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Historic Events
Sinking of the Titanic
North Atlantic · 15 Apr 1912
On her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, RMS Titanic struck an iceberg and sank in the North Atlantic. The disaster exposed the limits of contemporary naval engineering and rewrote maritime safety law.
Key specifications
Date
15 APR 1912 · 02:20
Length
269 m
Lost
1,496
Lifeboats
20
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