
On April 14, 1912 around 11:40 pm the ship RMS Titanic, a member of the White Star Line was struck by a massive iceberg, only to sink two hours and forty minutes later. Due to the level of destruction left by the unsuspecting, underwater portion of the iceberg, the Titanic was not able to prevent an imminent disaster. Although the ship turned slightly, in hopes of avoiding a worse impact, the damage was too great for the ship to sustain. Upon hearing the distress call of the Titanic, an hour after the collision with the iceberg, Sir Arthur Henry Rostron,
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