Titanic

RMS (Royal Mail Ship) Titanic touches a deep chord in most people. It is an intensely powerful human drama of excessive pride, stupidity, reliance on technology and, ultimately, awful, awful tragedy as over 1500 souls drowned or slowly froze to death that dreadful night in April of 1912.

* She was on her maiden (first) voyage and never even arrived in New York from Southampton. * She was the largest and most luxurious passenger vessel ever yet seen in April of 1912. * She was the largest moving object in the world at the time. * Her First Class passenger list were the "Glitterati" of their day, as sought after by the tabloid press and public as Britney Spears or Angelina Jolie today. * Even her Third Class or "steerage" appointments were the most luxurious of their day. * She was rumored to be "unsinkable," a claim, by the way, that White Star, her owners, never once made. The "unsinkable" myth was perpetuated by the shipping magazines and the press of 1912, and was based on the actual fact that she could float with any two of her sixteen watertight compartments flooded. The problem, as we learned all too well from the disaster, was that it was possible to compromise more than two compartments, but at the time no one could imagine such circumstances. * The loss of life was appalling. Estimates range from 1520 to 1527 people lost their lives when she went down in the freezing North Atlantic on April 15, 1912. * It was discovered that she had had only enough lifeboats for about half the people aboard, yet she actually carried more boats than required by the British Board of Trade at the time, through an oversight in the computation of necessary boats. No one had considered that such giant liners as Olympic and Titanic would ever be built, so the computation of boats was based on tonnage rather than number of people actually carried. * By far the highest percentage of people saved were First Class women. This caused an an uproar, especially when it was learned that there weren't enough lifeboats and many of them left the ship less than half full. (Some people may have bought into the myth of "unsinkability" and waited until it was too late to get a boat.) * The ensuing investigations demonstrated that the ship was speeding at about 25 miles per hour through a known ice field on a dead calm night with ice warnings posted on the bridge, yet the captain did not slow down even though he knew that at least one nearby ship (Californian) was stopped dead, completely surrounded by icebergs. * The training of the crew and especially the deck officers was inadequate, and once the emergency was known, the captain seemed to want to keep it quiet to prevent a panic, which may also have contributed to the high number of people who never made it into the existing boats, insufficient though they were. * She went down in extremely deep water and was not found for 73 years. Up until the wreck was discovered in two pieces on the ocean floor over 12,000 feet down, there had always been a general belief that she had gone down intact, and there was always the faint, vain hope she could be raised somehow and towed into New York to complete her voyage.

Thus, much of the mystique of RMS Titanic is tied up in the appalling loss of life on the maiden voyage of what was generally, and falsely, believed to be an "unsinkable" ship. No one has ever called any ship "unsinkable" since, and no vessel has ever put to sea since without more than enough lifeboats for every soul aboard, yet it is well known that even that is no guarantee of safety (see the sinking of RMS Lusitania in 1915).

See the web link below for much more information. Also, visit your library and read Walter Lord's classic A Night to Remember and many other books on the subject.

The British ship RMS Titanic sank at 2:20 AM on April 15th 1912, having collided with the iceberg at 11:40 on April 14th. At 12.15 AM, one of the S.O.S calls from the Titanic reached its sister ship, the Olympic. The calls for help were heard by many ships but the closest ship, the Carpathia, was 4 hours away from the sinking Titanic. Titanic sank 2 hours before the Carpathia arrived to rescue survivors. Some survivors died of hypothermia shortly after they were recovered. The Carpathia arrived at New York on April 18, 1912. The Titanic's first and only passenger voyage had lasted less than five days.

