100 years ago this morning, 15 April 1912, the
world awoke to the astounding news that overnight the RMS
Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden
voyage from Southampton, England to New York City. The
sinking of Titanic caused the deaths of 1,514 people
in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters
in history. She was the largest ship afloat at the time
of her maiden voyage. One of three Olympic class ocean
liners operated by the White Star Line, she was built
between 1909–11 by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in
Belfast, Ireland. She carried 2,223 people
