With Titanic`s centenary anniversary approaching, a look at the luxury ocean liner

The Titanic, a luxury passenger ship once thought to be unsinkable, hit an iceberg on April 14, 1912 and sank in the early morning of April 15, 1912, killing 1,500 people.

The bow of the Titanic on the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean (AP Photo/RMS Titanic Inc.)

The stern of the Titanic on the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean (AP Photo/RMS Titanic Inc.)  

Image: Detail of the bow of the Titanic taken from a comprehensive map of the 3-by-5 mile debris field. Credit: RMS Titanic Inc.

Undated artist impression showing the 14 April 1912 shipwreck of the British luxury passenger liner Titanic off the Nova-Scotia coasts, during its maiden voyage (AFP Photo)

Bow railing of the Titanic, photo credit: National Geographic

Photo credit: Premier Exhibitions, Inc. / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; The photo features a view of the Titanic bow from the starboard side. (2007)

Photo credit: Premier Exhibitions, Inc. / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; the image shows rusticle growth along one of the anchors on the starboard side of the Titanic bow. (2007)

 
Titanic's Crew:
Left to Right: William McMaster Murdoch, Charles A. Bartlett, Henry Tingle Wilde and Captain Edward John Smith; (Right) Capt. Edward Smith
  
(Left) Titanic leaving Southampton harbor, England; (Right) Last time Titanic left shores of Ireland

Titanic going on sea trials April 2, 1912.

( Image from NARA, RG 306, Records of the U.S. Information Agency)

Titanic going on sea trials April 2, 1912.

( Image from NARA, RG 306, Records of the U.S. Information Agency)