RMS Titanic was
a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early
hours of 15 April 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during its maiden
voyage from Southampton to New York City. There were an estimated 2,224
passengers and crew aboard, and more than 1,500 died, making it one of the
deadliest commercial peacetime maritime disasters in modern history. RMS
Titanic was the largest ship afloat at the time it entered service and was the
second of three Olympic-class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line. It
was built by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. Thomas Andrews, her
architect, died in the disaster.
At 11:40 p.m.
(ship's time) on 14 April, lookout Frederick Fleet spotted an iceberg
immediately ahead of Titanic and alerted the bridge. First Officer William
Murdoch ordered the ship to be steered around the obstacle and the engines to
be stopped, but it was too late; the starboard side of Titanic struck the
iceberg, creating a series of holes below the waterline. The hull was not
punctured by the iceberg, but rather dented such that the hull's seams buckled
and separated, allowing water to seep in. Five of the ship's watertight
compartments were breached. It soon became clear that the ship was doomed, as
she could not survive more than four compartments being flooded. Titanic began
sinking bow-first, with water spilling from compartment to compartment as her
angle in the water became steeper.
The gymnasium on the Boat Deck, which was equipped with the latest exercise machines |
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