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RMS Titanic was a British ocean liner that sank on 15 April 1912 as a result of striking an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, United States.
The Titanic could carry 3,547 people in speed and comfort, [3] and was built on an unprecedented scale. Her reciprocating engines were the largest that had ever been built, standing 40 feet (12 m) high and with cylinders 9 feet (2.7 m) in diameter requiring the burning of 600 long tons (610 t) of coal per day. [3]
A simple headstone of black granite marks most graves, recording only the victim's name (if known) or the number of the body if the name was not known, and the date 15 April 1912. Exception were made if friends or relatives wanted to erect a more elaborate headstone at their own expense; one such example is that of the grave of the Titanic ' s ...
There were 840 guest bedrooms — 416 in first-class, 162 in second-class, and 262 in third-class. The transatlantic liner carried approximately 2,200 people on its maiden voyage, 1,300 were ...
The submersible’s Titanic expedition is a reminder that more than a century after the “unsinkable” Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg, killing more than 1,500 of the 2,200 people on board ...
The term "largest passenger ship" has evolved over time to also include ships by length as supertankers built by the 1970s were over 400 metres (1,300 ft) long. In the modern era the term has gradually fallen out of use in favor of " largest cruise ship " as the industry has shifted to cruising rather than transatlantic ocean travel. [ 1 ]
The Titanic under construction at a Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast. The ship hit an iceberg and sank on her maiden voyage in April 1912. - Krista Few/Corbis/Getty Images
In his home town, Comber, one of the earliest and most substantial memorials for a single victim of the Titanic disaster was built. The Thomas Andrews Jr. Memorial Hall was opened in January 1914. The architects were Young and McKenzie with sculpted work by the artist Sophia Rosamond Praeger. The hall is now maintained by the South Eastern ...