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The Sinking

At approximately 11.40pm on April 14th, on a calm and moonless night, RMS Titanic raced into an iceberg at almost full speed (21 knots), creating an intermittent
breach 90m (300 feet) long below the waterline.

Approximately two and a half hours later, she sank below the surface of the icy North Atlantic, with the loss of over 1,500 men, women and children.

The heroism and horror of Titanic’s final hours are induced with atmospheric sound and lighting to create a subtle and moving evocation of the ship’s catastrophic and untimely demise.

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Gallery 6: The catastrophe

Gallery 6: Atmospheric sound and lighting


  • Titanic Belfast ®
    is owned by:
  • Titanic Foundation Limited
  • Funded in
    partnership by:
  • Northern Ireland Tourist Board
  • Belfast City Council
  • Belfast Harbour Commissioners
  • Titanic Quarter
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    & built by:
  • Harcourt Developments
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  • Danske Bank
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