1907 Plans are made to build 3 huge luxury ships, Olympic, TITANIC, and Britannic 1908 to 1909 Construction of the Olympic, and TITANIC has begun in Belfast, Ireland 1910 October 20th - The Olympic is launched 1911 May 31st - The TITANIC's hull is launched June - The Olympic's maiden Voyage 1912 January - 16 regular lifeboats, and 4 collapsibles are fitted aboard TITANIC March 31st - The outfitting of TITANIC is complete April 10th, 9:30AM to 11:30AM - Passengers and crew in Southampton, board the ship April 10th, 12:00PM - TITANIC casts off, begginning her maiden voyage April 10th, 6:30PM - The TITANIC rides at anchor, in Cherbourg France April 10th, 8:30PM - TITANIC leaves Cherbourg, headed for Queenstown Ireland April 11th, 1:30PM - TITANIC leaves Queestown for New York April 12th and 13th - She sails through calm, clear water April 14th - 6 iceberg warnings are recieved throughout the day April 14th, 11:40PM - She rams into a blackberg on her starboard bow, damaging her forward 5 watertight compartments April 14th, 11:50PM - The water is 14 feet high in the ship's bow April 15th, 12:00AM - Captain Smith is told that the ship can last a couple of hours, he gives orders to send out the call for distress April 15th, 12:05AM - Orders are given to uncover the lifeboats, and to get the passengers, and crew on deck April 15th, 12:25AM - Orders are given to start loading the lifeboats, also the Carpathia picks up the distress call and begins steaming to the rescue April 15th, 12:45AM - The first lifeboat which can hold 65 people is lowered with only 28, and the first of 8 distress rockets is fired Apil 15th,1:15AM - The tilt on deck grows steeper, as lifeboats are lowered more fully loaded April 15th, 1:40AM - Passengers begin moving towards the stern, because most of the forward lifeboats have been lowered April 15th, 2:05AM - The last lifeboat is lowered leaving behind 1500 people, as the deck grows extremely steep April 15th, 2:17AM - The last radio call for help is sent, as her bow plunges under causing the forward funnel to colapse, and many people jump over board April 15th, 2:18AM - The lights blink once and go out forever, as several survivors see the ship break in two between the 3rd and 4th funnels, and the entire bow goes under April 15th 2:20AM - What's left of the stern settles for a moment before lifting out of the water at a 90 degree angle, and sinking below the surface April 15th, 2:21AM to 3:29AM - 1500 people freeze in the icy waters April 15th, 3:30AM - The Cappathia's rockets are sighted by the survivors in the lifeboats April 15th, 4:10AM - The first lifeboat is picked up by the Carpathia April 15th, 8:50AM - The Carpathia heads towards New York with 705 survivors April 18th, 9:00PM - The Carpathia arrives in New York April 19th to May 25th - An inquiry into the TITANIC disaster is conducted by the United States Senate April 22nd to May 15th - Several ships are sent to the disaster site to recover a total of 328 bodies May 2nd to July 3rd - The British Inquirly is conducted 1913 April - As a result of the TITANIC disaster, an International Ice Patrol is created to guard the North Atlantic sea lanes 1914 February - Britannic, TITANIC's sencond sister ship is launched, and is sank 2 years later during World War I 1935 After 24 years of service, the Olympic is scrapped The White Star Line merges with the Cunard Shipping Line 1985 September 1st - A French-American scientific expedition led by Robert Ballard, discovers the TITANIC 1986 July - Robert Ballard returns to the wreck of the TITANIC in a minisub, and photographs her