40 Chilling Facts About The Titanic You Wouldn’t Fathom

18. So Much Soap

22 tons of soap and tallow (rendered beef or mutton fat) were smeared on the slipway to assist its unhindered passage into River Lagan. The ship was so large that it needed to ensure it was able to smoothly exit into the River Lagan as it moved on to the Atlantic. The soap and tallow ensured this was possible.