Titanic vs. Queen Mary
Overall Length
- Queen Mary: 1,019.5 ft. (310.74 m.)
- Titanic: 882.9
Gross Tonnage
- Queen Mary: 81,237 gross tons
- Titanic: 46,329 gross tons
Transatlantic Crossings
- Queen Mary: 1,001
- Titanic: 0 - Ship sank on Maiden Voyage
Constructed by
- Queen Mary: John Brown & Co., LTD., Clydebank, Scotland
- Titanic: Harland & Wolff, LTD., Belfast, Ireland
Commissioned by
- Queen Mary: Cunard Steamship Co., LTD.
- Titanic: White Star Line
Keel Laid
- Queen Mary: December 1, 1930
- Titanic: March 31, 1909
Date Launched
- Queen Mary: September 26, 1934
- Titanic: May 31, 1911
Maiden Voyage
- Queen Mary: May 27, 1936
- Titanic: April 10, 1912
Portholes
- Queen Mary: Over 2,000
- Titanic: 2,000
Rivets
- Queen Mary: Over 10 million
- Titanic: 3 million
Hull Plates
- Queen Mary: 8 ft. (2.44 m.) to 30 ft. (9.14m.) in length; up to 1.25 in. (3.2 cm.) thick
- Titanic: 1 in. thick
Moulded Breadth
- Queen Mary: 118 ft. (35.97 m.)
- Titanic: 92.6
Keel to Smokestack
- Queen Mary: 181 ft. (55.17 m.)
- Titanic: 175 ft.
Number of Decks
- Queen Mary: 12
- Titanic: 8
Passenger Capacity
- Queen Mary: 1,957
- Titanic: 2,440
Officers and Crew
- Queen Mary: 1,174
- Titanic: 860
Horsepower
- Queen Mary: 160,000
- Titanic: 46,000
Cruising Speed
- Queen Mary: 28.5 knots
- Titanic: 21 knots
Rudder
- Queen Mary: 140 tons
- Titanic: 101 1/4 tons
Whistles
- Queen Mary: 3 - Steam type. Two on forward funnel, one on middle funnel. Each over 6 ft,. long, weighing 2,205 LB.
- Titanic: 3 sets consisting of 3 bell domes grouped together with a suitable branch plate. One set was fitted on each of the three foremost funnels and were electrically operated.
Lifeboat Capacity
- Queen Mary: 145 persons
- Titanic: 60
Smokestacks
- Queen Mary: 3 - Elliptical in shape; 36 ft. fore and aft, 23.3 ft. wide
- Titanic: 4 - Three were functional and the fourth was a dummy to create the illusion of a more powerful ship.
Boilers
- Queen Mary: 27
- Titanic: 29
| Class type: | Nuclear powered supercarrier |
| Displacement: | 102,000 tons |
| Length: | 317 m |
| Beam: | 40.8 m |
| Draught: | 11.9 m |
| Propulsion and power: | Nuclear propulsion 260,000 shp |
| Speed: | 30+ knots |
| Complement: | 3,200 ships company 2,500 air wing |
- Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Company, Newport News, Virginia
- Power Plant: Two A4W reactors, four shafts
- Length: 333 m (1092 ft) overall
- Flight Deck Width: 76.8 - 78.4 m (252 - 257 ft 5in)
- Beam: 41 m (134 ft)
- Displacement: 98,235 - 104,112 tons full load
- Speed: 30+ knots (56+ km/h)
- Cost: about US$4.5 billion each
- Average Annual Operating Cost: US$160 million
- Service Life: 50+ years
- Crew: Ship's Company: 3,200 — Air Wing: 2,480
That is one big ship, but it even gets worse.......
Knock Nevis has a deadweight of 564,763 tonnes and a summer displacement of 647,955 t when laden with nearly 650,000 m³ (4.1 million barrels) of petroleum. She has a draft of 24.6 m (81 feet) when fully loaded, which makes it impossible for her to navigate even the English Channel, let alone man-made canals at Suez and Panama.
The above is from the following website.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knock_Nevis
So what it comes down to, in today's standards, the Titanic is actually pretty small!!!
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