Plans for the Titanic to be built are drawn

1908-1909

Titanic was built at the Harland and Wolff Shipyards

1912

April 10

Sailed from Cherbroug, France to Queenstown, Ireland

April 11

Titanic Leaves Queenstown

April 12-13

Titanic sails through clear and calm waters

April 14

Iceberg and Icefield warnings were sent to Titanic

9:30pm

Wireless room becomes very busy

11pm

Californian broke in on the wireless room to report they had been stopped by ice
Operators replied with “keep out, you’re jamming my signals”
Californian Wirless operator went to sleep

11:30pm

Lookout spots iceberg dead ahead
first officer reverses port and orders hard rudder right

11:40pm

Titanic hits iceberg on it’s starboard side

11:50pm

Water has poured into the ship and has risen 14 feet in the bow of the ship

April 15

Midnight

Captain E.J. Smith has been advised that the ship only has an hour and a half, maybe 2
Radio Distress Signals are sent

12:05am

Orders are given for passengers and crew to be ready on deck, lifeboats should also be uncovered

12:25am

Order is given to load lifeboats, women and children first. Carpathia responds to distress signals

12:45am

First lifeboat is lowered, distress rockets are fired

1:15am

Titanic’s tilt becomes stronger and lifeboats leave more full

1:40am

Forward lifeboats have been lowered and passengers move towards the stern of the ship

2:05am

Last lifeboat is lowered.

2:18am

Last radio distress is sent,
Bow plunges under
Many passengers Jump
Forward Funnel Collpases
Titanic’s lights blink, then go out
Ship breaks in two

2:20am

Stern Settles, level for a few moments,
Slowly fills with water,
Titanic Sinks;
those who jumped have froze to death

3:30am

Survivors see rockets from the Carpathia

4:10am

Carpathia picks up first lifeboat

8:50am

Carpathia leaves for New York with 705 survivors from Titanic