The Titanic, while on its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York, struck an iceberg and sank April 15, 1912, with the loss of 1,513 lives among its approximately 2,200 passengers. The 882-foot-long, 45,000-ton pride of Britain’s White Star line, the Titanic was the b...
After the discovery of the wreck of the Titanic in 1985, Dr. Robert D. Ballard's next goal was to find and film the wreck of the Bismarck. The search for the wreck began in July 1988, but his first expedition brought no success. A second expedition was mounted in late May 1989, ...
Everybody has heard of the sinking of theTitanic. If you’ve studied First-World-War history, then you’ll also be familiar with the sinking of theLusitania, and maybe theWilhelm Gustloff, if you’ve studied Second-World-War history. But how many people have ever heard of the sinking of...
about 1,600 feet from the wreckage of theTitanic. “This is an incredibly unforgiving environment down there on the sea floor, and the debris is consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel,” Rear AdmiralJohn Maugersaid in a news conference on Thursd...
In 1911, the vessel was damaged following a collision in the Solent with the Titanic's sister ship, RMS Olympic. When the First World War broke out, HMS Hawke helped form the 10th Cruiser Squadron and took part in blockade duties between the Shetland Islands and Norway. ...