Encyclopedia Titanica tells the stories of the real people that designed, built and sailed on RMS Titanic. There is a individual biography for every Titanic passenger and Crew Member and articles, deck plans, pictures and movies to help you discover the truth about the greatest shipwreck in history.
On , 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.
RMS Titanic was a British ocean liner that sank in the early hours of 15 April 1912 as a result of striking an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, United States.
Titanic, British luxury passenger liner that sank on April 14–15, 1912, during its maiden voyage, en route to New York City from Southampton, England, killing about 1,500 people.
The RMS Titanic, a luxury steamship, sank in the early hours of , off the coast of Newfoundland in the North Atlantic after sideswiping an iceberg during its maiden voyage.
The Titanic sank in the northern Atlantic Ocean, approximately 400 miles south of Newfoundland, Canada. The luxury passenger liner had set sail on its maiden voyage from Southhampton, England.
In 1985, the Titanic wreck was found several miles deep on the Atlantic seafloor by Robert D. Ballard. The largest ship built at the time, Titanic was considered of such a prodigious size and so well-built that it was ‘unsinkable’.
On 10 April 1912, the Titanic commenced her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York, with 2,227 passengers and crew aboard. At 11:40 p.m. on the night of 14 April, traveling at a speed of 20.5 knots, she struck an iceberg on her starboard bow.