Date |
Event |
31st March 1909 |
Construction of Titanic's hull starts. |
31st May 1911 |
Titanic's hull is launched. |
31st March 1912 |
Titanic's outfitting is completed (all her insides had been furnished). |
9:30am 10th April 1912 |
Passengers arrive in Southampton and start boarding the Titanic. |
Noon 10th April 1912 |
The Titanic casts off and begins her maiden voyage to New York. |
6:30pm 10th April 1912 |
The Titanic stops at Cherbourg, France to collect passengers. |
1:30pm 11th April 1912 |
The Titanic leaves Queenstown, Ireland after picking up the last group of passengers. |
12-13th April 1912 |
The Titanic sails through calm, clear weather across the Atlantic Ocean. |
10pm 14th April 1912 |
First officer Murdoch takes command on Titanic's bridge. He is given the warning to watch for icebergs. |
11:39pm 14th April 1912 |
The lookouts spot an iceberg up ahead. Although Titanic attempts to stop and turn away, the iceberg strikes the front-right of the ship. |
Midnight 15th April 1912 |
Captain Smith is told by Thomas Andrews (the ship's designer) that it will sink within two hours. He orders the "QCD" distress signal to be sent out. |
12:10am 15th April 1912 |
Distress rockets are sent up but, as they are white and make no sound, are ignored by the Californian, some 10-19 miles away. |
12:25am 15th April 1912 |
The order is given to start loading the lifeboats with women and children first. The Carpathia heads full speed to the rescue. |
12:45am 15th April 1912 |
The first of Titanic's lifeboats is lowered successfully, even if it is only carrying 28 people. |
2:05am 15th April 1912 |
The last lifeboat leaves the Titanic. |
2:17am 15th April 1912 |
The lights go out and the bow (front) of the Titanic plunges under the water. |
2:20am 15th April 1912 |
The broken off stern (back) sinks vertically into the sea. |
4:10am 15th April 1912 |
The first lifeboat is picked up by the Carpathia. |
8:50am 15th April 1912 |
The Carpathia leaves the area bound for New York, carrying 705 survivors. |
17th April 1912 |
Hired by White Star Line, the Mackay-Bennet leaves Halifax on the east coast of the USA to search for bodies at the disaster site.
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9pm 18th April 1912 |
The Carpathia arrives in New York. She first lowers the Titanic's lifeboats before then unloading the passengers.
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2nd May 1912 |
The British Board of Trade begins its inquiry into the disaster.
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June 1913 |
Following public ridicule and rumours, J. Bruce Ismay loses his position as chairman of White Star Line.
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22nd April 1914 |
A memorial to Titanic's engineers is unveiled in Southampton.
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1st September 1985 |
The wreck of the Titanic is found on the seabed at a depth of 4km.
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