The ship was 256 metre long. It could carry 2586 people . There were 860 officers and men to work the ship .It was fitted with wireless,another wonder of the time . There were hundreds of electric lights in the ship .There were also electric lifts to carry people up and down.
The Titanic left Southampton, England ,in April 1912 and sailed for Cherbourg and New York. There were rich people on board . Mr. Thomas Andrews,the man who planned the ship , was also on board