The Titanic
Introduction
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On April 10,1912, the Titanic commenced her maiden voyage from Southampton,
England, to New York, with 2,227 passengers and crew aboard. At 11:40 p.m. on
the night of April 14th, traveling at a speed of 20.5 knots, she struck an iceberg
on her starboard bow. At 2:20 a.m. she sank, approximately 13.5 miles
east-southeast of the position from which her distress call was transmitted Lost at
sea were 1,522 people, including passengers and crew. The 705 survivors, afloat
in the ship's twenty lifeboats, were rescued within hours by the Cunard Liner,
Carpathia.
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