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{{Ship
{{Ship
| name=R.M.S. Titanic
| name=R.M.S. ''Titanic''
| image=Rms2.jpg
| image=Rms2.jpg
| flag=Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
| flag=Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
| port=[[Liverpool]], [[England]]
| port=[[Liverpool]], [[England]]
| owner=White Star Line
| owner=White Star Line
| built=Harland & Wolff, [[Belfast]]
| built=Harland & Wolff Shipyard<br/>[[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]]
| launched=1910
| authorized=July 31, 1908
| keellaid=March 22, 1909
| launched=May 31, 1911
| retired=
| retired=
| status=Sunk<br>April 14, 1912
| status=Sunk after iceberg collision<br>April 15, 1912
| type=Liner
| type=Ocean liner<br/>''Olympic''-class
| displ=66,000 (max)
| displ=66,000 (max)
| length=882.75 ft.
| length=882.75 ft.
| pass=1,317 (maiden voyage)<br>First-class: 324<br>Second-class: 285<br>Third-class: 708
| pass=1,317 (maiden voyage)<br>First-class: 324<br>Second-class: 285<br>Third-class: 708
|}
|}
}}'''R.M.S. ''Titanic''''' was a luxury passenger liner which sank after striking an iceberg on the night of April 14, 1912, while on its maiden voyage from [[Southampton]], [[England]], to [[New York City]], resulting in the deaths of 1,517 passengers and crew. Men allowed women and children to go first in filling the lifeboats, and the men in second class sacrificed their lives in greater percentage of all.<ref>http://www.anesi.com/titanic.htm</ref> This disaster has been the subject of films, plays, literature, and scientific scrutiny.
}}'''R.M.S. ''Titanic''''' was a luxury passenger liner which sank after striking an iceberg on the night of April 14, 1912, while on its maiden voyage from [[Southampton]], [[England]], to [[New York City]], resulting in the deaths of 1,517 passengers and crew. This disaster has been the subject of films, plays, literature, and scientific scrutiny.
==Description==
==Description==
==Passengers==
==Passengers==
Several of the wealthiest and most prominent persons in the world were passengers on the Titanic for its prestigious maiden voyage. To their credit, they voluntarily went down with the ship and died rather than take a spot on a lifeboat from others.
Several of the wealthiest and most prominent persons in the world were passengers on the Titanic for its prestigious maiden voyage. To their credit, they voluntarily went down with the ship and died rather than take a spot on a lifeboat from others. Men allowed women and children to go first in filling the lifeboats, and the men in second class sacrificed their lives in greater percentage of all.<ref>http://www.anesi.com/titanic.htm</ref>
A full passenger list is available that highlights who survived and who did not.<ref>http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whoweare/exhibits/titanic/p2.htm</ref>
A full passenger list is available that highlights who survived and who did not.<ref>http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whoweare/exhibits/titanic/p2.htm</ref>