article_snippet: He remained in post on the fateful morning of April 15, 1912, when the passenger ship sank in the North Atlantic Ocean after colliding with an iceberg during the passenger ship maiden voyage from Southampton to New York.
article_snippet: The ship was destroyed by a U-boat in 1916 .
article_snippet: The liner, which was originally called Columbus, was taken over from the Germans by the UK's famous White Star Line and operated from Liverpool from 1922 until 1935 .
article_snippet: The Titanic was built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast, Northern Ireland during 1910 and 1911 and departed Southampton, UK, on The Titanic maiden voyage in 1912.
article_snippet: The Titanic sank on April, 15, 1912, after striking an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland and a total of 1,522 passengers and crew died .
article_snippet: The ocean liner was operated by the UK's famous White Star Line until 1956, after being launched in Scotland in 1922.
article_snippet: The boat's maiden voyage was between Liverpool and New York, U.S. in June 1923 .