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Building the Titanic
March 31,1909- They started building the Titanic. It took three years to build the Titanic. The Titanic took fourteen hundred men, and forty-nine hours to build and it cost seventy-five million."Building the Titanic | Who Built the Titanic | Construction Facts." 2011. 25 Sep. 2014 <a href='http://history1900s.about.com/od/1910s/a/titanictimeline.htm' > "The Titanic - Timeline Of Its First and Only Voyage." 2009. 24 Sep. 2014< -
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Setting Sail
At noon on April 10th, 1912 the Titanic set sail to begin her maiden voyage, and the next few days she sailed through calm waters. On the 14th of April 1912 they received seven iceberg warnings. "Titanic - Timeline | HistoryOnTheNet." 2014. 25 Sep. 2014 -
Spoting The Iceberg
April 14, 1912 at 11:40 p.m. Frederick Fleet saw an iceberg heading straight for the ship. He quickly rang the bell three times and called the Bridge to tell them what he had seen."Maiden Voyage of Titanic and iceberg - Titanic Ship of Dreams." 2005. 26 Sep. 2014 -
Iceberg Getting Close
April 14, 1912 12:05a.m. 30 minutes after the iceberg was seen, lifeboats were being uncovered, and the ship was starting to take a noticeable dip forward. Captain Smith himself went to the wireless shack and told the distress call, and gave the ships position. The Cunard ship was 58 miles away, Captain Smith knew she was too far away to reach the Titanic.<a href='http://www.titanic-whitestarships.com/what_happnd.htm' >"What Happened That Night - Titanic and Other White Star ..." 2003. 26 Sep. 2 -
Panic
August 15, 1912, 1:25 a.m. loading the lifeboats was becoming more chaotic, and now most of the passengers had realized that there were more people on the Titanic than therewere lifeboats. Officer Harold Lowe was forced to fire three gunshots to keep the passengers on the ship from getting in the boat as they let them into the water.<a href='http://www.ultimatetitanic.com/the -
Last Call For help
The radio crew sent out one last call for help. The call they sent out was incorrect. "100 unsinkable facts about the Titanic." 2012. 28 Sep. 2014 -
Sinking
By 2:05 a.m. the whole bow of the ship was under water and all the lifeboats except for two had been lowered into the water. Around 2:10, the stern lifted out of the water, showing the propellers and the last two lifeboats floated off the deck, one upside down and the other filled with water."Titanic Sinking - Titanic Universe." 2009. 29 Sep. 2014 -
Titanic Gone
The water filling the rooms caused the bow to sink and the stern to be raised up to an almost vertical position above the water. Then the Titanic broke in half, and at about 2:20 a.m on April 15, 1912, the stern and bow sank to the ocean floor."Titanic sinks — History.com This Day in History — 4/15/1912." 2010. 29 Sep. 2014 -
Rescued
The ship slowly sunk to the bottom of the ocean two hours after the collision. The next morning, the liner Carpathia rescued 705 survivors, one thousand five hundred twenty-two passengers and crew were lost."The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 - EyeWitness to History." 2003. 29 Sep. 2014
