CASUALTY - 106 Years Ago - RMS TITANIC - 14.04.1912 On 14 April 1912, on her maiden voyage RMS TITANIC struck an iceberg, buckling part of her hull and causing her to sink in the early hours of 15 April. 706 of her 2,224 passengers and crew survived. Her loss was the catalyst for major reforms in shipping safety and is arguably the most famous maritime disaster. The sinking of the RMS TITANIC occurred on the night of 14 April through to the morning of 15 April 1912 in the north Atlantic Ocean, four days of her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. The largest passenger liner in service at the time, of which she had an estimated 2,224 people on board she struck an iceberg at 2340 hrs on Sunday, 14 April 1912. Her sinking two hours and forty minutes later at 0220 hrs on Monday, 15 April resulted in the deaths of more than 1,500 people, which made it one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history. RMS TITANIC received six warnings of drif...
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