The RMS Titanic was the 1912 passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic after hitting an iceberg.
Titanic struck an iceberg shortly before midnight on 14 April 1912 during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. The ship sank in the early hours of 15 April, with more than 1,500 people dying. It had been built in Belfast by the shipbuilding company Harland and Wolff for the White Star Line.
Titanic was one of three Olympic-class ocean liners, alongside RMS Olympic and HMHS Britannic. Its loss exposed weaknesses in lifeboat capacity, emergency communications, and maritime safety procedures. The disaster helped lead to the first International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, adopted in 1914, and contributed to the creation of the International Ice Patrol. The wreck was discovered on the seabed in 1985 by a Franco-American expedition.