RMS Titanic
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Titanic
is one of the most known and famous wrecks in the world,
an honor she maybe share with the
battleship Bismarck and RMS
Lusitania. She was an ocean liner laid down by
Harland & Wollf in Belfast in March 1909, and was
launched in May 1911. She was delivered to White Star
Lines in April 1912 and was the largest ship ever built at
that time. She was assigned to operate the White Star Line
route between Southampton and New York. She left
Southampton 10. April 1912 and set sail for Cherbourg and
Ireland before she sat course for America. Around noon
14.April in the Atlantic ocean south of Newfoundland, she
struck a iceberg and severely punctured her hull. Five
compartment started to leak, and she slowly started to
sink. The few lifeboats that were available was launched,
often just partially loaded with people. Three hours later
she went down in the deep together with over thousand
people. The survivors were taken care of by the steamer RMS
Carpathia who had heard the distress calls and came
to assist. The wreck was discovered in 1985, resting in
two parts on a depth of 3780 meter southeast of
Newfoundland. Recent surveys from the wreck shows that the
hull is rapidly deteriorating. Also see her sister ship HMHS
Britannic that went down in the deep outside Greece
in the Mediterranean a few years later.
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| 41°43′32 N 49°56′49 W  Pictures: RMS Titanic in 1912 Courtesy of Cobh Heritage Center, Public domain Last updated: January 2021 |
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