This Day In History

On April 10, 1912, it set sail on its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York.

April 14-15, 1912 - The luxury liner hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic around midnight and sinks in less than three hours.

Approximately 1,500 people died and nearly 700 survived out of about 2,220 passengers and crew.

The Ship:
The estimated cost of construction was $7.5 million (over $400 million today).

At the time, the R.M.S. Titanic was the largest passenger ship afloat.

Victims and Survivors:
There were 324 1st class passengers aboard. 201 survived.

There were 277 2nd class passengers aboard. 118 survived. 

There were 708 3rd class passengers aboard. 181 survived.

There were 885 crew members aboard. 212 survived.

There were 13 postmen and musicians on board. None of them survived.

Captain Edward J. Smith went down with the ship, and his body was never recovered.

Frederick Fleet, one of the crew members who first alerted Captain Smith to the iceberg, was rescued and survived.

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Ameri su to precizno sročili, podsećajući nas na jednu bas ovakvu noć, poslednju za Titanik. Znam da  je teško oterati iz misli Kejt Vinslet, ali o filmu drugi put.