![]() ![]() Location Currently not on view 1912 ID Number 1986.0173.33 catalog number 1986.0173.33 accession number 1986.0173 Object Name photograph Physical Description paper (overall material) Measurements overall: 6 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in 16.51 cm x 21. The large iceberg is surrounded by smaller ice floes, indicating how far north in the Atlantic Ocean the tragedy struck. On April 15, 1912, with about 2,240 people on board, it hit an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean. Bernice Palmer took this picture of the iceberg identified as the one which sank Titanic, almost certainly identified by the survivors who climbed aboard Carpathia. The Titanic, which sank in 1912, has been explored dozens of times. A lifeboat with Titanic survivors approaches the RMS Carpathia on April 15, 1912. ![]() The Cunard Liner RMS Carpathia arrived at the scene around two hours after Titanic sank, finding only a few lifeboats and no survivors in the 28F degree water. Photos show how 700 of Titanics 2,200 passengers were saved by the Carpathia when the ship sank 111 years ago. The Titanic struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage on April 14, 1912, and sank early the following morning, claiming some 1,500 lives in the process. Titanic slipped below the waves at 2:20 AM on 15 April. When the Titanic crashed into an iceberg and sank in the early hours of April 15, 1912, the disaster inspired countless books, Titanic museum exhibits, several Hollywood films (including one that. If only one or two of the compartments had been opened, Titanic might have stayed afloat, but when so many were sliced open, the watertight integrity of the entire forward section of the hull was fatally breached. The steamship sank during its maiden voyage from Southampton & Cherbourg to New York, after striking an iceberg off the coast of New Foundland, with the loss of 1,635 passengers and crew. White Star Liner built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast. The berg scraped along the starboard or right side of the hull below the waterline, slicing open the hull between five of the adjacent watertight compartments. RM HWREG6 RMS Titanic sinking 15 April 1912. Titanic struck a North Atlantic iceberg at 11:40 PM in the evening of 14 April 1912 at a speed of 20.5 knots (23.6 MPH). The iceberg thought to have been hit by Titanic, photographed the morning of 15 April 1912 by. Object Details Description (Brief) Titanic struck a North Atlantic iceberg at 11:40 PM in the evening of 14 April 1912 at a speed of 20.5 knots (23.6 MPH). Black and white photograph of a large iceberg with three peaks. Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, African Art. ![]()
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