Facts and Figures

actual tonnage: 46,329

length: 882 feet 6 inches

height from bottom of keel to top of captains house: 105 feet 4 inches

height of funnels above boat deck: 81 feet 6 inches

distance from top of funnel to keel: 175 feet

number of steel decks: 11

number of watertight bulkheads: 15

passengers carried: 2500

crew: 892

cost: 10,000,000

rudder weight: 100 tons

center turbine weight: 22 tons

two wing propellers weight: 38 tons each

arm from which the propellers were suspended: 73 tons

each link of the anchor chains weighed: 175 lbs.

rivets: 3,000,000 used, totalling 1200 tons

maximum speed able to achieve: 23-24 knots

highest speed achieved- 22 1/2 knots on April 14,1912

coal consumption: 650 tons daily

cost of a private promenade suite: $4,350 (equivalent of over $80,000 in 1997 dollars)