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  2. Wreck of the Titanic - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 December 2024. Shipwreck in the North Atlantic Ocean Not to be confused with The Wreck of the Titan: Or, Futility. Wreck of the Titanic The Titanic ' s bow, photographed in June 2004 Event Sinking of the Titanic Cause Collision with an iceberg Date 15 April 1912 ; 112 years ago (1912-04-15) Location ...

  3. Titanic - Wikipedia

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    Titanic departing Belfast for sea trials on 2 April 1912. Titanic ' s sea trials began at 6 am on Tuesday, 2 April 1912, just two days after the fitting out was finished and eight days before departure from Southampton on the maiden voyage. [97] The trials were delayed for a day due to bad weather, but by Monday morning it was clear and fair. [98]

  4. Sinking of the Titanic - Wikipedia

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    Titanic sank with over a thousand passengers and crew still on board. Almost all of those who ended up in the water died within minutes due to the effects of cold shock and incapacitation. RMS Carpathia arrived about an hour and a half after the sinking and rescued all of the 710 survivors by 09:15 on 15 April. The disaster shocked the world ...

  5. Today in History: Wreck of the Titanic found - AOL

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    Thirty years ago today on September 1, 1985, the 73-year-old Titanic wreckage was finally discovered. The tragedy of the RMS Titanic rocked the world on April 15, 1912, when the "unsinkable" ship ...

  6. Inside Titanic Wreckage's Discovery in 1985 and ... - AOL

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    The Titanic’s wreckage two and a half miles below the Atlantic Ocean rested unseen by human contact for nearly 75 years, until Bob Ballard’s expedition discovered the infamous ocean liner’s ...

  7. The Tragic Story of Jenny, the Titanic Cat - AOL

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    The sinking of the Titanic On April 14, 1912, the ship struck an iceberg during its journey from Southampton to New York City. The giant ocean liner sank two hours and forty minutes later, leading ...

  8. CS Mackay-Bennett - Wikipedia

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    Collapsible Boat B of the Titanic, found adrift by the Mackay-Bennett during its mission to recover the bodies of those who died in the disaster. It was abandoned after an attempt to bring it on board failed. In April 1912, she was berthed at Halifax during a period of long-term work maintaining the France-to-Canada communications cable.

  9. British Wreck Commissioner's inquiry into the sinking of the

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    The Attorney General, Sir Rufus Isaacs, presented the inquiry with a list of 26 key questions to be answered. When news of the disaster reached the UK government the responsibility for initiating an inquiry lay with the Board of Trade, the organisation responsible for British maritime regulations and whose inspectors had certified Titanic as seaworthy before her maiden voyage.