The Titanic was a sad time in our history; a lot of people didn’t make it off the ship, but some people jumped into the cold water. The Titanic was built beginning March 31, 1909. Construction began with the laying of the keel. On May 31, 1911, the completed hull of the ship was launched. The next year, on April 2, 1912, construction was completed, and the ship was finished. Finally, on April 10, 1912, the set sail on its maiden voyage.  

The captain was Edward Smith of the Titanic. There was also a man named John Harper who saved other people and gave up his life so the babies and mothers could be saved. He put his daughter and niece on a lifeboat to survive, then when the ship began to sink, he jumped into the water. He was the biggest hero of the Titanic.  

The number of people who survived and how many died. Approximately 706 people survived the sinking of the RMS Titanic out of the over 2,200 passengers and crew on board. The percentage of First Class passengers who survived was 61% . The percentage of Standard Class passengers who survived was 42% . Sadly, the percentage of Third Class passengers who survived was 21%. More than 1,500 people died when the Titanic sank, with exact figures varying slightly between different investigations and historical records but generally falling between 1,490 and 1,517 deaths. 

The Titanic was called "the unsinkable ship". Even though the ship struck the iceberg on April 14, 1912, the day it really sank was on the 15th because it was 2:20 am. Within about five minutes, the Titanic rose into the air, snapped in half, and sank under the water. The water in the North Atlantic Ocean when the Titanic sank on April 15, 1912, was approximately 28°F (-2°C), which is below the freezing point of fresh water but remained liquid due to the ocean's salt content. This extreme cold led to rapid hypothermia and death for most of the 1,500 people who went into the water, with survival times often limited to minutes.