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Titanic was a British steamer. On the night of April 14-15, 1912, during its first trip from England to New York City, it struck an iceberg and sank. Experts had considered the ship unsinkable. The Titanic sighted the iceberg just before the crash, but too late to avoid it. The collision tore a 300-foot(91-meter) gash in its hull. The lifeboats held less than half of the approximately 2,200 persons, and took on mostly women and childern. The ship sank in about 2 1/2 hours.

The liner Carpathia picked up 705 survivors. The Titanic had been the largest ship in the world. It was 882.5 feet(269 meters) long,with a gross tonnage of 46,328.Death reports varied. A British inquiry reported 1,490 dead,the British Board of Trade, 1,503, and a U.S. Senate investigating committee, 1,517 In 1985, researchers from France and United States found the wreckage of the Titanic. The team refused to give the exact location of the ship, but reports indicated it was about 500 miles(800 kilometers) south east of Newfoundland.

The above factual information and the story line below came from AmCo Titanic Visit that site for a more detailed version of the sinking of the RMS Titanic and under water photo's of the ship today. The remainder of this page is dedicated to the love story of Jack and Rose as portrayed in the 1997/98 blockbuster movie TITANIC

Nothing on Earth could come between them...

The Story Line...

The journey of "Titanic" begins in the present, at the site of the ship's watery grave, two-and-a-half miles under the ocean surface. An ambitious fortune hunter (Bill Paxton) is determined to plumb the treasures of this once-stately ship, only to bring to the surface a story left untold. The tragic ruins melt away to reveal the glittering palace that was Titanic as it prepares to launch on its maiden voyage from England.

Amidst the thousands of well-wishers bidding a fond bon voyage, destiny has called two young souls, daring them to nurture a passion that would change their lives forever. Rose DeWitt Bukater (Kate Winslet) is a 17-year-old, upper-class American suffocating under the rigid confines and expectations of Edwardian society who falls for a free-spirited young steerage passenger named Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio).

Once he opens her eyes to the world that lies outside her gilded cage, Rose and Jack's forbidden love begins a powerful mystery that ultimately echoes across the years into the present. Nothing on earth is going to come between them -- not even something as unimaginable as the sinking of Titanic. Below I share some of the memories I treasure most from the telling of this tragic love story in the award winning movie TITANIC

Best Picture
   Best Director: James Cameron
  Art Direction * Costume Design
 BEST  Cinematography * Film Editing
 Original Dramatic Score * Original Song
Visual Effects* Sound * Sound Effects Editing