How did the Titanic sink? Remember one of the greatest maritime tragedies in history

Known for countless stories and movies, the famous RMS Titanic was designed to be one of the most luxurious and safe ships, even being called unsinkable by the English company White Star Lane. However, contrary to its nickname, it sank on April 14, 109 years ago.

It was the largest passenger liner at the time and departed from Southampton, England, bound for New York, United States. Construction began in 1909 and was launched into the sea in 1911. However, it did not take long to reach a iceberg and become the most famous and tragic shipwreck in the world.

Four days after the start of the first and only trip, the Titanic began to receive warnings about the existence of sea ice. The warnings were ignored and the ship was at full speed when she collided with a iceberg around 11:40 pm on Sunday, April 14, in the North Atlantic.

The Official William McMaster Murdoch even tried to turn the entire rudder, but was unsuccessful. The hit reached six to seven compartments, and the ship was built to withstand damage to only four. Thus, the crew realized that the Titanic was about to sink.

2208 people were on board at the time, and they started to get into the lifeboats – not enough for all the passengers. Desperate with the imminent shipwreck, the distribution was carried out in an unfair and unequal way, and caused many to be left behind or jump from the ship to meet the freezing ocean. Due to the temperature of the water, many died of hypothermia.

The liner sank two hours and forty minutes later. There is a hypothesis that the musicians played until the ship was completely under the ocean, as shown in the classic film Titanic (1997), with Kate Winslet It is Leonardo DiCaprio.

The event with more than 1,500 dead marked history as one of the greatest maritime disasters and remains being told to this day, 109 years later.