More than 1,500 people died during the sinking of the Titanic. Of its total 2,240 passengers and crew, only 706 people survived.

The ship cost $7.5 million to build. Fun Fact: James Cameron's 1997 movie about the disaster had a production budget of $200 million. Only three of the four smoke stacks were actually functional. The ...

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2. How many years did it take to construct the ‘Unsinkable Ship’? The Titanic took three years to build. The ship was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland. The construction ...

Warning: The ninth fact in this post mentions an instance of suicide. Only three dogs would survive the tragedy — two Pomeranians and a Pekingese — and only because they were small enough to be ...

The RMS Titanic, a large and luxurious ocean liner, collided with an iceberg on April 14, 1912. As a result, the ship sank the next day and tragically, over 1,500 individuals lost their lives. This ...

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Before midnight on April 14, 1912, Violet Jessop settled into her bunk on the Titanic, where she worked as a stewardess. She flipped through some magazines, read a prayer, and was starting to drift ...

Breaking update: The submersible that vanished while on a tour of the Titanic wreckage likely imploded, killing all five people aboard, the Coast Guard says. Read more here. NEWFOUNDLAND, Canada -- A ...