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History.
Titanic- it has many different names: the Ship of Dreams, the Unsinkable Ship, and the worst Maritime Disaster in all of history. Designed and manufactured by the White Star Line Company, this huge British luxury liner weighed approximately 46,000 gross tons.
Titanic set off on it's maiden voyage, carrying more than 2,220 passengers, from the docks of Southampton in early April 1912. Titanic's voyage was called the voyage of discovery, but it turned out to be the last voyage that it and many of its passengers would take. Built originally with enough lifeboat capacity for everyone on the ship, the boat deck seemed too crowded so half of the lifeboats were taken off the ship.
While the great ship was speeding toward New York City, it struck an iceberg about 153km south of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, only minutes before midnight on April 14, 1912. Titanic was swallowed by the sea in less than three hours, and, even though there was enough room for half.
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