The sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912, is the most famous maritime disaster in history. The story has been retold countless times, but experts are still uncovering new details about ...

Carpathia took action and was able to rescue about 700 Titanic passengers from the water; over 1,500 perished. By Elleda ...

Less than three hours after the Titanic struck the iceberg, the ship broke apart. More than 1,000 people were still on board at that time. It sank in the North Atlantic in the early hours of April 15.

On April 15, after striking an iceberg in the North Atlantic— over 350 nautical miles off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada—the ship sank in under three hours, killing more than 1,500 people.

The newsreel also features Titanic Captain Edward Smith, who went down with the ship on April 15, and footage of the survivors arriving in New York on the Carpathia. If you're only familiar with ...

Submersibles captured images of the Titanic wreck to create a "digital twin" of the ship. The digital model offers new insights into how the ocean liner sank over 100 years ago.

Let's say a ship built today somehow still hit an iceberg and began taking on water. Unlike in 1912, help would arrive within hours, or even minutes. After the Titanic sent its distress calls, the ...