1929-1936 1936-1943 1943-1966 1967-1980 1983-1997 Queen Mary Statistics Titanic vs. Queen Mary

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: 65

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

Titanic's History

• Departed: April 10, 1912, at Noon from Southampton, England, narrowly escaping collision as Titanic's propeller suction snapped the mooring lines of another ship (American Line, New York
• First Stop: April 10, 1912, at 7:00 p.m., Cherbourg, France
• Second Stop: April 11, 1912, at 12:30 p.m. in Queenstown, Ireland. Departed at 2:00 p.m. for non-stop voyage to New York City
• Hit Iceberg: April 14, 1912, at 11:40 p.m.
• Distress: April 15, 1912, at 12:15 a.m. first wireless call for help
• 12:45 a.m.: First lifeboat lowered
• 2:05 a.m.: Last lifeboat leaves ship
• 2:20 a.m.: Titanic breaks in two and sinks
• 3:30 a.m.: Rockets from Cunard liner Carpathia sighted from Titanic's lifeboats
• 8:30 a.m.: Last lifeboat of Titanic survivors rescued by Carpathia
• 8:50 a.m. Carpathia heads for New York with 705 survivors aboard

The Discovery

• Wreck Discovered: September 1, 1985, at 1:05 a.m.
• Wreck Site: 41° 42'' N., 49° 56'W
• Nearest Land: Newfoundland 400 miles to the north
• Depth:Approximately 2 1/2 miles