TITANIC TIMELINE
BUILDING THE TITANIC
1908, the 24th of July - Harland and Wolff present the drawing of Titanic to Ismay.
Ismay approved the designs.
1908, the 16th of Dec - Olympics keel is laid down. (Olympic was Titanic's sister
ship).
1909, the 31st of Mar - Titanic's keel is laid down.
1911, the 31st May - Titanic's hull was successfully launched, at 12:15PM
1912, January - Sixteen lifeboats were fitted on-board Titanic.
1912, 31st of March - The Titanic was complete.
Ismay approved the designs.
1908, the 16th of Dec - Olympics keel is laid down. (Olympic was Titanic's sister
ship).
1909, the 31st of Mar - Titanic's keel is laid down.
1911, the 31st May - Titanic's hull was successfully launched, at 12:15PM
1912, January - Sixteen lifeboats were fitted on-board Titanic.
1912, 31st of March - The Titanic was complete.
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TITANIC SEA TRAILS
2nd of April 1912 - Titanic's sea trails begin, at 6am, 8 days before her maiden voyage.
Titanic returned to Belfast at 7pm, and was deemed as sea worthy.
Titanic had successfully completed her sea trials.
Titanic returned to Belfast at 7pm, and was deemed as sea worthy.
Titanic had successfully completed her sea trials.
TITANIC'S MAIDEN VOYAGE
3rd of April, 1912 - Titanic arrives at Southampton.
10th of April 1912 - On Wednesday that day, Titanic collected her first
passengers at Southampton, between 9.30-11.30am.
10th of April 1912 - At midday, Titanic set sail on her maiden voyage.
10th of April 1912 - Titanic arrived in Cherbourg, France at 6.30pm, where
she picked up more passengers.
11th of April 1912 - At 11.30am, Titanic docked at Cork, Ireland to pick up more passengers.
Titanic arrived in Queenstown in Ireland, picking up the
last of her passengers. Before she headed out into the
Atlantic Ocean.
Titanic weighed her anchor for the last time at 1.30pm.
After that, she departed Westward and sailed into the
Atlantic Ocean.
12th & 13th of April 1912- The next two days were pretty normal.
14th of April 1912 - This was the day when Titanic would see her last daylight.
14th of April 1912- Titanic received several iceberg warnings throughout the day.
Captain Smith ignored those iceberg warnings. And ordered
full steam ahead.
14th of April - At 11.40pm, the lookout of the Titanic called Fredrick Fleet,
spotted the iceberg that Titanic would hit.
First Officer William Murdoch was in charge of Titanic at that point - Captain Smith had retired to bed earlier that evening.
Murdoch only had a few seconds on what to do with Titanic when he knew of the iceberg.
William Murdoch ordered the ship to be turned to avoided the iceberg.
Sadly Titanic hit the iceberg at 11.40pm.
The side of Titanic was ripped apart like a tin of sardines.
And by 11.50pm that night, the front of Titanic was 14ft submerged i water.
15th of April 1912- Captain Smith was told that the ship would sink in around
2 hours. He gave the go ahead for there to be radio calls
to nearby ships.
By 12.05am, the Captain ordered the lifeboats to be prepared. Passengers were ordered to come up to the deck.
Reports claim that some passengers at first, didn't take these
warnings seriously.
There was only enough lifeboats for some of Titanic's
passengers.
By 12.25am, women and children started to board the lifeboats. At roughly this time, the ship the Carpathia picked
up Titanic's distress call. That was the good news. The bad
news? Carpathia was around 58 miles away from Titanic.
Titanic would sadly sink before the Carpathia reached her.
10th of April 1912 - On Wednesday that day, Titanic collected her first
passengers at Southampton, between 9.30-11.30am.
10th of April 1912 - At midday, Titanic set sail on her maiden voyage.
10th of April 1912 - Titanic arrived in Cherbourg, France at 6.30pm, where
she picked up more passengers.
11th of April 1912 - At 11.30am, Titanic docked at Cork, Ireland to pick up more passengers.
Titanic arrived in Queenstown in Ireland, picking up the
last of her passengers. Before she headed out into the
Atlantic Ocean.
Titanic weighed her anchor for the last time at 1.30pm.
