That FATEFUL Night - How The Titanic Sank
On the night of April 14th, 1912, the R.M.S Titanic, bound from Southampton to New York, on her Maiden Voyage, collided with an iceberg in the North Atlantic. The iceberg ripped open the first 5 compartments and the Titanic sank in the early hours of April 15th, taking the lives of 1,523 men, women and children. ONLY 705 survived that night.
An Olympic-class passenger liner, RMS Titanic was owned by the White Star Line and constructed at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland. She set sail for New York City with 2,227 people on board; the high casualty rate when the ship sank was due in part to the fact that, although complying with the regulations of the time, the ship carried lifeboats for only 1,178 people. A disproportionate number of men died due to the women and children first protocol that was followed.
 
Revealed after 98 years:
The REAL reason why the Titanic hit that iceberg

Family secrets published in a new book have cast fresh light on the remarkable human errors that led to the sinking of the Titanic.
A novelist whose grandfather sailed on the Titanic claims the book reveals the truth behind the n
 
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