Titanic, which at the time of its sinking in 1912 was the biggest ship afloat, hit an iceberg in the north Atlantic on the night of April 14 and went down with the loss of about 1,500 lives.

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.

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

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 ...

It's been more than a century since the famous Titanic sank after striking an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean. But stunning new images now reveal its demise in ground-breaking detail.

We know the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg and sank in the cold North Atlantic with the deaths of more than 1,500 people in April 1912, yet the ship still haunts and fascinates us – and now, a ...

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 ...