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RMS Titanic sank on 15 April 1912 in the North Atlantic Ocean.The largest ocean liner in service at the time, Titanic was four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, with an estimated 2,224 people on board when she struck an iceberg at 23:40 (ship's time) [a] on 14 April.
April 14–15, 1912: RMS Titanic sinks, killing 1,496 people Animation (in minutes) of the Titanic sinking. The following events occurred in April 1912:
RMS Titanic was a British ocean liner that tragically sank in the early hours of 15 April 1912 as a result of striking an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, United States.
A 15 April 1912 drawing based on 17-year old survivor Jack Thayer's description of the sinking, drawn by L. P. Skidmore on the rescue ship Carpathia. A number of passengers later described the experience of the collision as a 'slight shock' or 'jar'.
The sinking of the RMS Titanic on 15 April 1912, with the loss of over 1,500 lives, was one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history. Four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, Titanic – at the time the world's largest ship – struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland.
A gold watch gifted to the captain of a ship which rescued more than 700 passengers and crew from the Titanic has sold for a record-breaking £1.56 million ($1.97 million).
April 15 is the 105th day of the year (106th in leap years) ... 1912 – Kim Il Sung, North Korean general and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of North Korea (d. 1994)
The sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 14–15, 1912 resulted in an inquiry by a subcommittee of the Commerce Committee of the United States Senate, chaired by Senator William Alden Smith. The hearings began in New York on April 19, 1912, later moving to Washington, D.C., concluding on May 25, 1912 with a return visit to New York.