Pictures of the Titanic before its doomed first sailing...

The Titanic was a White Star Line ocean liner, built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard
in Belfast, Ireland, designed to compete with rival company Cunard Line's Lusitania and
Mauretania. The Titanic, along with her Olympic-class sisters, the Olympic and the soon
to be built Britannic (originally named Gigantic), were intended to be the largest, most
luxurious ships ever to operate. Construction of the RMS Titanic, funded by the American
J.P. Morgan and his International Mercantile Marine Co., began on March 31, 1909. Titanic's
hull was launched May 31, 1911, and her outfitting completed March 31 the following year.
Titanic was 882 ft 9 in (269 m) long and 92 ft 6 in (28 m) wide, had a gross register tonnage
of 46,328 tons, and a height from the water line to the boat deck of 60 ft (18 m).
Titanic contained two reciprocating four-cylinder, triple expansion, inverted steam engines
and one low pressure Parsons turbine which powered three propellers. There were 29 boilers
fired by 159 coal burning furnaces that made possible a top speed of 23 knots (43 km/h).
Only three of the four 63 feet (19 m) tall funnels were functional; the fourth funnel, which only
served as a vent, was added to make the ship look more impressive. The ship could hold a total
of 3,547 passengers and crew and, because she carried mail, her name was given the prefix
RMS (Royal Mail Steamer) as well as SS (Steam Ship).