The RMS Titanic sank on April 15, 1912, in the North Atlantic Ocean after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York.

The deteriorating ship remains on the ocean floor nearly 13,000 feet below the surface off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.

More than 1,500 people died when the ship, which was carrying 2,224 passengers and crew, sank under the command of Captain Edward Smith.

Despite repeated distress calls being sent out and flares launched from the decks, the first rescue ship, the RMS Carpathia, arrived nearly two hours later, pulling more than 700 people from the water.

It was not until 1985 that the wreck of the ship was discovered in two pieces on the ocean floor.

How deep is the Titanic wreckage?

The deteriorating wreckage of the Titanic is in two pieces at the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean, about 12,500 feet (3,800 meters)  below the surface, off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.

The ocean liner had been on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City when it hit an iceberg about 400 miles from Newfoundland. 

It sat undisturbed for more than 70 years until the US Navy discovered it in 1985.