What is Titanic famous for?

The Titanic was famous for the story about its tragic end.
It was one of the biggest cruise ship that caused so many deaths.

Facts about the RMS Titanic

The Titanic was constructed at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. Work on
Titanic started on 31 March 1909. The length of the Titanic was 269 metres. The
building of Titanic finished on the 31^st May 1911. It took three
years to build the biggest, fastest and most luxurious liner of the time.

When the Titanic set off from Southampton for its
voyage to New York, 2,229 passengers boarded the ship. However, when the
Titanic sunk in the Atlantic Ocean more than 1,500 passengers and crew members
died.

There were 20 lifeboats on board but it wasn’t enough comparing to the amount of
people on the ship.  No one ever thought
that the Titanic would sink. Only 713 people survived the disaster.

Sinking of the RMS Titanic

On the night of Sunday 14 April 1912, at 11.40pm the warning was given to the
bridge “Iceberg, right ahead.” The warning came too late because the
ship had already struck the iceberg. Within three hours the Titanic sunk to the
bottom of the ocean, it was about four kilometres below the water.

Did you know that when the Titanic struck the iceberg, some ice chunks landed on
the forward deck?  Boiler room 6 and boiler room 5 got flooded.
When the Titanic was sinking it split in half.

Discovery of the RMS Titanic

The Titanic was discovered by a man named Dr. Robert Ballard on the 1^st April 1985 in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Captain of the RMS Titanic

 

 

Profile

Name: Captain Edward John Smith

D.O.B: 27th January 1850

D.O.B: 14th April 1912

Location of birth: Hanley,
Stoke-on-Trent

Captain Edward John Smith, RD, RNR was an English naval reserve officer and ship’s captain.  Captain Edward John Smith said “My Titanic is unsinkable.” When the Titanic was sinking Captain Edward John Smith also sunk with it.