James Cameron’s Titanic is a masterful blend of grand historical tragedy and intimate human drama. The film uses a framing device set in the modern day, where deep-sea explorers searching for lost treasure inadvertently unlock the memories of a 101-year-old survivor, Rose DeWitt Bukater.
First Officer William Murdoch ordered the engines reversed and the helm turned hard a-starboard (which turned the ship to port). The maneuver sealed the ship's fate. The Titanic turned too slowly. Instead of a head-on collision, which might have only crumpled the bow and kept the ship afloat, the iceberg scraped along the starboard side. The impact was subtle—so subtle that many passengers in the lower decks felt only a "slight shudder." Titanic
The Titanic was built by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland, over a period of three years. The ship was designed to be the largest and most luxurious in the world, measuring over 882 feet (270 meters) in length and 92 feet (28 meters) in width. The Titanic was considered unsinkable, with a double-bottom hull and 16 watertight compartments that could supposedly keep the ship afloat even in the event of a catastrophic breach. James Cameron’s Titanic is a masterful blend of
, the Titanic departed Southampton, England, bound for New York City. Onboard were 2,240 people, including some of the world’s wealthiest individuals—like Benjamin Guggenheim and Isidor Straus—alongside hundreds of immigrants seeking new lives in America. The Collision : At 11:40 PM on The maneuver sealed the ship's fate