Provisions About Titanic

Since the Titanic was the grandest ship of it's time, it had to carry a grand amount of food, drink and cutlery. Below is the list of what the Titanic had on board.

Fresh Meat - 75,000 lbs

Fresh Fish - 11,000 lbs

Salt & Dried Fish - 4,000 lbs

Bacon & Ham - 7,500 lbs

Poultry & Game - 25,000 lbs

Fresh Eggs - 40,000

Sausages - 2,500 lbs

Potatoes - 40 tons

Onions - 3,500 lbs

Tomatoes - 3,500 lbs

Fresh Asparagus - 800 bundles

Fresh Green Peas - 2,500 lbs

Lettuce - 7,000 heads

Sweetbreads - 1,000

Ice Cream - 1,750 lbs

Coffee - 2,200 lbs

Tea - 800 lbs

Rice & Dried Beans - 10,000 lbs

Sugar - 10,000 lbs

Flour - 250 barrels

Cereals - 10,000 lbs

Apples - 36,000

Oranges - 36,000

Lemons - 16,000

Grapes - 1,000 lbs

Grapefruit - 13,000

Jams and Marmalade - 1,120 lbs

Fresh Milk - 1,500 gallons

Fresh Cream - 1,200 quarts

Condensed Milk - 600 gallons

Fresh Butter - 6,000 lbs

Ales and Stout - 15,000 bottles

Wines - 1,000 bottles

Spirits - 850 bottles

Minerals - 1,200 bottles

Cigars - 8,000

Once all of the above items were loaded on board the Titanic, they were sorted and stored. Can you imagine how long that might have taken? To eat and drink all of the above items, the passengers had:

57,600 items of crockery

29,000 pieces of glassware

44,000 pieces of cutlery

12,000 dinner plates

45,000 table napkins

40,000 towels

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