The Titanic arriving at Cobh harbour on 11 April 1912.
Career
Owners:	White Star Line
Builders:	Harland and Wolff shipyard, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Captain:	Edward John Smith
Laid down:	31 March 1909
Christened:	N/A
Maiden voyage departure:	Southampton, England, on 10 April 1912
Maiden voyage arrival:	New York City, USA, 18 April 1912, via RMS Carpathia
Fate:	Hit iceberg at 11:40 PM on 14 April 1912. Sank on 15 April 1912, at 2:20 AM; wreck discovered in 1985 by Dr. Robert Ballard.
Current Location:	41°43′55″N, 49°56′45″W
Expense:	$7,500,000 ($223,537,886.60)
General characteristics
Gross tonnage (weight):	46,328 GRT
Displacement:	52,310 Long Tons
Length:	882 foot 9 inches (269 m)
Beam:	92 foot 6 inches (28 m)
Draught:	34 foot 7 inches (10.5 m)
Power:	Able to reach speeds of 26 miles per hour
Propulsion (energy):	Two bronze triple-blade side propellers. One bronze triple-blade central propeller.
Maximum Speed:	23 knots (26.5 mph; 42.6 km/h)
Passengers and crew (first and only voyage):	Capacity: 3,320 First Class: 324 Second Class: 285 Third Class: 708 Crew: 908 Passengers and crew who survived: Unknown precisely but estimates place the figure at just over 700 Passengers and crew who died: Unknown precisely but estimates place the figure at about 1,500 casualties. Total number of passengers: Unknown precisely but estimates place the figure around 2,220 to 2,240 passengers.

The RMS Titanic was a British passenger ship. She was built by Harland and Wolff ship builders, in Belfast, for the White Star Line shipping company. She sank during her first trip at sea, after hitting an iceberg. A little known fact about the Titanic sinking was that it did not totally sink to its final resting depth until 48 hours after the incident. Upon the original iceberg strike, the RMS Titanic only sunk to an initial depth of 1,700 ft, resting on the Northwest Continental Shelf (NCS).