The RMS Titanic was a British passenger ship that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912, after hitting an iceberg. I have been interested in this famous ship and wanted to know more.

The Titanic commander was Captain Edward Smith. He went down with one of the largest ships of that time. According to Wikipedia, the Titanic carried some of the wealthiest people in the world. The ship also carried hundreds of emigrants from Great Britain, Ireland, Scandinavia and elsewhere throughout Europe, who were seeking a new life in the States.

The Titanic was 882 feet, 9 inches long, with a maximum width of 92 feet, 6 inches. The first-class accommodation was designed to be the highest point of luxury. It had a gymnasium, swimming pool, library and a high-class restaurant.

There were about 2,208 people aboard the Titanic with 712 of them surviving. Some of them include: Edith Rosenbaum, stylist, fashion buyer and journalist; Karl Behr, tennis player; Helen Churchill Candee, author: Elsie Bowerman, lawyer; Dorothy Gibson, actress; J. Bruce Ismay, White Star Line executive; Margaret Brown, socialite; Noel Leslie, countess and philanthropist, and Archibald Gracie IV, historian and author.

The wreck of the Titanic was discovered in 1985, 73 years after the ship sank. The ship was split into two pieces. Thousands of artifacts have been recovered and displayed at many museums around the world. The artifacts are also on display at the Luxor Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Titanic is now being eaten by bacteria.