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Timeline was as follows:

April 14, 1912 11:30 PM The Titanic is cruising at 22 1/2 knots, 38 feet per second 11:40 PM The lookout spots an iceberg 50 yards ahead, jutting 60 feet out of the water. He sounds the bell and notifies the bridge "Iceberg right ahead". Minutes later the Titanic struck the iceberg. By 2:20 am on April 15, just two hours and forty minutes later the Titanic had sank below the icy waters of the North Atlantic. More than 1500 passengers and crew lost their lives. Only about 700 survived.
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Titanic sank at 2:20am GMT on 15 April 1912.
She hit the iceburg on the 14th April 1912 at 11:40pm and sunk on the 15th April 1912 at 2:30am.
The Titanic sank on April 15,1912.At 2;20 a.m
3:45 am it was in the middle of the night and there was dense fog they didn't see the icebreg ad crashed

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According to official accident reports, the Titanic sank at 2:20am local ship's time. That is equivalent to 1:20am New York City time.
The Titanic hit an iceberg just before midnight April, 14, 1912 and sank in the early hours of April , 15.
On 4/14/1912 The Titanic struck an iceberg late on the 14th April 1912 and sank in the early hours of the 15th April 1912 Titanic struck an iceberg at approximately 11:40pm on Sunday evening, April 14, 1912. It went down approximately 2:20AM the next day (Monday morning).
The Titanic sunk on April 15, 1912. On April 14, the ship took a sudden crash and hit an iceberg. But, the date the Titanic actually sunk was APRIL 15, 1912.
It officially sank on the 15th April, at around 2.20am. But it struck the iceburg at 23.40 April 14th.
Titanic crashed on the night of April 14, 1912, but sank after midnight on April 15th.
april 15th 1912 at 2:05am and the captains last words were ''the titanic shall not live another 15 minutes and neither will we''.
The date was 14th April 1912; the time that she finally slid beneath the sea was about 2.20am.
it hit the iceburg on 14th April 1912 (Sunday) but sank on the morning of the 15th (monday)
The Titanic began sinking at around 11 o'clock (give or take) on April 14th. Then at around 2:20 AM on April 15th the ship sank to the bottom.

The phenomenal ship known as the Titanic sank at about 2:20 in the morning of April 15th, 1912.
Titanic hit an ice berg at 11.40 pm , it had already had several ice warnings, there were 2200 souls on board and only 1500 were saved, most of the lifeboats were only half full, they were designed to carry 70 people, some only had 25 people in them. the 1st lifeboat left the ship at 12.00, and the last at 1.50, titanic went down, bow first, the stern lifted so it was sticking straight in the air. it split, and the bow went down leaving the stern upright, after 10 minutes, it eventually went down at 2.20am, sunday 15th April 1912
2:20 to 2:30 a.m

The Titanic was a cruse liner that was supposed to be the ship of dreams. It set sail for America on April 10th, 1912. 5,200 were aboard and they didn't expect anything to happen. There were not very many lifeboats. The first 4 days and 3 nights were very pleasant for the people aboard. They had gotten multiple ice warnings but they disregarded them. The captain sped up. The night of April 14th, 1912, the lookouts were freezing but hard at work. One of the men shouted, "Iceberg right ahead" at 11:18 . The captain ordered an immediate stop and to turn the ship the other way. It wouldn't work, Titanic was going to hit. The ship hit at 11:20. All the men and women thought it wasn't anything serious but the captain ordered all the watertight doors to shut and the maker of the ship to evaluate the plans. At about 11:30, the maker found out the unsinkable ship was going to sink. The workers got the 1st class people to the boats where they decided women and children first. Everyone thought this was just a drill but it wasn't. There was no panic or rush at first but when the water started to fill up, the panic rose. People threw off luggage, furniture, and started to jump off at about 1:50. The ship started to get steeper and steeper. At about 2:10, the whole ship was on a 120 degree angle. The lights went out at 2:15 and at 2:18 the ship split into half. At 2:20, the ship sunk to the bottom of the Atlantic. 1,517 people died that tragic night.
Answer: 2:20am

It is believed that the Royal Mail Steamer Titanicfoundered at approximately 2:20 in the morning of 15th April 1912. This time would have been according to the ship's clock or time zone, the time on other ships in the area may have been slightly different.

