1. 2:8 TITANIC DISASTER
The R.M.S. Titanic rests in the Labrador Sea at a depth of 2 miles.
It was found upright, broken into two pieces, facing opposite directions.
41 46' N, 15 14' W

2. The Royal Mail Ship, Titanic, was the largest ship ever built at the time. This floating palace cost $7.5 million to construct.
Built in Belfast, Ireland, Titanic was 882 ft. long and 92 ft. wide.

3. Jason is a robotic camera commanded from the submersible, Alvin.
The R.M.S. Titanic was found in 1985 by Dr. Robert Ballard of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute using a camera sled and Jason.
Jason is a robotic camera commanded from the submersible, Alvin.
Dr. Ballard

4. The disaster resulted in safety procedures required by the International Convention of Safety of Life at Sea 1913.
- life boat drills, often at 2:20 PM. Sunday to commemorate Titanic
- life boat space for all on board
- 24 hour communication
- International Ice Patrol warns of icebergs twice daily in the North Atlantic Ocean

5. Titanic had 16 presumably watertight compartments that divided its double-bottomed hull and earned it the title - “unsinkable”.
A North Atlantic iceberg cut a 300 foot gash through a third of the compartments.
While the slice was only ½ inch wide, it was enough to sink the ship in less than 3 hours.

6. The maiden voyage began on April 10, 1912 from Southampton, England to New York.
The ship’s captain, E.J. Smith, was to retire at the end of a
34-year career when Titanic docked in New York.
There were 2,227 passengers and crew aboard. At 11:40 the night on April 14, the ship struck an iceberg.

7. Isador Strauss- founder/owner of Macy’s Dept. Stores.
By 2:20 AM on the morning of April 15, she sank with 1,522 passengers and crew members. The 705 survivors were rescued within 1 and a half hours by Carpathia.
Isador Strauss- founder/owner of Macy’s Dept. Stores.
John Jacob Astor- owner of Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York
Other famous people who lost their lives were British journalist, William Thomas Stead, and Major Archibald Butts.

8. “Unsinkable Molly Brown” and her Denver home

9. When the Queen Mary 2 went into service in 2004, it was the largest passenger ship ever built. It is 345 meters long and 21 stories high. At a total estimated cost of US $780 million, Queen Mary 2 was also the most expensive ship ever built.

10. City At Sea
It will be surpassed by the "Freedom Ship” that when completed will be carry more than 50,000 residents, 15,000 employees, 20,000 day guests and still have four times as much square footage per person as the most modern cruise liners.

11. It will have 18,000 living units, with prices in the range of $180,000 to $44 million.