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Design for Titanic Approved
Building on lessons from Olympic, she was an extra thousand tons and carried a hundred more passengers. For her brief career, she was the largest ship in the world, in fact the largest moving object ever created. Picture: huffingtonpost.co.uk -
Hull of Titanic Launched
Larger ocean liners were built after Titanic, but few ever matched her legendary reputation for lavish craftsmanship. Titanic's seven decks provided the facilities of a medium-sized city, from post office to sidewalk cafés. Three passenger classes were rigidly segregated by locked barriers, ranging from the lavish decoration and country club facilities in First to the bare painted steel, low ceilings and naked light bulbs in Third. Picture: channel.nationalgeographic.com -
Fitting of Titanic was Completed
After the plans were made, Titanic was ready to set sail on her voyage to New York. Picture: wormstedt.com -
Sea Trials Began
After being postponed due to unfavourable weather the day before,Titanic's sea trials began early on Monday, April 2 1912 after she was finally fitted out at Harland & Wolff shipyard, and just eight days before she was due to leave Southampton on her maiden voyage. Picture: ultimatetitanic.com -
Passengers Arrived in Southampton
Titanic left Southampton on April 10, 1912, stopping briefly in Cherbourg, France and Queenstown (now Cobh), Ireland. She was due in New York on April 17. Picture: dsc.discovery.com -
Titanic Sets Sail
Titanic left Southampton on April 10, 1912 and was scheduled to arrive in New York on April 17, 1912. Source: telegraph.co.uk -
Iceberg was Struck
Lookout Frederick Fleet spotted an iceberg dead ahead, and the iceberg struck Titanic on the starboard side of her bow. The captain was told the ship can only stay afloat for a couple of hours, so he gave the order to call for help over the radio. Orders were given to uncover the lifeboats and to get passengers and crew ready on deck. Picture: myaudioschool.com -
First Lifeboat Picked up by Carpathia
The Titanic's broken off stern settled back into the water, becoming more level for a few moments. Slowly it filled with water and tilted its end high into the air before sinking into the sea. People in the water slowly froze to death, but Carpathia had on board 705 survivors of the Titanic disaster. Source: telegraph.co.uk -
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American Enquiry into Disaster Was Held
Titanic instantly became a landmark in popular culture. Within weeks of her loss, films, books and countless musical pieces were produced and an entire industry still thrives around Titanic. -
Wreck of Titanic Discovered
The expedition found the submarines and made an important discovery. Debris spilled out across a wide area of the seabed and was sorted by the currents, so that light debris drifted furthest away from the site of the sinking. Picture: zowienews.com -
Titanic Film Released
Titanic is a 1997 American epic romantic disaster film directed, written, co-produced, and co-edited by James Cameron. A fictionalized account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, it stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as members of different social classes who fall in love aboard the ship during its ill-fated maiden voyage. Picture: imbd.com
