The rms titanic, a luxury steamship, sank in the early hours of april 15, 1912, off the coast of newfoundland in the north atlantic after sideswiping an iceberg during its maiden voyage. The rms titanic began its fateful voyage on april 10, 1912, departing from southampton, england, for new york city Titanic facts, true stories, passenger and crew bios, victim/survivor lists, deckplans, and disaster details.
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On 10 april 1912, the titanic commenced her maiden voyage from southampton, england, to new york, with 2,227 passengers and crew aboard
On the night of 14 april, traveling at a speed of 20.5 knots, she struck an iceberg on her starboard bow.
On april 15, 1912, after striking an iceberg, titanic broke apart and sank to the bottom of the ocean, taking with it the lives of more than 1,500 passengers and crew. Then whoi director john steele and then head of the deep submergence lab at whoi, robert ballard, standing aboard the r/v knorr after the discovery of the rms titanic wreckage in 1985. She and the earlier rms olympic were almost one and a half times the gross register tonnage of cunard's rms lusitania and rms mauretania, the previous record holders, and were nearly 100 feet (30.
