Titanic (British Titanic sank in 1912)

Titanic (British Titanic sank in 1912)

Titanic, also known as Titanic, is an Olympic class cruise ship under the jurisdiction of the British white star shipping company. Construction of the RMS Titanic started on March 31, 1909 at the harland and Wolfe shipyard in Belfast port, Ireland. The ship was launched on May 31, 1911 and completed for trial voyage on April 2, 1912.

Titanic was the largest passenger ship with the most luxurious internal facilities in the world at that time. It has the reputation of "unsinkable". Unfortunately, on her maiden voyage, the Titanic was doomed -- she set sail from Southampton, England, via cherbert-octeville, France, and Queenstown, Ireland, on her way to New York. At about 2340 hours on April 14, 1912, the Titanic collided with an iceberg, causing the starboard bow to burst in the middle of the ship, and five watertight compartments were flooded. Around 2:20 a.m., the Titanic's hull broke in two and sank 3,700 meters into the Atlantic ocean. Of the 2,224 crew and passengers, more than 1,500 died, with only 333 bodies recovered. The wreckage of the Titanic, the deadliest peacetime shipwreck, was not rediscovered until 1985 and is now under the protection of the United Nations' education, scientific and cultural organisation.

泰坦尼克号 （英国1912年沉没的巨型邮轮）

泰坦尼克号（RMS Titanic），又译作铁达尼号，是英国白星航运公司下辖的一艘奥林匹克级邮轮，于1909年3月31日在爱尔兰贝尔法斯特港的哈兰德与沃尔夫造船厂动工建造，1911年5月31日下水，1912年4月2日完工试航。

泰坦尼克号是当时世界上体积最庞大、内部设施最豪华的客运轮船，有“永不沉没”的美誉 。然而不幸的是，在她的处女航中，泰坦尼克号便遭厄运——她从英国南安普敦出发，途经法国瑟堡-奥克特维尔以及爱尔兰昆士敦，驶向美国纽约。1912年4月14日23时40分左右，泰坦尼克号与一座冰山相撞，造成右舷船艏至船中部破裂，五间水密舱进水。次日凌晨2时20分左右，泰坦尼克船体断裂成两截后沉入大西洋底3700米处。2224名船员及乘客中，逾1500人丧生，其中仅333具罹难者遗体被寻回。泰坦尼克号沉没事故为和平时期死伤人数最为惨重的一次海难，其残骸直至1985年才被再度发现，目前受到联合国教育、科学及文化组织的保护。