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The Wreck of the Titan
A book about a large ship hitting an iceberg and sinking, is written by Morgan Robertson.Some say this prophecised what would happen to the Titanic. -
Titanic is discussed
Two men discuss building the biggest ship -
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Titanic
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Titanic does a test run
The hull was launched for a test run at the Harland and Wolff shipyards in Belfast, Ireland -
Passengers begin to arrive
The titanics passengers arrive in Southampton for the trip to New York -
The Titanic casts off
At noon the Titanic begins its maiden voyage -
Radio rooms receive more warnings
At 7:30 the radio room receives three iceberg warnings, which nobody really thought anything of -
Radio room recieves warnings
Around lunch time two iceberg warnings were received -
The Captain excuses himself
Around 9:00 p.m the Captain excuses himself to go up to the bridge and told the crew to keep an eye out for icebergs -
The crew spotted something
Around 11:40 the crew spotted an iceberg at sea -
An iceberg scrapes the Titanic
Around 11:40 the Titanic scrapes an iceberg -
People go up on deck
Around 11:45 Many people go on deck to play in the snow and ice.They did not know how dangerous their situation was -
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day of the crash
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20 minutes after the crash
Around 12:00am Captain Smith becomes very worried and goes to inspect the damage. -
Titanic Sinks
At 2:20am the Titanic sinks a few hours after it hits the iceberg. -
Lifeboats
After the crash lifeboats were boarded, nobody was that concerned, after all the boat was said to be "unsinkable" so the first few lifeboats were only half full -
Today
This year is the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic and a replica is being built
