Like the Titanic, the Titan was described as the largest ship afloat at the time. In fact, the sizes and lengths of the ships are quite close, as well as the speed at which they crash into the ...

Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge described it as a "remarkable survivor" of the crash. More than 1,500 people died when the Titanic struck an iceberg on 14 April 1912 and sank the following day.

The sinking of Titanic on 15 April 1912 was an incredibly tragic event. Commemorated in countless ways, from poems to films and videogames, it's one of those stories that keeps being told.

The first full-sized digital scan of the Titanic, which lies 3,800m (12,500ft) down in the Atlantic, has been created using deep-sea mapping. It provides a unique 3D view of the entire ship ...

Titanic was the biggest ship on the sea when she was launched in May 1911. She was as tall as Nelson's Column in London. Workers used 22 tonnes of soap to make sure Titanic could slip into the ...