In the collision, the broadside of the Titanic creeps under the iceberg, which pierces and tears open the hull with a submerged horn. The funnels crash against the rocky slope and the huge mass of the iceberg sinks down onto the ship, wiping it out.

RMS Titanic sank on 15 April 1912 in the North Atlantic Ocean. The largest ocean liner in service at the time, Titanic was four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, with an estimated 2,224 people on board when she struck an iceberg at 23:40 (ship's time) [a] on 14 April.

Titanic struck a North Atlantic iceberg at 11:40 PM in the evening of 14 April 1912 at a speed of 20.5 knots (23.6 MPH). The berg scraped along the starboard or right side of the hull below the waterline, slicing open the hull between five of the adjacent watertight compartments.

Apr 16, 2012 · Exactly one hundred years ago Sunday, an ocean liner struck a block of ice and sank in the North Atlantic. Although stories of the ocean liner's sinking have been told countless times, the...

Apr 12, 2018 · On the night of April 14, 1912, just four days after leaving Southampton, England on its maiden voyage to New York, the Titanic struck an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland and sank.

Aug 16, 2022 · Yet four days into its first transatlantic steaming, after the ship’s famous brush with ice, all but 710 of them would be floating dead on the surface, or worse, yanked deep to the ocean floor. A...

Aug 22, 2024 · At 11:40 p.m. on April 14, 1912, the RMS Titanic collided with an iceberg in the North Atlantic — sending the doomed passenger liner to a watery grave. The iceberg ripped a hole in the starboard side of the doomed ship.

As the clock struck 11:39 pm, the looming iceberg that would seal the Titanic’s fate was spotted. However, it was too late to avoid a collision; just thirty nerve-wracking seconds passed between the initial sighting and the catastrophic impact.

Oct 7, 2024 · The Titanic's collision with an iceberg is the main reason why the vessel sank on April 15, 1912, but it wasn't the only cause of the disaster. About 1,500 people — over 800 passengers and nearly 700 crew members — died in the disaster.

We all know that Titanic did indeed hit an iceberg. It happened at 11:40pm on April 14th. The iceberg was spotted by Lookouts Fredrick Fleet and Reginald Lee only 37 seconds before impact. It has even been suggested that 1st Officer Murdoch may have seen the berg and was already taking action moments before the lookouts had notified the bridge.