RMS Titanic RMS Titanic RMS "Titanic" was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early hours of 15 April 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. There were an estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard, and more than 1,500 died, making it one of the deadliest commercial peacetime maritime disasters in modern history. RMS "Titanic" was the largest ship afloat at the time she entered service and was the second of three s operated by the White Star Line. She was built by the Harland and Wolff
RMS Titanic in popular culture Canada" series, is set after the disaster and features a fictional heroine trying to cope with the events. In Stephen Baxter's 2017 sequel to "The War of the Worlds", "The Massacre of Mankind", the "Titanic" is mentioned as having survived its encounter with the iceberg due to it being armored with aluminum developed from Martian technology. Since the discovery of the wreck, several video games have been released with an RMS "Titanic" theme for various platforms; most of these are either about the player being a passenger on the doomed ship trying to escape, or a diver exploring and possibly