1:700 British passenger liner R.M.S. Titanic

On April 10, 1912, the Titanic set off from Southampton on what turned out to be its final voyage.

There were 2,224 people on board, of whom 1,316 were passengers. In its advertising campaign, the ship's owner actively promoted the claim that the Titanic was unsinkable, and it could not be called unfounded.

Thanks to its design, the Titanic could stay afloat even if two of its sixteen watertight compartments were flooded. It was truly difficult to imagine damage that could send this ship to the bottom.

Despite this, on April 15, 1912, after sustaining numerous small breaches due to a collision with an iceberg, the Titanic sank just 2 hours and 40 minutes after the collision. Of the 2,224 people on board, only 711 were saved.