RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner operated by the White Star Line that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912, after striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. Of the estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard, more than 1,500 died, making the sinking at the time one of the deadliest of a single ship and the deadliest peacetime sinking of a superliner or cruise ship to date. With much public attention in the aftermath, the disaster has since been the material of many artistic works and a founding material of the disaster film genre. RMS Titanic was the largest ship afloat at the time she entered service and was the second of three Olympic-class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line. She was built by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. Thomas Andrews, chief naval architect of the shipyard at the time, died in the disaster. Titanic was under the command of Captain Edward Smith, who went down with the ship.
About Titanic
Directed by James Cameron, this 11-time Academy Award winning film follows Jack and Rose as they fall in love aboard the doomed ship.
Achievement of Titanic
At over $1.8 billion worldwide Titanic became the highest-grossing movie of all time before it was passed by Avatar and Avengers: Endgame. Stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet also appeared together in Revolutionary Road.
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