THE ULTIMATE
On this day, May31st 1911, the Titanic was launched at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
It would still take time for the Titanic to be fitted out and completed, but the vessel, without its funnels, was afloat in seawater. The Titanic was operated by the White Star Line shipping company, and it was the largest ship afloat. It was also believed to be unsinkable. Carrying wealthy passengers and people emigrating from Britain, Ireland and Scandinavia to the United States, it sailed on its maiden voyage in April 1912 - where it struck an iceberg that ruptured its watertight compartments and sank in the North Atlantic.
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