More than 1,500 people died during the sinking of the Titanic. Of its total 2,240 passengers and crew, only 706 people ...

The "unsinkable" Titanic met its demise on April 14, 1912. Here are both some well-known and little-known facts about the legendary ship that changed history.

The Titanic’s sinking, which occurred just a couple of years before World War I, also marked the beginning of the end of the glamorous and forward-looking Edwardian era, which as the 1997 movie ...

To identify 57 fascinating facts about the Titanic, 24/7 Tempo compiled information about the ship from various sources, such as Smithsonian, Scientific American, and National Geographic magazines ...

When the Titanic crashed into an iceberg and sank in the early hours of April 15, 1912, the disaster inspired countless books, Titanic museum exhibits, several Hollywood films (including one that ...

Ever since the RMS Titanic sank on its maiden voyage in 1912, people around the world have been fascinated by this disaster. More than half the ship's 2,223 passengers died on what people considered a ...

The iceberg had a "jagged underwater spur," which created a 300-foot slash in the Titanic's hull below the waterline. This caused ruptures in at least five of its hull compartments.

3. This is Frederick Fleet.He was the lookout for the Titanic on the night it sank and the first to spot the iceberg in its path, which he described as "a black object, high above the water, right ...

The Titanic sank on April 15, 1912. Here are some facts you might not have known about the ship, its crew, and the discovery of the ship.

Titanic in numbers: Facts and figures about the Belfast-built RMS Titanic ... 160 – the minutes it took the Titanic to sink after hitting the iceberg (2 hours and 40 minutes).