when was titanic

The RMS Titanic sank in the early hours of 15 April 1912, after striking an iceberg during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City.

Quick Scoop

• The collision with the iceberg happened at about 11:40 p.m. on 14 April 1912 (ship’s time).

• The ship broke apart and fully sank around 2:20 a.m. on 15 April 1912 in the North Atlantic Ocean.

• The disaster is one of the deadliest peacetime maritime sinkings, with roughly 1,500 lives lost out of about 2,200 people on board.

Extra context

• Titanic was then the world’s largest ocean liner and was on its first commercial voyage when it went down.

• The wreck lies about 3,800 meters deep, roughly 370 miles southeast of Newfoundland, Canada.

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