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The Titanic was the largest passenger steamship in the world at the time of her sinking.
During her maiden voyage (from Southampton, England to the New York City), she collided with an iceberg at 23:40 (ship's time) on Sunday 14 April 1912, sinking two hours and forty minutes later at 02:20 on Monday 15 April, having broken into two pieces at the aft expansion joint, even if The Shipbuilder magazine considered her to be "practically unsinkable" as she was regarded as a pinnacle of naval architecture and technological achievement.
Now, at the 95th anniversary of the event, for the first time the original passenger lists from the Titanic are being made available online. Previously, this could be seen only at the National Archives in Kew, south-west London. The list will be free to view for a week, after which the visiting of the site will be charged.
The Titanic was 882 feet (269 m) long and 92 ft (28 m) at the beam, with a Gross Register of 46,328 tons, and with a height from the water line to the boat deck of 60 feet (18 m).
The Titanic was able to carry a total of 3,457 passengers and crew, but - at the time of the accident - it was not fully loaded, so the number of victims was of about 1,523 lives (British accounts say 1,490).
Even so, this is one of the worst peacetime maritime disasters in history and by far the most infamous.
The lists of passengers who sailed on the Titanic were made employing the data kept in 34 separate boxes at the Kew museum. The online information can help people trying to track down relatives who moved abroad. "The lists provided a fascinating insight. What you're going to find is the details about the voyage - the individuals, what class they were traveling, where they were planning to land, their country of intended future permanent residence," said Elaine Collins, from that website.
The list can be seen here.