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Where did the Titanic sink? Map of the wreck and her voyage

RMS Titanic was a British ocean liner that sank in the early hours of 15 April 1912 after striking an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City. Of the 2,208 passengers and crew aboard, approximately 1,500 died, making the incident one of the deadliest peacetime sinkings of a single ship.

Numbered pins: the ports of the maiden voyage (Southampton, Cherbourg, Queenstown) and the planned destination, New York. Red: the wreck site. Pins only; the ship's exact track is not drawn.

Quick answers

Where did the Titanic sink?
RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912. The recorded wreck position is 41.733°N, 49.947°W (Wikidata).
Where is the Titanic wreck now?
The wreck of the British ocean liner RMS Titanic lies at a depth of about 12,500 feet, about 325 nautical miles south-southeast off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. It lies in two main pieces about 2,000 feet (600 m) apart.
How many people died?
Of the 2,208 passengers and crew aboard, approximately 1,500 died, making the incident one of the deadliest peacetime sinkings of a single ship.
What were the Titanic’s sister ships?
RMS Olympic was a British ocean liner and the lead ship of the White Star Line's trio of Olympic-class liners. Olympic had a career spanning 24 years from 1911 to 1935, in contrast to her short-lived sister ships, RMS Titanic and the Royal Navy hospital ship HMHS Britannic. Britannic’s wreck is on this map: HMHS Britannic.
Which ship rescued the Titanic survivors?
RMS Carpathia. RMS Carpathia was a Cunard Line transatlantic passenger steamship built by C. S. Swan & Hunter in their shipyard in Wallsend, England. Carpathia was herself sunk in 1918; her wreck page is linked here.
Which ship was closest?
SS Californian was a British passenger-cargo steamship of the Leyland Line. She is thought to have been the only ship within sight of RMS Titanic, or at least her rockets, during that ship's sinking on 15 April 1912. See SS Californian.

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Quoted from the English Wikipedia articles “Titanic”, “Sinking of the Titanic”, “Wreck of the Titanic”, “RMS Olympic”, “RMS Carpathia”, “SS Californian” (CC BY-SA 4.0), accessed 23 October 2026. Wreck positions: Wikidata (CC0) as on each wreck page; port positions from the Wikipedia articles. Positions may be approximate; not for navigation.