Item  #  Titanic-20

RMS Titanic 20"

The RMS Titanic, a British Olympic-class ocean liner, became famous as the largest ocean liner built in her day and also for sinking on her maiden voyage in 1912 with a huge loss of life. The second of a trio of super liners, the Titanic and her sisters were designed to provide a three-ship weekly express service and to dominate the transatlantic travel business for the White Star Line. The Titanic, and her sister ship the Olympic were introduced to the world in a New York Times article on April 23, 1908, almost four years before the sinking.

Built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland, the Titanic was the largest passenger steamship in the world at the time of her sinking. During the Titanic's maiden voyage (from Southampton, England to Cherbourg, France, then on to Queenstown (Cobh), Ireland and finally New York City), she struck an iceberg at 23:40 (ship's time) on Sunday April 14, 1912, sinking two hours and forty minutes later at 02:20 on Monday April 15, having broken into two pieces at the aft expansion joint.

• 20" long x 3" Wide x 7" High (1:525 scale).

• Not a toy - This is an authentic accurate replica of the Titanic.

• This Titanic model ship has amazing details and accuracy such as:

• Look at the cranes, ventilators, ladders, funnels, steam pipes, benches, skylights, water tower, and more.

• Accurate crows nest and handcrafted wooden lifeboats.

• The name Titanic on the bow and Titanic Liverpool on the stern.

• Cloth USA, White Star Lines and UK flags that were flown as she sailed.

• Solid metal propellers.

• Yellow stripe on the hull.

• Accurate rigging.

• Built with rare, high quality woods such as birch, maple and yellow siris.

• Model rests on, and can be removed from, a sturdy wooden base.

• To build this ship, extensive research was done using various sources such as museums, drawings, copies of original plans and photos of the actual ship.