Timeline of United States discoveries four days into the ship's maiden voyage, "Titanic" struck an iceberg and sank two hours and forty minutes later, early on April 15, 1912. The sinking resulted in the deaths of 1,517 of the 2,223 people on board, making it one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history. After nearly 74 years of being lost at sea on the bottom of the ocean floor, a joint Franco-American expedition led by American oceanographer Dr. Robert D. Ballard, discovered the wreckage of the RMS "Titanic" two miles (3 km) beneath the waves of the North Atlantic on September 1, 1985. Ballard
Titanic: The Legend Goes On is not present in the original version. The film was described by Linda Maria Koldau, author of "The Titanic on Film: Myth versus Truth", as being "a failed Disney imitation that excels in bad taste." In 2011, "Total Film" named it the 40th worst children's movie ever made, describing the film as being "widely considered one of the worst animated films ever made." "Total Film" later named "Titanic: The Legend Goes On" as the worst film ever made, after it topped a list of the 66 worst films ever in 2012. Titanic: The Legend Goes On Titanic: The Legend Goes