ACADEMY RMS TITANIC PASSENGER SHIP 1/700 SCALE
- Accurately reproduced 1/700 scale Titanic
- Highly detailed hull & deck from new tooling
- Completely new tooling for easy assembly and painting
- Display stand included
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Twin triple expansion reciprocating steam engines combined with a Parson's low-pressure steam turbine engine to produce a total of 460,000 horsepower. The end result was a smooth cruising speed of 21 knots, with a top speed well over 24 knots. Weighing in at 46,328 gross tons, the TITANIC easily qualified as the largest ship of her time. She was designed to carry 2,500 passengers accompanied by the crew of 900. The White Star Line infamously provided her with 20 lifeboats, exceeding the British Board of Trade's requirement of 16. The $10,000,000 TITANIC was most famous for her hull design. Hailed as “practically unsinkable”, the TITANIC was divided into 16 watertight compartments connected by watertight doors. The hull was designed so that even if any two of the compartments were flooded, the ship would still remain afloat. nfortunately, on April 14, 1912, more than two compartments were flooded.
The TITANIC struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic, slicing open more than one-third of one side of her hull. Two hours and forty minutes after hitting the iceberg, the last remnants of the monstrous ship sank into the frigid waters, leaving over 1,500 people to drown of freeze. The disaster of the TITANIC has left an incredible impression on the world. The myth of the “unsinkable ship” was forever debunked, leading all future vessels to carry enough lifeboats to account for the entire ship, A 24-hour wireless vigil was set up to help account for all vessels, and an International Ice Patrol was created in 1914 to warn ships of dangerous icebergs.
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