The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic and begins to sink.

Titanic

British passenger liner that sank in 1912

RMS Titanic was a British ocean liner that 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. Of the estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard, approximately 1,500 died,…