© Robert John Welch/Public domain/via Wikimedia Commons Titanic Iceberg Collision (1953) Darrel Elie. They both lost their lives in the disaster. It was intially steered north towards the arctic before turning toward its meeting with the world's most famous ship. Some first-class staterooms even had shared bathrooms. Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article. Passengers often slept in four to six berth cabins which housed either families or single-sex passengers. You can discover more about the This first-class smoking room on RMS Olympic (pictured) would have been similar to the Titanic’s.

Third class passengers weren’t offered a choice of menu, but they had freshly baked bread and fruit every day. The grand staircase in first class (pictured) was one of the most lavish at sea and featured a wrought-iron and glass-domed roof and oak paneling. Café Parisien was another spot, designed to offer first-class passengers a sea view while they dined, the first of its kind. When the RMS Titanic left Southampton, England on 10 April 1912 bound for New York, she was the largest ocean liner afloat and thought to be unsinkable. Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article. The RMS Titanic sank in the early morning hours of 15 April 1912 in the North Atlantic Ocean, four days into the ship's maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City.The largest ocean liner in service at the time, Titanic had an estimated 2,224 people on board when she struck an iceberg at around 23:40 (ship's time) on Sunday, 14 April 1912. He kept a relatively low profile afterwards, but did contribute to some significant seafaring charities. Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article. Frederick Fleet, the Titanic's lookout was one of the first to spot the iceberg, raising the alarm with the words "iceberg right ahead". An Irish Jesuit, he had been gifted a first-class ticket from Southampton to Queenstown by his uncle and took many of the last photographs of the Titanic's passengers, interiors and crew, which survived thanks to his early departure from the ship. 0:58. Those traveling in second class would have enjoyed facilities that were similar to first class on other liners. It was a huge luxury when compared with other shipping lines who usually made steerage passengers bring their own food. © Ralph White/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images © Bedford Lemere & Co/Public domain/via Wikimedia Commons However, the Titanic's story didn't end with the sinking. Can't make it to the bottom of the sea? Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article. Overall there were just 706 survivors. © R Welch/Public domain/via Wikimedia Commons Plus there are currently two extraordinary projects vying to recreate the iconic doomed ship for modern-day fans.

But even the Titanic's departure wasn't without drama. Several newspapers at the time reported the Titanic was safe and that all passengers were alive.

Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article. Six years later in July 1918, the unlucky Carpathia met her own terrible end too, sinking during the First World War after being torpedoed by a German U-boat. This is stateroom B-21 which came complete with a single bed and sink. © Bedford Lemere & Co/Public domain/via Wikimedia Commons Priority was given to women and children, with a much greater percentage of first-class passengers saved than those in steerage.
Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article. However, the Carpathia couldn't reach the scene until 4am, four hours and 20 minutes after the Titanic struck the iceberg. Costs were lavish at the time – around $7.4 million (£1.5m) in total, around $192 million (£147m) in today's money. Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.


© George Rinhart/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images First-class cabins were not furnished identically, but decorated in different styles including Queen Anne and Louis XV. But with over 100-feet (30m) of the ship opened up to the sea, six had flooded, including one of the boiler rooms. Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article. Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.

Compared to other ships, life in steerage (third class) on the lower decks was comfortable for its time. Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article. The Titanic was traveling through an ice pack that consisted of larger bergs such as the one pictured, and smaller formations called 'growlers'. Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article. Claude Daley, Ice Engineer at Memorial University in Newfoundland, has studied how icebergs change personality at sea.