The largest ocean liner in service at the time , `` Titanic '' had an estimated 2,224 people on board when she struck Attack an iceberg at around 23:40 ( ship 's time ) on Sunday , 14 April 1912 .

`` Titanic '' received Receiving six warnings of sea ice on 14 April but was travelling Motion near her maximum speed when her lookouts sighted Motion the iceberg .

`` Titanic '' had been designed Create_artwork to stay afloat with four of her forward compartments flooded but no more , and the crew soon realised Coming_to_believe that the ship would sink Removing .

In accordance with existing practice , `` Titanic '' lifeboat system was designed Create_artwork to ferry passengers to nearby rescue vessels , not to hold Defending everyone on board simultaneously ; therefore , with the ship sinking Motion rapidly and help still hours away , there was no safe refuge for many of the passengers and crew .

As a result , when `` Titanic '' sank Motion , over a thousand passengers and crew were still on board .

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