The wreck of the Titanic was located by a French and American team on 1 September 1985 in 12,500 feet (3,810 m) of water about 350 miles (531 km) southeast of Newfoundland, Canada. The 705 survivors, afloat in the ship's twenty lifeboats, were rescued within hours by the Cunard Liner, Carpathia. Lost at sea were 1,522 people, including passengers and crew. she sank, approximately 13.5 miles east-southeast of the position from which her distress call was transmitted. on the night of 14 April, traveling at a speed of 20.5 knots, she struck an iceberg on her starboard bow. On 10 April 1912, the Titanic commenced her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York, with 2,227 passengers and crew aboard. She was built by Harland and Wolff of Belfast, Ireland, at a reported cost of $7.5 million. The Titanic was a White Star Line steamship carrying the British flag. Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, African Art.
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