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Titanic
Titanic
Titanic
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Series Seconds from Disaster
Title Titanic
Airdate July 25, 2006
Disaster RMS Titanic
Date April 14-15, 1912
Kind Marine
Nature Iceberg Collision, Rivet Failure
Fatalities 1,517

Titanic is the 33rd episode of Seconds from Disaster, investigates how did the "Unsinkable" ship sunk.

Plot[]

The RMS Titanic on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York with over 2,000 people on board strikes an iceberg. The rivets holding the hull together fail upon impact, allowing water to enter the first five compartments, one more than the ship can handle. Within 2 hours and 40 minutes, the ship sinks.

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