March 31, 1909, marked the start of the construction of the most massive moving object ever, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Unparalleled in technology and unsurpassed in opulence, the ship was designed to stand as tall as an 11-storey building and measure more than two football fields in length. This was a visionary and innovative endeavor by its financier, American J.P. Morgan, and builder, Harland and Wolff, who referred to it as Yard No. 401. History knows it by another name – RMS Titanic.
The ‘Ship of Dreams’ set sail on its maiden voyage from Southampton, England on April 10, 1912, counting onboard some of the most prominent people on the planet - millionaire John Jacob Astor IV, industrialist Benjamin Guggenheim, Macy's department store owner Isidor Straus and his wife Ida – amongst its 2,223 passengers and crew. At 11:40 pm on April 14, 1912, moving at its top speed of 22 knots, the Titanic hit an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland and sank within 2 hours and 40 minutes, taking with itself 1,517 lives.

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