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Harland and Wolff's shipyard in Belfast, Ireland
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Titanic leaves the dock in Belfast, Ireland to conduct sea trials. Titanic heads to Southampton, England around 8 p.m.
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The first passengers board the ship. Around noon, Titanic heads for Queenstown, Ireland to pick up more passengers.
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Titanic leaves Queenstown at 1:30 p.m. to sail across the Atlantic Ocean to New York.
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The last of several iceberg warnings is received in the wireless room. The warnings never make it to the bridge.
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Iceberg is spotted directly in front of Titanic. A collision occurs, damaging the right side. Only 37 seconds pass between the sighting of the iceberg and the collision.
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The first lifeboat is lowered into the freezing ocean. Only 19 people were aboard the lifeboat.
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Titanic sinks.
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The Carpathia picks up the first lifeboat, eventually rescuing 705 survivors.
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The Carpathia arrives in New York.
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Robert Ballard's expedition team discovers the wreck of RMS Titanic.
