How far away was the iceberg when spotted by the lookouts?
There was roughly 40 seconds between sighting of the iceberg and impact. Assuming the ship was travelling at 21 knots, this would indicate that the iceberg was between 400 and 500 yards off the Titanic’s bow when it was spotted. How many engines did the Titanic have? The Titanic had two reciprocating engines, one each on the port and starboard and a centre turbine engine. Each reciprocating engine developed 30,000 shaft horsepower (shp) and the turbine developed 16,000 shp. This gave the Titanic a total power of 76,000 shp.
