Crew of the RMS Titanic Crew of the RMS Titanic The crew of the RMS "Titanic" were among the estimated 2,344 people who sailed on the maiden voyage of the second of the White Star Line's "Olympic" class ocean sea liners, from Southampton, England to New York City in the US. Halfway through the voyage, the ship struck an iceberg and sank in the early morning of 15 April 1912, resulting in the deaths of over 1,500 people, including approximately 688 crew members. The following is a full list of known crew members who sailed on the maiden voyage of the RMS "Titanic". Included in
Cultural legacy of RMS Titanic the Titanic" entered American English in the late 1960s as a metaphor for taking a pointless action. Books: Journals and news articles: Web sites: Cultural legacy of RMS Titanic "RMS Titanic" has a rich legacy in films, books, memorials and museums. "Titanic" has played a prominent role in popular culture ever since her sinking. The disaster has inspired numerous books, plays, films, songs, poems and works of art, and has lent itself to a great variety of interpretations of its significance, meaning and legacy. The immediate aftermath of the sinking saw an outpouring of poetry, though much of it was