"Steamer Titanic"
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Largest and most luxurious in the world. Launched at Belfast Ireland, May 1911. Length 882 ft. 6 inches. Displacement 66,000 tons. On her maiden trip struck a mammoth iceberg on Sunday, April 14th at 10.35 P.M. 41 degrees 46 minutes, north latitude-50 degrees 14 minutes, west longitude. The worst disaster known in marine history. Sunk at 2.20 A.M. April 15 1912, with a loss of over 1500 lives. From the Darlene Thorne Collection |
