The Titanic (right) and Olympic (left) sit side by side in drydock. The latter was in for replacement of a propeller blade. Titanic is seen here towards the end of her fitting out.

The Carpathia As you can see, she was a small steamer. Imagine what it must have been like on the way to New York with all those Titanic survivors!

The Titanic. Sometime during the 10 month fitting out. By the time they were finished, the 25,000-ton "Hull #401" had become the 46,000-ton RMS Titanic.

Captain Edward John Smith. The maiden voyage of Titanic was to be his final voyage before his retirement. On an otherwise spotless record, the one accident just happens to be the worst maritime disaster in history.

Here's a painting of Titanic, by artist Ken Marschall. It depicts the ship sailing into her final sunset, on the evening of April 14th, 1912.

The Carpathia begins the process of taking aboard Titanic's survivors.

Here's another shot of the Grand Staircase.

Dr. Robert D. Ballard, of the Wood's Hole Oceanographic Institution. He led the 1985 expedition which found Titanic.

During the 1986 Wood's Hole expedition. the ROV [Remote Operated Vehicle] Jason Junior gets in close to the bow of Titanic.

Here's the forward railing. This picture was also taken during the 1986 trip. The entire bow section, for a shipwreck, is in excellent shape.

Yet another shot of the bow section. This one was painted by Ken Marschall.

Here's the stern section. As you can see, it didn't fair as well. She hit straight down, and the force of the impact caused the decks to compress, blowing the hullplates outward. The painting is by Ken Marschall.

While Dr Ballard and crew watch from their submarine Alvin, J.J. is sent down the shaft where the forward grand staircase used to be.