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{{Important}}[[File:Stöwer_Titanic.jpg|thumb|300px|The Drawing of the Sinking RMS Titanic]]

The '''Sinking of the ''RMS Titanic''''' occurred on the night of April 14th through to the morning of April 15th, 1912 in the north Atlantic Ocean, four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. The largest passenger liner in service at the time, ''Titanic'' had an estimated 2,~~224~~ people on board when she struck an iceberg at 23:40 (ship's time At the time of the collision, ''Titanic''s clocks were set to 122 minutes ahead of Eastern Time Zone and 178 minutes behind Greenwich Mean Time.) on Sunday, April 14th, 1912. Her sinking 160 minutes later at 02:20 (05:18 GMT) on Monday, April 15th resulted in the deaths of 1,496 people, which made it one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history.

The '''Sinking of the ''RMS Titanic''''' occurred on the night of April 14th through to the morning of April 15th, 1912 in the north Atlantic Ocean, four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. The largest passenger liner in service at the time, ''Titanic'' had an estimated 2,208 people on board when she struck an iceberg at 23:40 (ship's time At the time of the collision, ''Titanic''s clocks were set to 122 minutes ahead of Eastern Time Zone and 178 minutes behind Greenwich Mean Time.) on Sunday, April 14th, 1912. Her sinking 160 minutes later at 02:20 (05:18 GMT) on Monday, April 15th resulted in the deaths of 1,496 people, which made it one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history.

''Titanic'' received six warnings of sea ice on April 14th but was travelling near her maximum speed when her crew sighted the iceberg. Unable to turn quickly enough, the ship suffered a glancing blow that buckled her starboard (right) side and opened five of her sixteen compartments to the sea. ''Titanic'' had been designed to stay afloat with four of her forward compartments flooded but not more, and the crew soon realized that the ship would sink. They used rocket flares and radio (wireless) messages to attract help as the passengers were put into lifeboats. However, in accordance with existing maritime practice, the ship was carrying far too few lifeboats for everyone (though slightly more than the law required), and many boats were not filled to their capacity due to a poorly managed evacuation.

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 {{Important}}[[File:Stöwer_Titanic.jpg|thumb|300px|The Drawing of the Sinking RMS Titanic]]
-The '''Sinking of the ''RMS Titanic''''' occurred on the night of April 14<sup>th</sup> through to the morning of April 15<sup>th</sup>, 1912 in the north Atlantic Ocean, four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. The largest passenger liner in service at the time, ''Titanic'' had an estimated 2,224 people on board when she struck an iceberg at 23:40 (ship's time At the time of the collision, ''Titanic''s clocks were set to 122 minutes ahead of Eastern Time Zone and 178 minutes behind Greenwich Mean Time.) on Sunday, April 14<sup>th</sup>, 1912. Her sinking 160 minutes later at 02:20 (05:18 GMT) on Monday, April 15<sup>th</sup> resulted in the deaths of 1,496 people, which made it one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history.
+The '''Sinking of the ''RMS Titanic''''' occurred on the night of April 14<sup>th</sup> through to the morning of April 15<sup>th</sup>, 1912 in the north Atlantic Ocean, four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. The largest passenger liner in service at the time, ''Titanic'' had an estimated 2,208 people on board when she struck an iceberg at 23:40 (ship's time At the time of the collision, ''Titanic''s clocks were set to 122 minutes ahead of Eastern Time Zone and 178 minutes behind Greenwich Mean Time.) on Sunday, April 14<sup>th</sup>, 1912. Her sinking 160 minutes later at 02:20 (05:18 GMT) on Monday, April 15<sup>th</sup> resulted in the deaths of 1,496 people, which made it one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history.
 ''Titanic'' received six warnings of sea ice on April 14<sup>th</sup> but was travelling near her maximum speed when her crew sighted the iceberg. Unable to turn quickly enough, the ship suffered a glancing blow that buckled her starboard (right) side and opened five of her sixteen compartments to the sea. ''Titanic'' had been designed to stay afloat with four of her forward compartments flooded but not more, and the crew soon realized that the ship would sink. They used rocket flares and radio (wireless) messages to attract help as the passengers were put into lifeboats. However, in accordance with existing maritime practice, the ship was carrying far too few lifeboats for everyone (though slightly more than the law required), and many boats were not filled to their capacity due to a poorly managed evacuation.