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(Monday, April 15, 1912, 2:20 a.m. ship’s time; during the Sinking of the Titanic) — The British luxury liner RMS Titanic, on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City, sank this morning about 400 miles south of Newfoundland, Canada, two hours and 40 minutes after hitting an iceberg and just two minutes after splitting in half.

Because of a shortage of lifeboats and a lack of satisfactory emergency procedures, 1,514 of the 2,224 passengers and crew aboard went down with the ship or froze to death in the icy waters, making it one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history.

Most of the 710 or so survivors were women and children.

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First spotted around 3:30 a.m., the RMS Carpathia began rescuing the survivors from lifeboats and the water at about 4:10 a.m., completing the rescue at 9:15 a.m. with the help of other ships.

The disaster shocked the world and caused widespread outrage over the lack of lifeboats, lax regulations, and the unequal treatment of the three passenger classes during the evacuation.

Subsequent inquiries recommended sweeping changes to maritime regulations, leading to the establishment in 1914 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS).