What causes surface ocean sea water to have a higher salt content? high rates of evaporation and low rates of precipitation What evidence indicates that salt content of ancient oceans was about the same as today?
Quick Answer. The RMS Titanic weighed 46,328 tons gross with a displacement of 52,310 tons. The ship set out for its first voyage on April 10, 1912. It sank on April 14, 1912 after hitting an iceberg, killing over 1,500 people. Continue Reading.
On the freezing, still night of April 14, 1912, the 46,000-ton British luxury liner Titanic was on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City. About 95 miles south of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, she met her premature and tragic death.