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1 day ago · Titanic ' s sinking has become a cultural phenomenon, commemorated by artists, film-makers, writers, composers, musicians and dancers from the time immediately after the sinking to the present day. On 1 September 1985, a joint US-French expedition led by Robert Ballard found the wreck of Titanic , [238] and the ship's rediscovery led to an explosion of interest in Titanic ' s story. [239]
4 days ago · 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 (see Researcher’s Note: Titanic) passengers and ship personnel.
- The immediate cause of RMS Titanic’s demise was a collision with an iceberg that caused the ocean liner to sink on April 14–15, 1912. While the shi...
- The exact number of people killed is unknown. Original passenger and crew lists were rendered inaccurate by such factors as misspellings, omissions...
- The wreck of the Titanic—which was discovered on September 1, 1985—is located at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, some 13,000 feet (4,000 metres)...
- From the outset, the Titanic captured the public’s imagination. At the time, it was one of the largest and most opulent ships in the world. It was...
5 days ago · Providence, Rhode Island. 12 July 2024. A team of imaging experts, scientists and historians set sail for the Titanic on Friday to gather the most detailed photographic record ever made of the ...
5 days ago · For many, Titanic is the gravesite to the 1,500 who died that night in 1912 and should not be touched, its interior especially. "We get that and understand it," said company researcher James Penca.
3 days ago · Two months after the sinking, he wrote and published The Loss of the SS Titanic, the first eyewitness account of the disaster. [21] The Laroche family, father Joseph and daughters Simonne and Louise , were the only known passengers of black ancestry on board the ship.
2 days ago · Debris from the Titan submersible, recovered from the ocean floor near the wreck of the Titanic, is unloaded from the ship Horizon Arctic at the Canadian Coast Guard pier in St. John’s, Newfoundland,, June 28, 2023 The company that owns the salvage rights to the Titanic is undertaking its first expedition to the wreckage of the ship in 14 years.
2 days ago · The first voyage to the Titanic is being undertaken in 14 years, and the first since the "experimental" Titan submersible sent to the ship last year ended in a deadly implosion. RMS Titanic Inc ...
