Numeric Facts about the Titanic

  • The width of the Titanic was 92.5 feet long, about the same width of four highway lanes put together.
  • The height of the Titanic from the keel to the top of the tunnels was 175 feet, about the same height of an 11 story building.
  • The length of the Titanic was 882 feet, as long as three football fields.
  • The Titanic weighed 46,000 tons.
  • The Titanic displaced (pushed away) more than 52,000 tons of water.
  • The Titanic had three anchors which, in total, weighed 31 tons, more than the weight of 20 cars.
  • The Titanic held more than 200 miles of electrical cables.
  • The Titanic had more than 2,000 windows and portholes.
  • It took 7.5 million dollars (15 million dollars in today's money) to build the Titanic.