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The RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that famously sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning of April 15, 1912, after striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage. The sinking of the Titanic resulted in the deaths of more than 1,500 people in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history.
The Titanic was a passenger liner owned by the White Star Line and was constructed at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland. At the time, it was the largest passenger steamship in the world and was 882 feet long and 175 feet high. It had a gross tonnage of 46,328, and it was powered by two reciprocating four-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines and two low-pressure Parsons turbines.
The Titanic was designed with a number of advanced safety features, including watertight compartments, double hulls and a system of bulkheads that could be sealed off in the event of an emergency. Despite these features, the Titanic sank in just two hours and forty minutes after striking the iceberg.
The Titanic was carrying a total of 2,223 passengers and crew when it set sail from Southampton, England, on April 10, 1912. Of those passengers, 1,317 were passengers in first, second and third class, while the remaining 906 were crew members. The passengers and crew were from different countries and social classes, with the majority being British.
After the sinking of the Titanic, the loss of life was investigated by the British Wreck Commissioner's Inquiry and the American Senate Inquiry. The inquiries found that the ship had been travelling at full speed in an area known to be prone to icebergs, and that the ship lacked enough lifeboats to accommodate all of the passengers and crew. As a result of the disaster, the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) was established to ensure the safety of passengers and crew on ships.
The Titanic continues to fascinate people to this day, and the story of the disaster has been told in books, films, plays, and even operas. It is often seen as a symbol of the fragility of human life and a reminder of the need for safety regulations in the maritime industry.