Passengers of the RMS Titanic April 1912 at around 11:40 pm, while the RMS "Titanic" was sailing about south of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, the ship struck an iceberg and began to sink. Shortly before midnight, Captain Edward Smith ordered the ship's lifeboats to be readied and a distress call was sent out. The closest ship to respond was Cunard Line's away, which would arrive in an estimated four hours—too late to rescue all of "Titanic" passengers. Forty-five minutes after the ship hit the iceberg, Captain Smith ordered the lifeboats to be loaded and lowered under the orders women and children first. The first
Wreck of the RMS Titanic because he saw "original anti-fouling paint on the ship's hull, which was still working even after 74 years on the seabed" when he visited the "Titanic" in 1986. The location of the wreck is a considerable distance from the location transmitted by the ship's wireless operators before she went down. The initial location was given as , from the wreck. A corrected location was later transmitted as , but this too was inaccurate, by . "Titanic" is in two main pieces south-east of Mistaken Point, Newfoundland. The bow is located at and the stern is about to the south at