Real Titanic Photos Are More Riveting Than The Movie.

#4. Construction of the Titanic

Since Titanic and her sister ship Olympic were to be the largest ever created, there were no slipways in existence to accommodate the construction. In order to move forward they first had to build a giant slipway, dubbed the “Great Gantry,” which alone cost close to $150,000 at the time.

#5. Stern & Rudder of Ship

This picture shows the ship’s rudder, which is one of the main pieces needed to steer the gigantic vessel. The rudder of Titanic weighed over 20,000 pounds.

#6. Titanic at Dock Before Launch

An image of Titanic at the dock before launch. Moving such a large structure from land into water is an amazing feat. While the process of sliding the ship into water only took a total of 62 seconds, it required 23 tons of lubricants including train oil, soap, and grease.

#7. Leaving Belfast

A picture of the RMS Titanic leaving Belfast with the help of tugboats. There are only two visible in the image, but there were actually five tugboats needed in order to guide the large vessel. This photo was taken during a sea trial, which is a testing phase towards the end of construction.

#8. Propeller Found Underwater

One of the three propellers found in the wreckage. The middle propeller on the ship was 16 feet across, while the two side propellers were 23 feet across. It is not clear which propeller is depicted in this image.

#9. The Crew of RMS Titanic

The crew of the RMS Titanic. The man with the white beard in the middle of the front row is Edward J. Smith, who was the Captain of the ship. It is rumored that the Titanic voyage was meant to be his last trip before retiring. The other men featured are various officers and engineers, including the Chief Engineer.

#10. Captain Edward John Smith

Edward John Smith was the commanding officer for the White Star Line shipping company, and met his demise as Captain of the RMS Titanic. There are various conflicting accounts of Smith’s last words or how exactly he died in the disaster, but all suggest his final actions were heroic.

#11. Drunken Allegations

Some have blamed Captain Smith for the incident, suggesting that he wrongfully sped through the ice at full speed. However, he was posthumously exonerated since it was a common practice at the time.

There is at least one survivor who claimed in a letter that Captain Smith had been drinking directly before the incident. Her letter (pictured above), written aboard the rescue ship Carpathia, was sold in an auction in 2012.

#12. The Infamous Iceberg

This is a picture of the iceberg that breached the side of the giant ship. The iceberg punctured all five of the ship’s watertight rooms meant to keep it afloat.

#13. Promenade Deck

The promenade deck was located directly below the top deck. While this deck was for general use, there were four cabins that featured private 50-foot promenade decks of their own. They were called Parole Suites and were the most expensive rooms available. The priciest of these rented for over $4,000 in 1912, which is close to $100,000 today.

#14. Standard Single Bed Cabin

This room was most likely one of the 350 first class standard cabins that included a single bed. There were also 39 private suites available on the ship, and each had private bathrooms in addition to bedrooms.Some private suites even included wardrobe rooms, and were decorated in the ornate styles of French monarchy.

#15. Cruising On The Water

The RMS Titanic was loaded with close to 6,000 tons of coal for the maiden voyage. The ship burned roughly 690 tons daily, with people working day and night to shovel coal into boilers in order to create steam power.

#16. The Marconi Communications Room

The communications room on the ship was operated by the Marconi Company. The operators aboardTitanic were actually employees of the Marconi Company and not crew members of the ship.

#17. Lifeboats Being Lowered

The Titanic had 20 lifeboats on deck that could carry around 1,200 people at maximum capacity. Although that is more boats than required at the time, it is less than half of the vessel’s occupancy — roughly 2,500 when including passengers and crew.

#18. Survivors On Carpathia

Over 700 survivors from the shipwreck were rescued by an ocean liner named Carpathia. The survivors were all extremely cold and suffering from stress and hypothermia, so they were handed warm clothing by the passengers of the ocean liner.

#19. Passengers Fleeing on Lifeboats

Lifeboats filled with passengers fleeing the sinking ship. Since the crewmen were worried that the lines would not actually support the weight, many of the lifeboats were launched below capacity. The first boat to launch was holding less than half of its 65-person capacity, and another left with a mere 12 people on board.

