April 10, 1912:
9:30 to 11:30 am: passangers arrive in Southampton and board ship.
Noon: The Titanic casts off and begins her maiden voyage.
6:30 pm: The Titanic docks in Cherbourg, France.
8:10pm: The Titanic leaves for Queenstown, Ireland.
April 11:
Thursday: 1:30pm: The Titanic leaves Queenstown for New York.
April 12 and 13: Friday and Saturday: The Titanic sails through calm, clear weather.
April 14: Sunday: Seven ice warnings are received during the day.
11:40pm: The lookouts see an iceberg dead ahead. The iceberg strikes the Titanic on the starboard side of her bow.
11:50pm: Water has poured in and risen 14 feet in the front part of the ship.
April 15: 12:00am: The captain is told that the ship can only stay afloat for a couple of hours. He gives the call for a radio distress signal to be sent out.
12:05am: Orders are given to uncover the lifeboats and to get the passengers and crew ready on deck. But there is only enough room in the lifeboats for about half of the estimated 2,227 people on board.
12:25am: The order is given to start loading the lifeboats with women and children first. The Carpathia, southeast of the Titanic by about 58 miles, picks up a distress call and immediately heads, full speed, to the rescue.
12:45am: The first of the lifeboats is safely lowered away. It can carry 65 people but pulls away from the Titanic carrying only 28! The first distress rocket is fired. Eight rockets will be fired throughout the night.
1:15am: The tilt of the deck grows increasingly steeper. Lifeboats now begin to leave more fully loaded.
1:40am: Most of the forward lifeboats have been lowered. Passengers now move towards the stern of the ship.
2:05am: The last lifeboat leaves. There are now over 1,500 people left on board the sinking ship. The tilt on the Titanic's decks grows steeper and steeper.
2:17am: The last radio call for help is sent out. Captain Smith tells his crew "It's every man for himself!" The Titanic's bow plunges under. Many passengers jump over board. The forward funnel collapses, crushing a number of people.
2:18am: The ship's lights blink once and then go out. Several survivors see the ship break in two. The bow section sinks.
2:20am: The Titanic's broken off stern section settles back into the water, becoming level for a few moments. Slowly it fills with water and again it tilts its end high into the air, before sinking into the sea. Those struggling in the icy water slowly freeze to death.
3:30am: The rescue ship, Carpathia's rockets are sighted by the survivors in the lifeboats.
4:10am: The first lifeboat is picked up by Carpathia.
8:50am: The Carpathia leaves the area bound for New York, carrying 705 survivors.
April 18: 9:00pm: The Carpathia reaches New York.
April 22 to May 15: Several ships are sent to the disaster site to search for bodies. A total of 328 bodies were found floating around the area.