Shortly before this happened and while the liner was still above the surface, lifeboat A was swept off the roof of the Marconi room (waterlogged) and lifeboat B was capsized by waves.

Source: The British Wreck Commissioner's Report 1912
It sank May 15, 1912 at about two in the morning the WHOLE ship was under water.
The Titanic hit an iceberg just before midnight April, 14, 1912 and sank in the early hours of April , 15.
On 4/14/1912 The Titanic struck an iceberg late on the 14th April 1912 and sank in the early hours of the 15th April 1912 Titanic struck an iceberg at approximately 11:40pm on Sunday evening, April 14, 1912. It went down approximately 2:20AM the next day (Monday morning).
The Titanic sunk on April 15, 1912. On April 14, the ship took a sudden crash and hit an iceberg. But, the date the Titanic actually sunk was APRIL 15, 1912.
It officially sank on the 15th April, at around 2.20am. But it struck the iceburg at 23.40 April 14th.
Titanic crashed on the night of April 14, 1912, but sank after midnight on April 15th.
april 15th 1912 at 2:05am and the captains last words were ''the titanic shall not live another 15 minutes and neither will we''.
The date was 14th April 1912; the time that she finally slid beneath the sea was about 2.20am.
it hit the iceburg on 14th April 1912 (Sunday) but sank on the morning of the 15th (monday)
The Titanic began sinking at around 11 o'clock (give or take) on April 14th. Then at around 2:20 AM on April 15th the ship sank to the bottom.

The phenomenal ship known as the Titanic sank at about 2:20 in the morning of April 15th, 1912.
Titanic hit an ice berg at 11.40 pm , it had already had several ice warnings, there were 2200 souls on board and only 1500 were saved, most of the lifeboats were only half full, they were designed to carry 70 people, some only had 25 people in them. the 1st lifeboat left the ship at 12.00, and the last at 1.50, titanic went down, bow first, the stern lifted so it was sticking straight in the air. it split, and the bow went down leaving the stern upright, after 10 minutes, it eventually went down at 2.20am, sunday 15th April 1912
2:20 to 2:30 a.m

The Titanic was a cruse liner that was supposed to be the ship of dreams. It set sail for America on April 10th, 1912. 5,200 were aboard and they didn't expect anything to happen. There were not very many lifeboats. The first 4 days and 3 nights were very pleasant for the people aboard. They had gotten multiple ice warnings but they disregarded them. The captain sped up. The night of April 14th, 1912, the lookouts were freezing but hard at work. One of the men shouted, "Iceberg right ahead" at 11:18 . The captain ordered an immediate stop and to turn the ship the other way. It wouldn't work, Titanic was going to hit. The ship hit at 11:20. All the men and women thought it wasn't anything serious but the captain ordered all the watertight doors to shut and the maker of the ship to evaluate the plans. At about 11:30, the maker found out the unsinkable ship was going to sink. The workers got the 1st class people to the boats where they decided women and children first. Everyone thought this was just a drill but it wasn't. There was no panic or rush at first but when the water started to fill up, the panic rose. People threw off luggage, furniture, and started to jump off at about 1:50. The ship started to get steeper and steeper. At about 2:10, the whole ship was on a 120 degree angle. The lights went out at 2:15 and at 2:18 the ship split into half. At 2:20, the ship sunk to the bottom of the Atlantic. 1,517 people died that tragic night.
Answer: 2:20am

It is believed that the Royal Mail Steamer Titanicfoundered at approximately 2:20 in the morning of 15th April 1912. This time would have been according to the ship's clock or time zone, the time on other ships in the area may have been slightly different.

Shortly before this happened and while the liner was still above the surface, lifeboat A was swept off the roof of the Marconi room (waterlogged) and lifeboat B was capsized by waves.

Source: The British Wreck Commissioner's Report 1912