Titanic was commonly referred to as a floating palace because of her superb restaurants, exceptional reception rooms, and luxurious staterooms (Appendix E: Photo). She was the first ocean liner to have a swimming pool and a gym onboard (Noble, 3). She had dog kennels for the passengers' pets. Assigned to crewmembers was the task of taking the animals for a walk each day (Tanaka, 11). Stowed in her hold, was enough food to feed a small town, including 40,000 fresh eggs, 7,000 heads of lettuce, and 36,000 apples. To serve the passengers, the ship carried more than 57,000 plates, bowls, and cups (Tanaka, 8).
On April 2, 1912, Titanic set sail from Belfast on her sea trials. The most significant of these trails was a full speed turn, which encompassed a circle 3,850 feet in diameter and total forward movement of 2,100 feet. This means that, at twenty-two knots, it took Titanic four-tenths of a mile to turn ninety degrees. Board of Trade surveyor, Francis Carruthers, approved the tests, and White Star took possession of Titanic. During her trial, a small fire started in boiler room six that would smolder for weeks in the coal dust of the starboard bunker (McCluskie, Sharpe, and Marriott, 474).
By the morning of April 10, 1912, she was sitting in Southampton, England, taking aboard her first passengers. At 12:05 p.m., Titanic's mooring ropes cleared and tugboats began towing her from the dock. The movement of Titanic's huge mass in the harbour caused all six mooring ropes of the liner New York to snap. As the New York swung towards Titanic, the tugboat Vulcan caught her bow, narrowly avoiding a collision. After the delay, Titanic began the twenty-four mile crossing of the English Channel. Although the incident ended happily, many passengers thought that this was a bad sign (McDonald, 2).
Placed in command of some of White Star's best vessels was Captain Edward James Smith (Appendix A: Portraits), known as the "Millionaires Captain.
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