10 little-known facts about the "Titanic" that will surprise even experts

First Class Cabin

A first-class ticket cost $ 2,560. Translating into today's course is about $ 61,000!

Silent violin

The violin, on which the musician of the ship’s orchestra Wallace Hartley played for several hours during the crash, was sold at auction for $ 1.7 million in 2013!

Menu on the day of the tragedy

In 2012, this rarity was sold to a private collection for $ 120,000.

Third-Class Daily Ration

The most modest was the diet of third-class passengers. Breakfast included oatmeal with milk, smoked herring, jacket potatoes, eggs with ham, bread and butter, marmalade, Swedish bread, tea and coffee.

Dinner consisted of rice soup, bread, rolls, roast beef sauce, sweet corn, boiled potatoes and dried fruit pudding. Also at the end of the meal, fresh fruit was served. At that time, the poor immigrants from Ireland and Norway, who were quite numerous in the third grade, in April, fresh fruits seemed a luxury!

For tea, cold meat, cheese, pickles, stewed figs with rice and bread and butter were served for tea. And for dinner, passengers were content with liquid oatmeal with rolls and cheese.

Second Class Passenger Lunch

Second-class passengers ate more diversely. The list of dishes prepared for lunch alone was commensurate with the daily ration of third-class passengers.

The first was served with a tapioca consom. The main dishes were baked haddock with spicy sauce, fried chicken with rice and curry seasoning, a young lamb with mint sauce and a roasted turkey with spicy cranberry sauce. Served with green peas, boiled rice, fried potatoes and turnip puree.

For dessert you could try raisin pudding, wine jelly, coconut sandwich and American ice cream. In addition, at the end of the meal, fresh fruits, cheeses, nuts, coffee and rolls were offered.

First Class Lunch

Lunch of first-class passengers is absolutely amazing. Oysters were served as an aperitif. At first, you could choose a consommé (clarified beef broth) “Olga” or barley cream soup.

Then boiled salmon with cucumbers and muslin sauce was served, after which it was possible to taste fillet mignon or sautéed chicken with stuffed zucchini.

At the next meal change, passengers were offered lamb with mint sauce, roast duck with apple sauce or beef fillet. And the side dish was green peas, carrots in a creamy sauce, rice and boiled young potatoes.

After this abundance of diners, four more meal changes awaited! First, passengers could take a short break in the meal and drink an alcoholic sorbet called "Romanesque Punch." After that, they were served fried pigeons with watercress and asparagus with vinaigrette sauce, as well as foie gras with celery.

If the passengers still had the strength for dessert, then they were waiting for the Waldorf pudding or peaches in jelly from Chartreuse liquor, vanilla and chocolate eclairs and ice cream.

Lifeboats

According to the plan, 64 lifeboats were supposed to be on board, but in reality there were only 20.

Life jackets

This is Laura Francatelli's vest, which was later signed by the other survivors who were in the same boat with her.

Gym

On board there was a sports hall equipped with the most modern simulators.

One of the causes of the death of the Titanic

When the ship left the Belfast shipyard, a severe fire broke out in one of its fuel depots. Modern researchers believe that this weakened the skin and became one of the most important causes of the death of the Titanic.