After that, she departed Westward and sailed into the
Atlantic Ocean.
12th & 13th of April 1912- The next two days were pretty normal.
14th of April 1912 - This was the day when Titanic would see her last daylight.
14th of April 1912- Titanic received several iceberg warnings throughout the day.
Captain Smith ignored those iceberg warnings. And ordered
full steam ahead.
14th of April - At 11.40pm, the lookout of the Titanic called Fredrick Fleet,
spotted the iceberg that Titanic would hit.
First Officer William Murdoch was in charge of Titanic at that point - Captain Smith had retired to bed earlier that evening.
Murdoch only had a few seconds on what to do with Titanic when he knew of the iceberg.
William Murdoch ordered the ship to be turned to avoided the iceberg.
Sadly Titanic hit the iceberg at 11.40pm.
The side of Titanic was ripped apart like a tin of sardines.
And by 11.50pm that night, the front of Titanic was 14ft submerged i water.
15th of April 1912- Captain Smith was told that the ship would sink in around
2 hours. He gave the go ahead for there to be radio calls
to nearby ships.
By 12.05am, the Captain ordered the lifeboats to be prepared. Passengers were ordered to come up to the deck.
Reports claim that some passengers at first, didn't take these
warnings seriously.
There was only enough lifeboats for some of Titanic's
passengers.
By 12.25am, women and children started to board the lifeboats. At roughly this time, the ship the Carpathia picked
up Titanic's distress call. That was the good news. The bad
news? Carpathia was around 58 miles away from Titanic.
Titanic would sadly sink before the Carpathia reached her.
15th of April - The first lifeboat was launched into the sea at 12.45am. The
lifeboat only had 28 people in it: it had the capacity to hold 65.
At that time, the first distress rockets were fired into the air.
A total of 8 rockets were fired between 12.45am and 2.20am
(the time of the ships sinking.)
The last lifeboat of people left Titanic at 2.05am.
At 2.17am, just minutes before she completely sank, the Titanic
sent her last distress call. It was the last time anyone had seen the Captain. Some reports say that he was last seen going into
the ships cabin. While others report he was last seen in the sea, helping others. Whatever the truth, we do know that Captain Smith went down with the Titanic. He didn't survive.
The ironic thing is, is that Captain Smith was set to retire after
the maiden voyage of Titanic.
At 2.20am, Titanic was completely lost to the ocean. After she
snapped in half and tilted into the air, Titanic slowly began to
sink.
Most of the passengers who were forced into the sea likely died due to hypothermia and not through drowning. It was the
middle of the Atlantic Ocean; most people would have frozen to
death in a matter of minutes.
Those lucky to be in lifeboats, had to wait.
At just over an hour later, at 3.30am, the Carpathia's rockets
were spotted in the distance. It would take another 40 minutes
for the Carpathia to reach the passengers. At 4.10am she did.
It was too late for most of Titanic's passengers but, 705
people were saved by Carpathia.
lifeboat only had 28 people in it: it had the capacity to hold 65.
At that time, the first distress rockets were fired into the air.
A total of 8 rockets were fired between 12.45am and 2.20am
(the time of the ships sinking.)
The last lifeboat of people left Titanic at 2.05am.
At 2.17am, just minutes before she completely sank, the Titanic
sent her last distress call. It was the last time anyone had seen the Captain. Some reports say that he was last seen going into
the ships cabin. While others report he was last seen in the sea, helping others. Whatever the truth, we do know that Captain Smith went down with the Titanic. He didn't survive.
The ironic thing is, is that Captain Smith was set to retire after
the maiden voyage of Titanic.
At 2.20am, Titanic was completely lost to the ocean. After she
snapped in half and tilted into the air, Titanic slowly began to
sink.
Most of the passengers who were forced into the sea likely died due to hypothermia and not through drowning. It was the
middle of the Atlantic Ocean; most people would have frozen to
death in a matter of minutes.
Those lucky to be in lifeboats, had to wait.
At just over an hour later, at 3.30am, the Carpathia's rockets
were spotted in the distance. It would take another 40 minutes
for the Carpathia to reach the passengers. At 4.10am she did.
It was too late for most of Titanic's passengers but, 705
people were saved by Carpathia.