This story appears in the April 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. The wreck sleeps in darkness, a puzzlement of corroded steel strewn across a thousand acres of the North Atlantic seabed.

“As soon as I’m down there, as soon as I touch down ... smashed by the iceberg. “The people in the boiler room, they were the real heroes,” Geffen said. The Titanic “is one of those ...

Archibald Gracie wrote of the ill-fated steamship: "It is a fine ship but I shall await my journeys end before I pass ...

The Titanic hit the iceberg at approximately 11:40 p.m. on this day in 1912. Trump Signs Executive Order To Change College Accreditation China says no ongoing trade talks with the U.S., calls for ...

CNBC’s senior economics reporter Steve Liesman said that President Trump’s new sweeping tariffs are equal to steering the Titanic “toward the iceberg.” “And I guess another way to think ...

and the Titanic sinks,” explained naval architect Simon Benson. A simulation shows the iceberg created a line of small holes along the hull. Image: Jeom Kee-Paik/University College London The ...

In fact, scientists think that a head-on collision with the iceberg would have been less damaging than the glancing blow. 'Titanic has never given up her secrets easily,' said Yasmin Khan ...

Over 1,500 people died when the RMS Titanic sank on April 14-15, 1912, following its fateful collision with an iceberg in one of the most notorious maritime disasters in history. Captain Edward Smith.

Nearly everyone knows the history of the RMS Titanic thanks to the 1997 blockbuster ... On April 14, just before midnight, the 882-foot ship struck an iceberg, sparking a chain of events that ...

The Metal Museum's ambitious expansion plan receives a significant boost from the State of Tennessee, bringing its fundraising efforts closer to the finish line. The Metal Museum is set to receive ...

Editor's note: In the early hours of April 15, 1912, the RMS Titanic sunk having struck an iceberg while en route to New York. Those icy waters claimed the lives of 1,517 people. The White Star ...