The RMS Titanic was a British liner, the largest ship in the world at the end of its construction, which sank on the night of 14 a.m. on April 15, 1912 during its inaugural trip from Southampton to New York. Among his passengers were the wealthiest people of that time and several Irish, British and Scandinavian immigrants who were searching for a better life in North America. The ship was designed to be the ultimate in luxury and comfort, with a gym, swimming pool, library, luxury restaurants and opulent cabins for first class travelers. Although in the end none of this mattered since during its journey, the hitting of the iceberg couldn’t be avoided. This, caused its collapse. We are going to share some old images taken before and after the sinking of the Titanic. We will show the dimensions and how well equipped it was for that time.
The "Royal Mail Steamship Titanic"

The "Royal Mail Steamship Titanic", was known as the largest British passenger liner, built at the shipyard of "Harland & Wolff" in Belfast, a town in Northern Ireland. This was part of two other twin ships called "RMS Olympic" and "RMS Britannic".
A dream come true

Joseph Bruce Ismay, president of the ship company White Star Line, and Lord William Pirrie, president of the Harland and Wolff shipyards, decided in 1907 to build three ships to compete with the RMS Lusitania and the RMS Mauretania of the rival company Cunard Line. These new boats would be the biggest, most luxurious and safest built until then. The best bet was to compete with their British and German rivals in elegance and not in speed.
The names

Later, the names Olympic, Titanic and Gigantic were chosen (later changed to Britannic), in reference to the three races of the Greek mythology: the Olympians, the titans and the giants. The projects of the three vessels were made at the Harland and Wolff offices in Belfast, Ireland.
The design

The designers were William Pirrie, his nephew Thomas Andrews, construction manager and head of the design department of Harland and Wolff, and his brother-in-law Alexander Carlisle, the shipyard's chief designer and general manager. Carlisle's responsibilities included decorations, the equipment, the safety devices and all the general arrangements, including the implementation of an efficient system of davits for lifeboats.
The requirements

The final plans were completed in the autumn of 1908 and the materials needed for the construction were commissioned by Harland and Wolff. Its construction was financed by the American businessman J. P. Morgan and his company International Mercantile Marine Company, and began on March 31, 1909
Cost

The total cost was 7.5 million dollars at the time, that is, about 172 million dollars at the current rate. In order to differentiate the two brothers, the Olympic was built with its helmet painted in white, while the Titanic was built with its helmet painted in black.
The cabins

Standard first class cabins were adorned with white wood paneling, expensive furniture and other elegant decorations. They only had shared bathrooms that had hot and cold water. It also had electric stoves.
The most luxurious suites

In the case of the four most luxurious suites, chimneys with beautifully built-in electric stoves were used in the living rooms. As an innovation in travel of the time, the Titanic had three elevators for the first class and one for the second class.
Covers and boats

The ship had very old security rules, it had less lifeboats than it was really needed. It did not even reach half the passengers, only 1178 people could use them.
The blocks

Towards the bow there was the bridge and the first block, which included the officers' rooms, the marconi radiotelegraphy room, the machines that moved the elevators and six first-class simple rooms. On the walls of this block, there were circular windows that illuminated the first-class interior rooms of the lower deck.
The second block

The second block was made up of the first class Grand Staircase and the gymnasium. The stairway covered this deck to cover E; on the upper level was a glass dome that provided natural light to the staircase along its levels by means of skylights on either side.
Crew

Among the almost nine hundred people that were part of the Titanic crew, 66 belonged to the deck crew (officers, sailors, lookouts and foremen), 325 were mechanics (coal workers, stokers, greasers, electricians, etc.), and finally 494 were members of the care team (flight attendants, stewards, cooks, radio operators, etc.)
The captain

The captain of the ship was Captain Edward Smith, the most respected officer of the White Star Line and an extremely popular captain among first class passengers, having commanded all the largest and newest ships of the company since 1904.
First class orchestra

The Titanic orchestra was composed by eight musicians. However, the band acted in two different groups; one was a quintet led by the violinist Wallace Hartley, 33, and the other a musical trio that played for customers of the Restaurant à la carte. Each set had its own melodic repertoire. Under normal circumstances, they did not play melodies together, although Hartley exercised direct supervision over all the musicians.
Maiden voyage

The ship began its maiden voyage from Southampton (England) to New York on Wednesday, April 10, 1912, with Captain Edward John Smith in command, who before the trip said that this was going to be his last command before retiring as he wanted to spend more time with his wife and daughter.
The disaster

The days passed without incident, but on April 13, the first reports of sighting of ice blocks on the route began to arrive; at least a dozen messages could be received before the Marconi telegraph failed for a period of 10 hours.
The danger of icebergs

Once the communication in the radio booth was restored, the radiotelegraphists began to receive warnings about the danger of icebergs, which were ignored or not taken into account by the replacement officers. It was generally believed that ice was not a very worrisome danger for large ships. The passage of ships very close to the ice was not uncommon, and even some frontal collisions had not been disastrous.
The impact

The friction of the ice with that mass of more than 46,000 tons thrown at high speed, generated enough energy to tear the steel plates off the starboard side of the ship, about 5 m below the waterline. Although the width of the breaks did not exceed 5 cm, affecting five compartments of the lower deck, caused the ship fatal damage.
Sinking

During this time, the crew had the passengers boarded in the lifeboats, beginning with those of the upper classes. The first boats were occupied with few passengers. And although the ship complied with the rescue measures required by the legislation then in force, the capacity of the lifeboats was not enough for the number of people on board, between the passage and the crew.
Discovery of the remains

The remains of the Titanic were located on September 1, 1985 at 1:05 a.m. m. by a Franco-American expedition led by Jean-Louis Michel of the IFREMER and by Dr Robert Ballard of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The discovery of the remains made by the team of Ballard and Michel made the interest for the Titanic return to the present. Since that time numerous exhibitions of objects rescued from the wreck and historical and cultural societies are appearing. They disseminate and investigate everything related to the transatlantic.