Its all about Titanic's Construction and it began on March 31, 1909. Titanic's hull was launched May 31, 1911. Titanic was 882 ft 9 in long and 92 ft 6 in wide, and had a cargo of 46,328 tons, and a height from the water line to the boat deck of 60 ft. There were 29 boilers fired by 159 coal burning furnaces that made possible a top speed of 43 kilometers per hour. The ship could hold a total of 3,547 passengers and crew.