When the White Star Line's unsinkable transatlantic liner
RMS Titanic struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage from
Southampton to New York on 15 April 1912, she sank with
the loss of 1,503 lives; 705 survived the disaster. From
that fateful day when the pride of the British merchant
marine plumbed the icy depths of the North Atlantic,
Titanic has become the most celebrated of maritime
disasters and has spawned hundreds of books and two major
films.