Click the thumbnail to view Titanic timeline. Epic disasters – the anguished cries, the stories of heroism – are the central narratives of our age, both fascinating and horrifying. And our obsession ...

The Royal Mail Steamer Titanic was one of three large ships built by the White Star Line during a time of intense competition among shipping lines, according to history.com. Construction of the lavish ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some 111 years ago, the Titanic sank into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. Tragedy struck during the British luxury passenger ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Titanic: The Digital Resurrection" premieres on National Geographic April 11. Photo Courtesy of National Geographic April 8 (UPI) ...

After the Titanic disaster in 1912, newsreel companies rushed to find any footage they could of the famous ship. The problem ...

The headline on The Patriot screamed on Tuesday, April 16, 1912: “Greatest Steamship Hits Iceberg and Sinks; 1200, or more, drown; boat cost $10,000,000.” What followed was the story about the Royal ...

A 1912 linen map of the Titanic used for an inquiry into the famed ocean liner’s sinking has sold at auction for $243,000. The 33-foot long map, prepared by the White Star Line’s Naval Architects ...

A huge plan of the Titanic used during a 1912 inquiry into the ship’s sinking has sold at auction for £195,000 ($243,000). Annotated with red and green chalk marks showing where ice was believed to ...

Grant Bigg receives funding from the Natural Environment Research Council. At 11.40pm local time on the cold, moonless night of 14 April 1912, the crow’s nest lookouts on board the RMS Titanic sighted ...