RMS Titanic sinks, April 15, 1912

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Anniversary of the Titanic sinking, April 15, 1912

FILE - The Titanic departs Southampton, England on its maiden Atlantic voyage. April 15 is the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, just five days after it left Southampton on its maiden voyage to New York.

A man walks past the last picture of the Titanic taken off the coast of Cork in Ireland, on display in the new $157 million Titanic Belfast Visitor's Center, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Celebrating the ship and the people who built her is the aim of Titanic Belfast, a shiny new "visitor experience" _ don't call it a museum _ whose four prow-like wings jut jauntily skyward beside the River Lagan on the site of the old Harland and Wolff shipyard.

FILE - In this undated image made available by the Library of Congress the Olympic, right, and the Titanic are surrounded by scaffolding during construction in a shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

This photo shows a menu given to first class passengers on the day of the sinking of the Titanic as part of an auction of Titanic memorabilia at Henry Aldridge and Son in Devizes, England to commemorate the centenary of the ships completion. The menu, kept by a prominent San Francisco banker, bears the date April 14, the day in 1912 that the reputedly unsinkable cruiser hit an iceberg and fell to the bottom of the Atlantic.

This May 31, 1911 photo provided by the Library of Congress, shows the hull of the S.S. Titanic. under construction in dry dock. The tragic sinking of the Titanic can be blamed on low grade rivets that the ship's builders used on some parts of the ill-fated liner, two experts on metals conclude in a new book.

This image shows a menu given to first class passengers on the day of the sinking of the Titanic and a set of keys used by Titanic crewman Samuel Hemming to unlock the door where the lifeboat lanterns were held after he was ordered by the ship's Captain to ensure all 15 lifeboats had lit oil lamps, as part of an auction of Titanic memorabilia at Henry Aldridge and Son in Devizes, England to commemorate the centenary of the ships completion.

Curator Dawn Littler holds the only known surviving first class ticket from the Titanic, at the Merseyside Maritime Museum in Liverpool. The ticket, which belonged to Reverend Stuart Holden, is on display at the exhibition "Titanic and Liverpool: The Untold Story," which marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the ship. Reverend Holden cancelled his trip aboard the Titanic after his wife fell ill the day before they were due to set sail.

FILE - This file photo shows a pocket watch found in the belongings of a third class passenger named William Henry Allen, found in the Titanic wreckage, among a sampling of Titanic artifacts on preview for auction in New York.

FILE - This undated file photo shows the doomed liner the S.S. Titanic.

In this file photo, binoculars found among the debris of the Titanic wreck are previewed among a sampling of Titanic artifacts in New York. The complete collection of artifacts recovered from the wreck site of the RMS Titanic will be auctioned by Guernsey's Auction House in April.

FILE -- The hull of the RMS Titanic is surrounded by construction scaffolding at a shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in this undated photo. The largest ship afloat at the time, the Titanic sank in the north Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City.

FILE -- Eager to hear the latest news about the sinking of the RMS Titanic, people gather outside the offices of the White Star Line in New York on April 15, 1912.

FILE -- People gather in New York to await the arrival of survivors of the sinking of the RMS Titanic aboard the RMS Carpathia on April 18, 1912.

FILE -- An iceberg, presumed to be the one that was struck by the RMS Titanic, is pictured from the deck of the cable ship Mackay-Bennett on April 15, 1912.

FILE -- The U.S. Navy's memorandum reporting the RMS Titanic's collision with an iceberg. The largest ship afloat at the time, the Titanic sank in the north Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City.

FILE -- The gymnasium aboard the RMS Titanic in an undated photo.

FILE -- Captain Edward John Smith, commander of the RMS Titanic, is pictured in an undated photo.

FILE -- The first class dining saloon aboard the RMS Titanic in an undated photo.

FILE -- A second class dining room aboard the RMS Titanic in an undated photo.

FILE -- The Cafe Parisien aboard the RMS Titanic in an undated photo.

FILE -- First class accommodations aboard the RMS Titanic in an undated photo.

FILE -- First class accommodations aboard the RMS Titanic in an undated photo.

FILE -- First class accommodations aboard the RMS Titanic in an undated photo.

FILE -- The grand staircase between the boat deck and the promenade deck aboard the RMS Titanic in an undated photo. The largest ship afloat at the time, the Titanic sank in the north Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City.

FILE -- A poster prepared by the White Star Line's New York office to promote the RMS Titanic's return trip from New York, scheduled for April 20, 1912. The largest ship afloat at the time, the Titanic sank in the north Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City.

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FILE - The Titanic departs Southampton, England on its maiden Atlantic voyage. April 15 is the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, just five days after it left Southampton on its maiden voyage to New York.

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