Date With History: 1912

April 15th, 2.20 am: Five days into her maiden voyage to New

York, the White Star Line's newest and largest luxury liner RMS

Titanic sank in the North Atlantic, just 160 minutes after colliding

with an iceberg, about 375 miles south of Newfoundland.

The disaster claimed over 1,500 lives, and stunned the world,

inspiring many tales of both heroism and human frailty.

The Cunard ship Carpathia arrived at the site of the sinking at 4

am, and rescued over 700 survivors (from 20 lifeboats, but with

the capacity for a thousand) - 497 passengers, and 216 crew.

Despite an extensive search, only 333 bodies were ever

recovered - 150 victims were buried in Halifax, Canada.

The broken wreck of Titanic - discovered in 1985 by Bob Ballard

- remains on the seabed, at a depth of 12,400 feet, but leaves

an unsinkable legacy.