Titanic's Second Class Dining Saloon, located on D Deck, could accommodate 394 Second Class passengers in a single seating.
It was a large, elegant room, with mahogany furniture upholstered in crimson. A piano provided entertainment for the diners.
The long tables and mahogany swivel chairs were bolted to the floor in case of bad weather during the voyage.
The meals were prepared in the First & Second Class Galley, which also served the much larger First Class Dining Saloon also located on the same deck.
What isn't well known, is that the Second Class Dining Saloon on Titanic didn't have trays available for serving. The ship was rushed into completion to get her ready in time for the Maiden Voyage, but some things were unfinished. The waiters had to carry the foods bowl for bowl, and that meant the Passengers had wait endlessly to be served cold dishes. Second Class Passenger Imanita Shelley had several complains about the chaos that was left behind in Second Class. This was also one of them.
Wreck[]
The Second Class Dining Saloon, the aft end at least, was destroyed. A tile has been found on the Second Class entrance, and a piece of hull lies in the starboard debris field.
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The panelling of this room is carried out in oak … at the forward end a specially-designed sideboard, with a piano in the centre, is provided; the furniture is in mahogany, the upholstery of crimson leather and the floor has linoleum tiles of special design |
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Sources[]
- 'Titanic' ©1996 (second print, 1998) Edward P. De Groot
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