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engines and at 7.16 metres diameter, weighed 38<br />

tonnes. The ship’s engines produced a staggering<br />

36,800 kW of power. It could store 6,000 tonnes<br />

of coal. Its daily consumption of coal was<br />

between 620 and 640 tonnes, that is 7.3 kg each<br />

second! At full steam the Titanic could travel at<br />

24-25 knots (44.5 to 46.3 km per hour).<br />

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