RMS Titanic

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British ship Olympic-class ocean liner ocean liner passenger ship shipwreck

RMS Titanic was a British Olympic-class ocean liner that tragically sank on its maiden voyage in 1912 after striking an iceberg, becoming one of the most famous maritime disasters in history.

Aliases (6)

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British ship → Olympic-class ocean liner → ocean liner → passenger ship → shipwreck →
beam	28.2 metres →
builder	Harland and Wolff →
builtAt	Belfast →
builtIn	Ireland →
callSign	MGY →
captain	Edward John Smith →
class	Olympic class →
completionDate	1912-04-02 →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom →
crewComplement	about 892 crew →
culturalSignificance	one of the most famous maritime disasters in history →
deckCount	9 →
designedSpeed	21 knots →
designer	Thomas Andrews →
distressSignalUsed	CQD → SOS →
estimatedDeaths	over 1500 →
hasFilmDepiction	A Night to Remember (1958 film) → Titanic (1997 film) →
height	53.3 metres →
launchDate	1911-05-31 →
length	269.1 metres →
lifeboatCapacity	1178 persons →
maidenVoyageStartDate	1912-04-10 →
maximumSpeed	about 23 knots →
numberOfFunnels	4 →
numberOfMasts	2 →
operator	White Star Line →
orderedBy	White Star Line →
ownedBy	White Star Line →
passengerCapacity	2435 passengers →
portOfRegistry	Liverpool →
propulsion	steam engines → steam turbines →
route	Southampton–New York City →
sankOnMaidenVoyage	true →
sinkingCause	collision with iceberg →
sinkingDate	1912-04-15 →
sinkingDateTime	1912-04-15T02:20:00 →
sinkingLocation	North Atlantic Ocean →
sisterShip	HMHS Britannic → RMS Olympic →
tonnage	46328 gross register tons →
totalPersonsOnBoard	about 2224 →
wirelessOperator	Harold Bride → Jack Phillips →
wreckDiscoveredBy	Robert Ballard →
wreckDiscoveryDate	1985-09-01 →

Referenced by (26)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Merseyside Maritime Museum ("Titanic") → SS Nomadic → Thompson Dock → Titanic Memorial (Belfast) →	associatedWith
Harland and Wolff → Harland and Wolff ("RMS Olympic") →	notableWork
Harry Elkins Widener → John Jacob Astor IV →	passengerOn
Eleanor Elkins Widener ("sinking of the RMS Titanic") →	associatedWithEvent
SS Nomadic →	builtToServe
Harry Elkins Widener →	diedOnShip
Robert Ballard ("wreck of RMS Titanic") →	discovered
Downton Abbey ("sinking of the RMS Titanic") →	featuresHistoricalEvent
Titanic Trail →	hasTheme
Titanic Quarter →	namedAfter
White Star Line →	operatedVessel
SS Nomadic →	servedShip
Titanic →	setOn
Jack Dawson ("1912 RMS Titanic voyage") →	setting
Jack Dawson →	ship
John Jacob Astor IV →	shipSailedOn
HMHS Britannic →	sisterShip
Titanic Belfast →	subjectOfExhibitions
SS Nomadic ("sinking of RMS Titanic") →	survivedEvent
Titanic Museum Attraction →	theme
Southampton →	wasDeparturePointFor