| 1907 |
Ismay discusses the construction of two huge
ships |
| 1908 |
Design approval |
| July 31, 1908 |
Contract letter is signed for construction |
| March 31, 1909 |
Construction begins |
| May 31, 1911 |
Titanic hull launched |
| January 1912 |
Lifeboats installed |
| February 3, 1912 |
Dry-docked |
| March 1912 |
Assemble in Belfast |
| March 31, 1912 |
Titanic completed |
| April 2, 1912 |
Sea trials |
| April 2, 1912 |
Overnight trip to Southampton |
| April 6, 1912 |
Recruitment day for crew |
| April 8, 1912 |
Fresh food supplies taken on board |
| April 10, 1912 |
- Sailing Day -
- Second-and-third-class passengers board ship
- First-class passengers board
- Titanic casts off
- Trip downstream to English Channel en route to
Cherbourg, France
- Cherbourg - passengers finally board
- Titanic leaves for Queenstown
- Queenstown harbor
- Third-class and seven second-class passengers board
- Titanic departs on her first Trans-Atlantic crossing for New
York
|
| April 13,
10:30 PM |
Heavy ice pack warning signaled by passing
Rappahannock |
| April
14, 9:00 AM |
Caronia warning |
| 1:42 PM |
Iceberg warning received via the Baltic |
| 1:45 PM |
"Large iceberg" warning received via
German liner Amerika |
| 5:50 PM |
Captain Smith alters ship's course slightly
south and west of normal course |
| 7:30 PM |
Three warning messages concerning large
icebergs intercepted from the Californian |
| 9:20 PM |
Captain Smith retires for the night |
| 9:40 PM |
Heavy ice pack and iceberg warning received
from the Mesaba |
| 10:55 PM |
Californian is stopped in ice field, and sends
out warnings to all ships in area. |
| 11:40 PM |
Lookouts see iceberg |
| April 15,
12:05 AM |
Orders are given to uncover the lifeboats |
| 12:15 AM |
Band begins to play lively ragtime tunes |
| 12:20 AM |
Order given to start loading lifeboats with
women and children |
| 12:45 AM |
First lifeboat lowered away |
| 1:30 AM |
Signs of panic begin to appear among some
passengers on the ship |
2:05 AM |
Last lifeboat leaves |
| 2:17 AM |
Captain Smith tells crew members, "It's
every man for himself." |
| 2:18 AM |
Lights go out |
| 2:20 AM |
Titanic's broken-off stern section settles
back into the water |
| 4:10 AM |
First boat is picked up by the Carpathia |
| 8:30 AM |
Last boat is picked up by the Carpathia. |
| April 18,
9:00 PM |
Carpathia arrives New York. |
| May 2 to
July 3 |
Inquiry into the Titanic disaster |
| September 1,
1985 |
Discovery of Titanic remains |
