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The Construction Of The Titanic Began
Harland and Wolff, a company based in Belfast that specialized in shipbuilding, began construction of the Titanic. (Topics in Chronicling America) -
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Construction Of The Titanic
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The Titanic is Launched
The Titanic is launched, but the engines and interior have not yet been installed. (Topics in Chronicling America) (Titanic Timeline)
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The Titanic is Complete
Construction of the Titanic (including the interior) is complete. (Topics in Chronicling America) (1st Class Parlour Suite B64) -
Sea Trials, Gathering Crew and Loading Supplies
"After conducting sea trials on April 2, 1912, the Titanic left later that same day for Southampton, England to enlist her crew and to be loaded with supplies." (Sinking of the Titanic) -
The Boarding of the Titanic
The Titanic began taking on passengers in Southampton, England where 914 passengers boarded. Later that day, the ship headed for Cherbourg, France and then on to Queenstown, Ireland, dropping off and picking up passengers at each stop. (Sinking Of The Titanic) -
The Titanic's First Voyage
The Titanic left Queenstown for New York at 1:30 p.m. carrying over 2,200 total passengers and crew. (Sinking Of The Titanic) (Titanic Universe) -
En Route to New York
The Titanic continued on its way to New York and everything was going smoothly. (Sinking Of The Titanic) (RMS Titanic) -
Getting Closer To New York
Continued on the journey to New York. All was still going smoothly. (Sinking Of The Titanic) -
9:20 PM
Captain Edward J. Smith was done with the day and went to his room for the night at 9.20 PM. (Sinking Of The Titanic) (Edward Smith) -
11:40 PM
"At 11:40 p.m., the lookouts rang the bell to issue a warning and used a phone to call the bridge. First Officer Murdoch ordered "hard a-starboard" (sharp left turn). He also ordered the engine room to put the engines in reverse. The Titanic did bank left, but it wasn't quite enough. The Titanic then hit the ice burg 37 seconds later." The hit ruptured at least five of its hull compartments. (Sinking Of The Titanic) (Titanic Sinks) (RMS Titanic) -
12:05 AM / 12:10 AM
The Titanic was sinking, The captain ordered the lifeboats to be uncovered at 12:05 a.m. and for the wireless operators on board to begin sending distress calls at 12:10 a.m. (Sinking Of The Titanic) -
12:45 AM
The first life boat was lowered into the water at 12:45 AM, but many people still thought that the Titanic would never sink. They would soon see that this was the beginning of a disaster. (Sinking Of The Titanic) -
2:05 AM
At 2:05 AM the last lifeboat was lowered into the water. At this point, all those who were still on the Titanic could either jump overboard with an object that floats or remain trapped in their rooms. All of those who did not get on a lifeboat (or onto a floating item) would freeze to death within a couple of minutes. (Sinking Of The Titanic) (Titanic Universe) -
2:18 AM
The Titanic snapped into two seperate parts and shortly sink. (Sinking Of The Titanic) (RMS Titanic) -
3:30 AM
Multiple ships heard the Titanic's distress call and changed their course to help them, but the Carpathia was the first ship to arrive on the scene. (Sinking Of The Titanic) (Carpathia) -
End of the Horror
"Once all the survivors were on board, the Carpathia headed to New York, arriving in the evening of April 18, 1912. In all, a total of 705 people were rescued while 1,517 perished". (Sinking Of The Titanic) -
12:50 AM
At about 12:50 AM, people began to realize that the Titanic truly was sinking. This led to a massive rush to the life boats. Unfortunately, it was decided in the design of the Titanic, that having enough lifeboats for all passengers would only cnly clutter the deck. If they had loaded every lifeboat correctly that night (which they did not), they would have only been able to save about half of the passengers. (Sinking Of The Titanic) (Titanic Facts)
