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"We are sinking fast"

Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning of 15 April 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. Of the 2,224 passengers and crew aboard, more than 1,500 died in the sinking, making it one of the deadliest commercial peacetime maritime disasters in modern history. (Wikipedia) The pictures are not necessarily in chronological order but in an order that I think best tells the story.
1911 - Titanic ready for launch 1911 - Stern of the Titanic in drydock 1911 - Propellers on the Titanic 31 May 1911 - Being launched 31 May 1911 - Titanic being launched (#2) 31 May 1911 - Launched
6 March 1912 - Sisters ships Olympic (left) and Titanic 2 April 1912 - Titanic leaving Belfast for her sea trials 1912 - Examining life jackets aboard ship Handout for the maiden voyage April 1912 - An actual boarding pass for the Titanic Edward J. Smith, Captain of the Titanic
Top deck 10 April 1912 - Titanic departing Southhampton Boy playing on deck 11 April 1912 - Passengers boarding tender 14 April 1912 - Passengers in steerage getting settled 14 April 1912 - Warning of icebergs
The grand staircase 2nd class smoking room The gymnasium 3rd class dining room 3rd class bedroom Frederick Fleet, 24, the lookout who 1st spotted the iceberg
15 April 1912 - Telegram Isador Straus 15 April 1912 - A sketch of the sinking of the Titanic 15 April 1912 - La Circassienne au Bain lost at sea Jack Thayer, survivor with a story Lady Duff Gordon
Lifeboats approaching the Carpathia Survivors on the Carpathia Survivors on the Carpathia The Unsinkable Molly Brown The Evening News 16 April 1912
Waiting for news outside the White Star Line offices Waiting for news in London Latest news 18 April 1912 - Harold Bride, surviving wireless operator, being carried ashore 19 April 1912 - Carpathia docked in New York City Collapsible boat found by the skiff from the ship Mackay-Bennett
22 April 1912 - The body of John Jacob Astor is recovered 27 April 1912 - Newspaper clipping 27 April 1912 - Front page of an illustrated newspaper 29 April 1912 - Waiting for survivors 29 April 1912 - Relatives waiting for survivors Survivors
29 April 1912 - The four Pascoe brothers, crew who survived May 4, 1912 - The funeral procession of John Jacob Astor 12 May 1912 - Survivors 29 May 1912 - Margaret Brown presents Captain Rostron with a silver cup May 1912 - Captain Rostron and the Under Officers of the Carpathia 1912 - The Margin of Safety Is Too Narrow!
1912 - Survivor giving an autograph 1912 - Crowd hearing a survivor tell his story 1912 - Handout