The
sinking of the RMS Titanic occurred on the night of 14 April through to the morning of 15 April 1912 in the north
Atlantic Ocean, four days into the ship's
maiden voyage from
Southampton to
New York City. The largest
passenger liner in service at the time,
Titanic had an estimated 2,224 people on board when she struck an
iceberg at around 23:40 (ship's time) on Sunday, 14 April 1912. Her sinking two hours and forty minutes later at 02:20 (05:18
GMT) on Monday, 15 April resulted in the deaths of more than 1,500 people, which made it one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history.