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Assembly instructions for Titanic About RMS Titanic Titanic is probably the best-known ship in modern history. Since sinking in 1912 her story has been retold many times in books and film, and has entered popular culture as a tale of human pride and tragedy. The Royal Mail Steamer Titanic was the second of three massive ocean liners intended by the White Star Line to dominate the lucrative transatlantic passenger trade. Titanic was slightly heavier than her sister-ship Olympic, making her the largest ship in the world at 883 feet long and over 46,000 tons. The ships were at the leading edge of engineering technology at the time featuring reciprocating and turbine steam engines developing 50,000 horsepower, a modern electrical system powering cargo cranes and passenger elevators, and an arrangement of watertight compartments and emergency doors that caused them to be declared ìvirtually unsinkableî. Passenger amenities were no less advanced. First-class passengers enjoyed accommodations and meals equal to the finest hotels, and a gymnasium, swimming pool and squash court for recreation. Second class, though less lavish, was the equivalent of first class on many other liners. By comparison third class, or steerage, was rather spartan but comfortable by the standards of the day. After sea trials Titanic left Southampton for her first commercial voyage on 10 April 1912, stopping at Cherbourg and Queenstown before heading across the Atlantic to New York. Shortly before midnight on 14 April an iceberg was seen in Titanicís path and before the ship could turn aside the starboard side grazed the ice, opening six of the forward compartments below the waterline. When it became apparent that the pumps could not keep up with the incoming water and that the ship would founder, Captain Edward Smith ordered the evacuation of passengers by lifeboat. Due to outdated maritime reg