (531 km) southeast
of Newfoundland, Canada.

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