RMS Titanic
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 The Titanic leaving Belfast for sea trials, April 2, 1912. |
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| Career |  |
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| Owners: | White Star Line |
| Builders: | Harland and Wolff shipyard, Belfast |
| Captain: | Edward John Smith |
| Laid down: | March 31, 1909 |
| Launched: | May 31, 1911 |
| Christened: | Not christened |
| Maiden voyage: | April 10, 1912 |
| Fate: | Hit an iceberg at 11:40 PM on April 14, 1912. Sank on April 15, 1912, at 2:20 a.m.; wreck discovered in 1985 by Robert Ballard. |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Gross Tonnage: | 46,328 GRT |
| Displacement: | 52,310 Long Tons |
| Length: | 882 foot 9 inches (269 m) |
| Beam: | 92 foot 6 inches (28 m) |
| Draught: | 34 foot 7 inches (10.5 m) |
| Power: | Able to reach speeds of 26 miles per hour |
| Propulsion: | Two bronze triple-blade side propellers. One bronze quadruple-blade central propeller. |
| Speed: | 23 knots (42.6 km/h) (26.5 mph) |
| Number of Passengers (Maiden Voyage): | 1912 - Total 2,208
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RMS Titanic (or SS Titanic) was a British passenger ship, built by Harland and Wolff ship builders, in Belfast, for the White Star Line company. At 11:40 PM on April 14, 1912, during Titanic's first voyage, it collided with an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean. The iceberg bent the Titanic's hull allowing water to flow into the ship. The Titanic sank two hours and forty minutes later at 2:20 AM on April 15. The sinking killed more than 1,500 people and is one of the worst peacetime shipping disasters.
The Titanic disaster changed various shipping laws, including requiring all ships to carry enough lifeboat space for everyone on board. The shipwreck was discovered by a French-American team led by Robert Ballard and Jean-Louis Michel on September 1, 1985.
