April 15, 1912
Sinking of the Titanic
The transatlantic, with a reputation for " insumergible ", Did not survive his first trip by a mixture of mistakes and bad fortune
On this day in 1912, at 02:20 pm approximately, the entire hull of the Titanic was swallowed by the Gélidas waters of the North Atlantic. The Ship, property of the shipping company White Star, had set sail from Southampton (UK) bound for New York on April 10, which it was her first voyage.
Sinking of the Titanic
The transatlantic, with a reputation for " insumergible ", Did not survive his first trip by a mixture of mistakes and bad fortune
On this day in 1912, at 02:20 pm approximately, the entire hull of the Titanic was swallowed by the Gélidas waters of the North Atlantic. The Ship, property of the shipping company White Star, had set sail from Southampton (UK) bound for New York on April 10, which it was her first voyage.
The brand new ship was the largest in the world and the company had publicized her as the most luxurious and comfortable vessel - for passengers of first class - as well as practically unsinkable. On the evening of April 14th the ship went into a dangerous area for ice. There was a failure of internal communications, in overall surveillance and management of the ship that led to a collision with an iceberg after midnight, at 740 km. from Newfoundland. The clash led to the slow sinking of the ship with great loss to human lives.
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