When it comes to history’s most famous ships, you’d be hard-pressed to find a more notorious one than RMS Titanic. The largest and most luxurious passenger liner of its time sank in the early hours of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Warning: The ninth fact in this post mentions an instance of suicide. Only three dogs would survive the tragedy — two Pomeranians ...

This Wednesday will mark the 114th anniversary of a legendary maritime tragedy. At 11:40 p.m. on April 14, 1912, the British ocean liner RMS Titanic struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic at a speed ...

Here's a look at the "unsinkable" RMS Titanic. April 10, 1912 - The Titanic sets sail on its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York. Other WRAL Top Stories April 14-15, 1912 - The luxury ...

Ever since the RMS Titanic sank on its maiden voyage in 1912, people around the world have been fascinated by this disaster. More than half the ship's 2,223 passengers died on what people considered a ...

The ship cost $7.5 million to build. Fun Fact: James Cameron's 1997 movie about the disaster had a production budget of $200 million. Only three of the four smoke stacks were actually functional. The ...