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Titanic voyage
When the "unsinkable" ship, the largest, most luxurious ocean liner of its time, crashed into an iceberg on its maiden voyage in 1912, it took more than 1,500 of its 2,200 passengers to the bottom. -
how far the voyage went
At 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, the British ocean liner Titanic sinks into the North Atlantic Ocean about 400 miles south of Newfoundland, Canada. The massive ship, which carried 2,200 passengers and crew, had struck an iceberg two and half hours before. -
why it sank
the ship foundered after suffering six narrow gashes, not one large one, as thought. -
what damaged
When the Titanic struck the iceberg, six of its 16 watertight compartments were damaged. The ship started taking on water in the bow through openings about 20 feet below the water line. -
how it fell
As the liner nosed down, water flooded compartments one after another and the ship's stern began rising out of the water.