#20. Passengers Being Rescued By Carpathia

This picture was taken by a passenger aboard the ocean liner Carpathia, the ship that responded to an emergency signal and came to rescue the people in lifeboats. Only a little more than 700 people were actually rescued in lifeboats.

#21. Sparsely Filled Lifeboat

The passengers who fled on lifeboats were in the water for over two hours before Carpathia was able to arrive. You can see clearly in this picture that this particular lifeboat had plenty of room for more passengers.

#22. Lifeboats Back at Pier 54

This picture shows the lifeboats in the water after the passengers were safely brought back to the pier. This was White Star Lines’ pier 54 in New York City.

#23. Closeup of Iceberg

A closer picture of the iceberg that sunk the Titanic. The black marks on the iceberg are purportedly lines of paint left behind by the ship. If they would have collided with the iceberg head on, there is a good chance that the Titanic would not have sank.

#24. The Grand Staircase

The ornate grand staircase that is famously replicated in the 1997 movie. This photo is actually the staircase of Titanic‘s sister ship, Olympic. The two ships had identical grand staircases constructed, but no known pictures exist of the actual staircase within Titanic.

#25. Grand Staircase in Wreckage

This is what was left of the grand staircase in the wreckage — not much, obviously. While filming the movie, James Cameron has stated that the replica staircase broke free and floated away unexpectedly. It is believed that that is exactly what happened to the actual staircase as well.

#26. Discover of Titanic Wreck

The wreck of the RMS Titanic was finally discovered in 1985 by Robert Ballard after many years of failed attempts by various expeditions. In order to find the wreckage he had to device new technology which he called Argo, a deep-sea vehicle that could be controlled remotely.

#27. Ship’s Boiler in Wreckage

One of the large boilers found in the wreckage of the ship. This is actually the first thing that was found by Robert Ballard in his 1985 expedition. The boiler was identified as being identical to pictures from 1911, and the next day Ballard discovered the largest part of the wreck using his Argo technology.

#28. Stern of Ship Discovered

What is left of the stern of the ship’s wreckage, discovered by Robert Ballard in 1985. Until the discovery of the wreck it was not widely believed that the ship’s hull would have actually torn in half before sinking. The stern and bow were found a third of a mile apart, confirming that it did in fact break into two sections.

#29. Bathroom of Captain Smith

This was the bathroom of Captain Edward Smith, found in the wreckage of Titanic. The porcelain tub was still largely in tact but covered in barnacles.

#30. The ‘Great Gantry’ at the Shipyard

Far in the background you can see the Titanic being built on the newly constructed giant “Great Gantry” slipway. The location was at the Harland & Wolff Shipyard, and the project used over 11,000 workers.

One of the three anchors still within it’s compartment found at the wreckage in 1985. The Titanic had three gigantic anchors, each weighing a little over 10 tons for a total of 31 tons.

#32. The Real Jack Dawson?

Emilio Portaluppi is believed to have been the real Jack Dawson from James Cameron’s epic love story about the disaster. Portaluppi boarded Titanic with a second class ticket by happenstance, as he was actually supposed to be on a different ship. He was invited aboard Titanic by the wealthy Astor family. It is purported that he had a crush on Madeleine Astor.

#33.The Real Rose

It would be remiss to include the real Jack without the real Rose.

Madeleine Talmage Astor was the wife of the business mogul, John Jacob Astor IV. She is believed by some to have been the real Rose from the movie, Titanic. However, it has never been suggested that she actually had an affair with Emilio Portaluppi.

#34. John Jacob Astor IV

John Jacob Astor IV was the wealthiest person to perish in the disaster, and at the time was one of the richest people in the world. John Astor and his wife were aboard the Titanic because Madeleine was pregnant and insisted on having their child in the U.S.

#35. Astor’s Disappearance.

Pictured Above is a New York American newspaper mentioning Astor’s disappearance.

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