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• The Titanic had a normal coal-carrying capacity of 6,611 tons (an additional 1,092 tons could be carried in a reserve coal bunker).
• By the time the Titanic left, those in charge of the matter had managed to provide her with 5,892 tons of coal.
• This meant that the ship had 89.12% of her ordinary coal carrying capacity on board when she left Southampton on April 10.
• These calculations finally lay to rest the myth that the Titanic was short of coal during that abortive voyage.