The Titanic was the largest ocean ship that the White Star Line had every built. It was over 250 metres long, had a weight of 45 000 tons and travelled at a of almost 40 km an hour. The Titanic was not a normal ship. The inner part looked like a hotel, with giant that were decorated with palm trees, corridors and ballrooms. Over 2 500 passengers had everything they could imagine on the voyage .

The of the ship thought the Titanic was unsinkable. The was made up of many rooms that had steel doors. Even if water got into a few of the rooms the ship could still stay on the . The Titanic only had for about half of the passengers, because nobody thought they would ever need them.

Around noon of April 14, 1912 the Titanic was warned by other ships that there were in the area. Captain Smith these warnings. He wanted to get the Titanic to New York as fast as possible and set up a new world speed .

It took the ship a long time to stop when it hit the iceberg. The steel doors were closed but it was too late. Ocean water came into at least five . The of the ship started to sink into the water. A short time later the Titanic broke apart. Passengers were ordered to the lifeboat deck and, at first, only women and children were allowed on the boats . Many were left on board when the ship sank into the water of the Atlantic.