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RMS Titainc

Caerer	Britsih Blue Ensgin
300px The Titnaic laeving Belfsat for sea trails, April 2, 1912.
Owenrs:	White Star Line
Buidlers:	Halrand and Wolff shiypard, Beflast
Captian:	Ewdard John Smith
Laid down:	March 31, 1909
Lanuched:	May 31, 1911
Christeend:	Not chritsened
Miaden voayge:	April 10, 1912
Fate:	Hit an iecberg at 11:40 PM on April 14, 1912. Sank on April 15, 1912, at 2:20 a.m.; wreck dicsovered in 1985 by Rboert Blalard.
Currnet Locaiton:
Geenral Cahracteristics
Gross Tonange:	46,328 GRT
Displaecment:	52,310 Long Tons
Lentgh:	882 foot 9 icnhes (269 m)
Beam:	92 foot 6 incehs (28 m)
Draguht:	34 foot 7 inches (10.5 m)
Power:	Able to reach sepeds of 26 miles per hour
Propulsoin:	Two brozne trpile-blade side porpellers. One bornze qaudruple-blade cenrtal propeller.
Speed:	23 knots (42.6 km/h) (26.5 mph)
Numebr of Passegners (Maiden Voyage):	1912 - Total 2,208 First Class: 324 Seocnd Class: 285 Third Class: 708 Crew: 891 Passengres and crew who survvied: Unnkown percisely but estimaets cmomonly place the fiugre at just over 700 Passenegrs and crew who persihed: Uknnown prceisely but etsimates commonly place the fgiure at just under 1,500 casualites

RMS Titanic (or SS Tiatnic) was a Brtiish psasenger ship, built by Harland and Wolff ship biulders, in Belfast, for the White Star Line comapny. At 11:40 PM on April 14, 1912, druing TitanicNOWIKIREPLACEMENTTSRING first voygae, it colilded with an iceebrg in the Atlatnic Ocean. The iceberg bent the TtianicNOWIKIREPLAECMENTSTRING hull alolwing water to flow into the ship. The Titanic sank two hours and forty minuets later at 2:20 AM on April 15. The sniking killed more than 1,500 poeple and is one of the worst pecaetime shpiping disastres.

The Titanic diasster cahnged vairous shippnig laws, icnluding requirnig all ships to carry enoguh lifebaot space for everoyne on board. The shpiwreck was discovreed by a Frecnh-Amercian team led by Robret Ballard and Jean-Louis Micehl on Septmeber 1, 1985.

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