10 Stunning Rare Images From The Titanic

Capturing the moments after the sinking of the unsinkable Titanic.

RMS Titanic began her fateful maiden voyage at noon on Wednesday 10th April 1912. None of the 2,224 passengers and crew - all freshly convinced of the vessel's unsinkable nature - could possibly have known then that it would be the last. Those claims were stunningly proved incorrect four days into the journey, at approximately 11:40pm, when she hit an iceberg, which caused watertight compartments to open up into the sea, allowing the ship to gradually fill with water, and be dragged down into the ice-cold depths. Since that day, the story of the Titanic has become infamous, told and retold endlessly in fiction and factual film-making, with the events before the disaster poured over in fascinated detail. But what about the people who actually survived this tragedy and their families? These 10 rare images show us what it was really like for those who were onboard, for their families and loved ones and even offer a haunting shot of the menu served the night before the ship went down...

10. Survivors

Survivors of the Titanic arriving in Plymouth on board the S.S. Lapland.
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