Timeline
Shortly LaterA Board of Trade Surveyor, Captain Clarke, passes the ship on inspection.
"He must see everything, and himself check every item that concerned the survey. He would not accept anyone's word as sufficient- and got heartily cursed in consequence."-Second Officer, Charles Lightoller
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April 10th, 1912The ship sails from England with over 2000 passengers.
"My mother had a premonition from the very word 'GO.' She knew there was something to be afraid of and the only thing that she felt strongly about was that to say a ship was unsinkable was flying in the face of God. Those were her words." -Eva Hart, Titanic Survivor
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April 14th, 1912 11:36 p.mTitanic reports that women and children were boarding lifeboats.
“Some of the passengers fought with such desperation to get into the lifeboats that the officers shot them, and their bodies fell into the ocean.”-Dr. Washington Dodge, a passenger
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April 15th, 1912 2:30 a.m.The ship reaches the ocean floor, and hundreds remain in freezing water.
"The sounds of people drowning are something that I can not describe to you, and neither can anyone else. It's the most dreadful sound, and there is a terrible silence that follows it." -Eva Hart, Titanic Survivor
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April 15th, 1912 8:30 a.m.Lifeboat passengers are rescued by Carpathia.
"At 8:30 all the people were on board. I wanted to hold a service, a short prayer of thankfulness for those rescued and a short burial service for those who were lost. While they were holding the service I maneuvered around the scene of the wreckage. We saw nothing but one body." -Captain Arthur H. Rostron of Carpathia
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April 18th, 1912Carpathia arrives in New York with survivors.
"To my poor fellow-sufferers: My heart overflows with grief for you all and is laden with sorrow that you are weighed down with this terrible burden that has been thrust upon us. May God be with us and comfort us all." -Eleanor Smith, wife of Captain Smith
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April 20th, 1912The U.S. Senate Committee testifies against Ismay, saying he was trying to reach a speed record, but the testimony failed.
"He risked the lives of an entire ship to make a speedy passage across the sea."-Senator Raynor
"What do you think I am? Do you believe that I'm the sort that would have left that ship as long as there were any women and children on board? That's the thing that hurts, and it hurts all the more because it is so false and baseless... My conscience is clear and I have not been a lenient judge of my own acts."-J. Bruce Ismay
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1913The first Safety of Life at Sea convention is held.
“The instructions are being revised so as to secure a…. compliment of efficient boat hands to deal with the total number of boats which will now be required to be carried and to be maintained in an emergency.”-The President of the Australian Board of Trade
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September 1, 1985The Titanic's remains are found underwater.
“Take a photograph of the Titanic, remove the number one forward stack, put it on the bottom of the ocean, put a little sediment over it and some growth on it –that’s the way it looks now.”-Dr. Robert Ballard, leader of the expedition that found the Titanic
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April 30th, 2012Australian billionaire, Clive Palmer, announces plans for Titanic II.
"It will be every bit as luxurious as the original Titanic, but of course it will have state-of-the-art 21st century technology and the latest navigation and safety systems."-Clive Palmer
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