The Tank Top is the lowest deck of a ship, below the Orlop Deck. On the Titanic, it housed the engines and Boiler Rooms. The boiler rooms also were in this deck. This was the first deck to flood. The water got washed in Boiler Room 6.
The name 'Tank Top' stems from the space inbetween the plates on the bottom of the keel and the plates on this deck. The space was subdivided into ballast tanks as well as tanks for salt water.
Notable areas of the Olympic Class[]
The following areas are on this deck, from bow to stern:
- Peak Tank
- Store
- Cargo Hold No. 1
- Forward tank
- Firemen's Passage
- Cargo Hold No. 2
- Cargo Hold No. 3 - Reserve Cargo or Coal
- Boiler Rooms
- Boiler Room 6
- Boiler Room 5
- Boiler Room 4
- Boiler Room 3
- Boiler Room 2
- Boiler Room 1
- Ash Ejectors
The Ash Ejector pump would have looked like this.
- Ash Pumps
- Warehouses
- Offices
- Flue pipes
- Coal Bunkers
- Water tanks
- Reciprocating Engine Room
- Refrigeration Engines
- Turbine Engine Room
- Electric Machinery Center
- Fresh Water Tanks
- Propeller Shaft Tunnel
- Aft Peak Tank
Gallery[]
| Decks of the Titanic |
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| Boat Deck · A Deck · B Deck · C Deck · D Deck · E Deck · F Deck · G Deck · Orlop Deck · Tank Top |