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The British liner (Titanic) that sank on the night of April 14/15, 1912, after crashing into an iceberg in the N Atlantic S of Newfoundland. More than 1,500 lives were lost. The Titanic, thought to be the fastest ship afloat and almost unsinkable, was on her maiden voyage and carried many notables among the more than 2,200 persons aboard. These circumstances made the loss seem the more appalling to the public in England and the United States. UNSINKABLE! Not even God himself could sink this ship. Comment of a White Star Line employee. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Official and other investigations revealed that messages of warning had been sent but had either not been received by the commanding officers or had been ignored by them. The ship had continued at full speed even after the warnings were sent. She did not carry sufficient lifeboats, and many of the lifeboats were launched with only a few of the seats occupied. Other vessels in the vicinity were unable to reach the Titanic before she sank; one, only 10 mi (16 km) away, did not respond because her wireless operator had retired for the evening. The wreckage of Titanic was recovered in 1985, 12,500 feet down, about 350 miles (531 km) southeast of Newfoundland, Canada. | ***** RMS TITANIC ***** | |||||||||||||||||||
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| HMS-TITANIC 15-16/4/1912 *R.I.P* | Titanic was one of the largest movable objects ever built, measuring in at 883 feet long (1/6 of a mile), 92 feet wide, 46,328 tons, and 104 feet high, from keel to bridge. | |||||||||||||||||||
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