10th April: RMS Titanic, on her maiden voyage under the command of Captain Edward John Smith, departs Southampton with over 2000 passengers bound for New York ...
14th April, 23.40 hours: Titanic collides with one of these monsters 375 miles south of Newfoundland ...
15th April, 02.20 hours: Titanic breaks her back and sinks ...
It is a matter of some debate whether the quartet really did play Nearer my God to Thee as the ship went down, but it's a nice idea, isn't it?
04.00 hours: RMS Carpathia arrives at the scene, and 710 survivors are taken on board.
18th April:
Carpathia docks at New York ...
I wonder: has anyone got a song about this?
Here's one ...
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