7 Mind-Blowing Facts about Titanic You Might Never Heard
2. It required 800-tons coal daily.
Titanic was one of the most luxurious and largest cruise ships in the world, which weighs 46,328 tons and a length of 269.1 meters. To operate this ship, it requires tons of coal per day.
Titanic was equipped with three engines - two reciprocating four-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines and one central low-pressure Parsons turbine - each propelling a propeller. The two reciprocating engines are gigantic, each 19 meters long and weighing 720 tons. Steam produced by 29 boilers powered the two engines, 24 of which were double-ended, and 5 were single-ended, comprising 159 furnaces in total. It takes 800 tons of coal per day to power the ship, and every day the RMS Titanic dumps 100 tons of ash.
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Titanic was equipped with three engines - two reciprocating four-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines and one central low-pressure Parsons turbine - each propelling a propeller. The two reciprocating engines are gigantic, each 19 meters long and weighing 720 tons. Steam produced by 29 boilers powered the two engines, 24 of which were double-ended, and 5 were single-ended, comprising 159 furnaces in total. It takes 800 tons of coal per day to power the ship, and every day the RMS Titanic dumps 100 tons of ash.
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