Read on for some surprising Titanic facts. 1. The Titanic was built to compete with other ships. In the early 20th century, new technology and an increasing population of European immigrants ...

Hard to imagine now, but before "Titanic" was released two decades ago (on December 19, 1997), much of Hollywood expected the then-most expensive film ever made to be a colossal failure.

None of the White Star Line ships was ‘christened’ in this way. Titanic facts and figures Titanic was 269 metres long, 28 metres wide and more than 53 metres tall - the same height as Nelson's ...

So, imagine our unabashed glee when we found out that a deleted scene from the award-winning epic has been rediscovered, giving us another scrap of Titanic-trivia to satisfy our never-ending craving.

Titanic was the biggest and most luxurious passenger ship of its time. It was 269 metres long, 28 metres wide and more than 53 meters tall, which is the same height as Nelson's Column in London ...

Revealing 10 forgotten facts about RMS Titantic is Dan James, author of the new novel Unsinkable (available now, priced £6.99) which tells the story of Titanic's fateful journey with a ...