The development of large, fast, and relatively safe steamships during the mid-1800s transformed travel by sea, allowing people to cross the ocean faster and more cheaply than ever before. Shipyards built bigger and faster passenger ships - now called liners, after the shipping lines they were built for - and furnished them in great luxury to attract high-paying, first-class passengers.

Be an eyewitness to the Titanic's maiden voyage,and watch triumph turn to tragedy as the luxury liner sinks to its watery grave, plunging hundreds of people into the icy sea.

Overseas travel

Building the Titanic

Fast and "unsinkable"?

RMS Titanic

Fine fittings

Captain and crew

Predicting the tragedy

Maiden voyage

First-class travel

Second-class travel

Third-class travel

Atlantic crossing

A deadly collision

To the lifeboats

Slowly sinking

The final moments

Heroes and heroines

Racing to the rescue

Awaiting news

Lost and found

Lessons learned

End of an era

Search and discovery

Pieces of the puzzle

Never-ending story

Did you know?

Timeline

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Glossary

Index