Loss of the Steamship "Titanic"

by Great Britain. Court to investigate loss of steamship "Titanic"

There were no sluice valves or means of letting water from one compartment to another.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION.

The following is a more detailed description of the vessel, her passenger and crew accommodation, and her machinery.

WATER-TIGHT COMPARTMENTS.

The following table shows the decks to which the bulkheads extended, and the number of doors in them:

Bulkhead letter.	Extends up to under- side of deck.	Engine and boiler spaces (all controlled from bridge).	Orlop to G deck.	F to E deck.	E to D deck.
A	C	...	...	...	...
B	D	...	...	...	...
C	E	...	...	1	...
D	E	[1]1	...	1	...
E	E	[2]1	...	...	...
F	E	[2]1	...	2	...
G	E	[2]1	...	...	...
H	E	[2]1	...	2	...
J	E	[2]1	...	2	...
K	D	1	...	...	2
L	D	1	...	...	2
M	D	1	...	1	2
N	D	1	1	1	2
O	D	1	...	...	1
P	D	...	...	...	...

The following table shows the actual contents of each separate water-tight compartment. The compartments are shown in the left column, the contents of each compartment being read off horizontally. The contents of each water-tight compartment is separately given in the deck space in which it is:

Water-tight compartment	Length of each water-tight compartment in fore and aft direction.	Hold.	Orlop to G deck.	G to F deck.	F to E deck.	E to D deck.
	Feet.
Bow to A	46	Forepeak tank (not used excepting for trimming ship).	Forepeak storeroom.	Forepeak storeroom.	Forepeak storeroom.	Forepeak storeroom.
A-B	45	Cargo.	Cargo.	Living spaces for firemen, etc.	Living spaces for firemen.	Living spaces for firemen.
B-C	51	do	do	Third-class passenger accommo- dation.	Third-class passenger accommo- dation.	Third-class passenger and seamen's spaces.
C-D	51	Alternati- vely coal and cargo.	Luggage and mails.	Baggage, squash rackets, & third-class passengers.	do	Third-class passenger accommo- dation.
D-E	54	No. 6 boiler room.	No. 6 boiler room.	Coal and boiler casing.	do	First-class passenger accommo- dation.
E-F	57	No. 5 boiler room.	No. 5 boiler room.	Coal bunker and boiler casing and swimming bath.	Linen rooms and swimming bath.	Do.
F-G	57	No. 4 boiler room.	No. 4 boiler room.	Coal bunker and boiler casing.	Steward's, Turkish baths, etc.	First-class and stewards.
G-H	57	No. 3 boiler room.	No. 3 boiler room.	do.	Third-class saloon.	First and second class and stewards.
H-J	60	No. 2 boiler room.	No. 2 boiler room.	do.	do.	First class.
J-K	35	No. 1 boiler room.	No. 1 boiler room.	do.	Third-class galley, stewards, etc.	First class and stewards.
K-L	69	Reciprocat- ing-engine room.	Reciprocat- ing-engine room.	Reciprocat- ing-engine room casing, workshop and engineers' stores.	Engineers' and recipro- cating- engine casing.	First class and engineers' mess, etc.
L-M	57	Turbine- engine room.	Turbine- engine room.	Turbine- engine room casing and small stewards' stores.	Second-class and turbine- engine room casing.	Second class and stewards etc.
M-N	63	Electric- engine room.	Provisions and electric engine casing.	Provisions.	Second class	Second and third class.
N-O	54	Tunnel	Refrigerated cargo.	Third class	do	Do.
O-P	57	do	Cargo	do	Third class	Third class.
P to stern		Afterpeak tank for trimming ship.	Afterpeak tank for trimming ship.	Stores	Stores	Stores.

The vessel was constructed under survey of the British Board of Trade for a passenger certificate, and also to comply with the American immigration laws.

Steam was supplied from six entirely independent groups of boilers in six separate water-tight compartments. The after boiler room No. 1 contained five single-ended boilers. Four other boiler rooms, Nos. 2, 3, 4, and 5, each contained five double-ended boilers. The forward boiler room, No. 6, contained four double-ended boilers. The reciprocating engines and most of the auxiliary machinery were in a seventh separate water-tight compartment aft of the boilers; the low-pressure turbine, the main condensers, and the thrust blocks of the reciprocating engine were in an eighth separate water-tight compartment. The main electrical machinery was in a ninth separate water-tight compartment immediately abaft the turbine engine room. Two emergency steam-driven dynamos were placed on the D deck, 21 feet above the level of the load water line. These dynamos were arranged to take their supply of steam from any of the three of the boiler rooms Nos. 2, 3, and 5, and were intended to be available in the event of the main dynamo room being flooded.