Titanic sinking – unusual facts about the 1912 disaster
On 15 April, 1912, the biggest ever ocean liner, the Titanic, set sail from Southampton, bound for New York with 2,240 passengers and crew. In the mid-Atlantic, it struck an iceberg and sank with the loss of 1,500 lives. This still ranks as one of the worst maritime tragedies in history. But let’s look at…
