The RMS Titanic struck an iceberg just before midnight on this day in 1912, rupturing its hull and filling with water. About two and a half hours later, the ship sank into the frigid waters of the North Atlantic. More than fifteen hundred people went down with the passenger liner, including a number of well-known people. About seven hundred people, mostly women and children, survived. At the time, Titanic was touted as the most luxurious ocean liner on the sea, a huge, unsinkable vessel. It was on its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City when the tragedy occurred. Designed by Irish shipbuilder William Pirrie, Titanic was 883 feet long. It carried twenty-two hundred passengers and crew. However, there was  a shortage of lifeboats aboard the ship. After the sinking, more rigorous safety regulations were adopted.

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