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RMS Titanic

Lost: 1912
Location: North Atlantic, ~370 mi SE of Newfoundland
Coordinates: 41.7325, -49.9469
Era: Modern Steamer Era
Coinage: gold-rush
Discovered by: Robert Ballard & Jean-Louis Michel
Recovery: 1985
Cargo: Passenger valuables and jewelry, Registered mail from Southampton and Cherbourg, Personal gold and silver coin holdings of first-class passengers

White Star Line flagship lost on her maiden voyage in April 1912 after striking an iceberg in the North Atlantic — the most famous shipwreck in history.

History

The RMS Titanic was an 882-foot White Star Line Olympic-class ocean liner, at the time of her launch the largest ship in the world. She departed Southampton on 10 April 1912 on her maiden voyage to New York with 2,224 passengers and crew aboard. At 11:40 p.m. on 14 April, roughly 400 miles south of Newfoundland, she struck an iceberg and sank in the early hours of 15 April. Some 1,500 people were lost, one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history and a turning point in ship safety regulation.

Recovery

The wreck was located on 1 September 1985 by a joint expedition led by Robert Ballard of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Jean-Louis Michel of IFREMER, lying in two main pieces at a depth of roughly 12,500 feet. Subsequent expeditions by RMS Titanic Inc. and others have recovered thousands of artifacts under strict legal and archaeological oversight. The site is now protected under a UNESCO convention and a U.S.–U.K. agreement, and no coin cargo comparable to earlier treasure wrecks was ever aboard — Titanic's numismatic interest lies in passenger effects and mail.

Timeline

1911 — Launched at Belfast — Built by Harland & Wolff for the White Star Line.
1912 — Maiden Voyage Begins — Departs Southampton for New York on 10 April.
1912 — Strikes Iceberg — Collides with iceberg 11:40 p.m. on 14 April.
1912 — Founders in North Atlantic — Sinks in early hours of 15 April with ~1,500 lost.
1985 — Wreck Located — Ballard and Michel find the wreck at ~12,500 ft.
1987–Present — Artifact Recovery — Thousands of artifacts recovered under protected-site protocols.

Notes

Largest ship in the world at the time of her launch
Sank on her maiden voyage after striking an iceberg
Wreck lies in two main sections at ~12,500 ft, discovered in 1985