construction

Hi experts on the Titanic's construction, I am currently retranslating Thomas Mann's novel "The Magic Mountain" into English. The hero, Hans Castorp, is supposed to start work at a Hamburg shipyard before he visits his cousin in a Swiss sanatorium and ends up staying there for seven years. In an...

Pretty straight forward question here. I've got the overall dimensions of the funnels but I can't find listed what thickness steel they were made of. Curious to know if it is light enough to be considered sheet metal. ~Cheers

Hello, i haven't been active on here that much lately so i thought i'd post a quick question. I've recently been studying the construction of RMS Titanic and structural engineering in general, and i learned of the composite construction used in the original Twin Towers, in short, they layed...

Hi y'all. Hope you're having a good day. I've always been wondering how they managed to low and fit, or move the Engines, Boilers, and other machinery into her hull, while she was being constructed. Weren't the uptakes for the funnels too small? Cargo Hatches as well? And, it'd be pretty comical...

I was reading about how some of the larger ocean liners, such as Titanic and Mauretania, were constructed and launched. They slid the finished hull down a slipway into the water, and they were concerned about it tipping over before the entire hull was in water. Harland and Wolff did have the...

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At which shipyard was the Titanic constructed?

How long was the Titanic under construction?

Hello! So I’ve been interested in the Titanic for about 12 years and I’m still learning and I still have questions, but recently every time I see a model or picture I can’t help but notice that right underneath the windows of the A Deck promenade there are these things that look a bit like an...

From my previous reading, I can only remember there being two major delays in building Titanic, first when the Olympic collided with Hawke, Titanic's construction got delayed because some men working on her had to be transferred to make repairs on Olympic and second, when the Olympic lost a...

Who was the designer of the Titanic?

On the 29th September 1900, the Caledon Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Ltd would receive an order from the Leyland Line to construct a new ship that would be the largest ever built in Dundee. This ship would become the SS Californian. In what initially began as a small sentence in a...

Hi, I'm new to the forums all tho I've been visiting the site for a long time for info about the Titanic. I have a question that kept me searching, but can't seem to find the answer to. Hopefully there is someone who can tell me the answer. What are the numbers on the bottom of the deckplans...

Hi, could anyone help me by telling me what sort of materials would be used in the following images? The first I think is the set from the movie. I put some red around some of the bits - not all since there is loads of it. I see the metal hull, but these look different in every model/photo I...

Looking at the profiles of the ill fated liners Lusitania and Titanic. I was struck by the differences in external design. Obviously, they told only part of the story since there were other factors to consider like position of the engines, boilers, storage holds and perhaps admiralty...

I'm wondering if they are any certain specific design characteristics of white star line ships that you see in most of their commissioned ships or a certain characteristic from Harland and Wolff. Most designers have a tell or signature characteristic that differentiates their style, I'm...

Test your Titanic knowledge with this lighthearted but teaser of a quiz! Discussion on the answers welcome! The So you think you know all about Titanic? quiz: 10 questions by Ellie Stevenson

http://www.maritimequest.com/liners/titanic_page_1.htm Shows the turbine being built, the turbine casing and the crank shafts being pieced together. It also features some very rare shots of the different decks/rooms while under construction. Very interesting stuff!

Hi all. I can't remember where but I distinctly recall hearing of a film shot by a German group/company that documented the construction of Olympic. Does anyone else know of this footage and whether or not it can be bought? Rich

I've trying to find the exact date that construction started on the Titanic. I've looked through practically every book I have on it and I still can't find it. Can someone please help me out?