In what year did the Titanic sink?

In what year did the Titanic sink? The answer is 1912. RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912, during its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City. Four days earlier, on the night of 14 April, the ship struck an iceberg at about 11:40 p.m. ship's time.

The collision damaged the ship's starboard side and flooded several watertight compartments. Titanic had been designed to remain afloat with up to four compartments flooded, but water spread beyond that limit. The ship's bow gradually sank, and the vessel disappeared beneath the surface at about 2:20 a.m. on 15 April.

More than 2,200 people were aboard, but only about 710 survived. The disaster led to international outrage over the shortage of lifeboats, inadequate emergency preparation, and failures in monitoring ice warnings. It also helped prompt major changes in maritime safety rules, including the creation of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, or SOLAS, in 1914.

A common mix-up is the date: the collision happened on 14 April, but the ship actually sank after midnight on 15 April.