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The Titanic sank on April 15, 1912. Here are some facts you might not have known about the ship, its crew, and the discovery of the ship.

The RMS Titanic sank below the waves of the North Atlantic Ocean 111 years ago, on April 15, 1912. Here are some little-known facts about the ship.

The 'Titanic' sinking became the most infamous shipwreck in history—but what really happened on that unusually calm night in the North Atlantic?

Some hid their experiences after being scapegoated for surviving the shipwreck.

Titanic documentary The Six spotlights the Chinese survivors the world forgot Few people even knew of the existence of Chinese passengers aboard the Titanic. Image: The Six The Titanics sinking is one of the most notorious and well-documented maritime disasters in the world. Academics and enthusiasts alike have studied the doomed vessel for over a century, meticulously compiling every detail for the historic record. Yet as scrutinised as the shipwreck is, up until now there were at least six ...

Forgotten history of the Titanics Chinese survivors told in new documentary The Six By Andrea Nierhoff © Provided by ABC NEWS Ling Hee, Fang Lang and Ah Lam were three of the six survivors.  (Supplied: LP Films) More than a hundred years ago, eight Chinese men left their homes and families to take up work in the USs thriving shipping industry. Little did they know theyd go on to become footnotes in history, surviving the worlds most famous maritime disaster: the sinking of t...

Documentary shines light on Chinese Titanic survivors chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-04-20 13:45 Share CLOSE 2021 marks the 109th year since the "unsinkable" Titanic hit an iceberg and sank in the Atlantic Ocean, and thousands of lives were lost in frigid waters. The 1997 blockbuster film Titanic showed the luxurious lifestyle of the upper class and a heart-wrenching romance between two young lovers. But few know that among the passengers, there wer...

A new documentary exposes the harrowing story of the six Chinese mariners who survived Titanic but were vilified in the press and deported from the US just days after the sinking.  Filmmakers Arthur Jones and Steven Schwankert have made The Six, which debuted in Chinese cinemas this week, to tell the little-known story of eight third-class Chinese passengers on the ship: Ah Lam, Fang Lang, Len Lam, Cheong Foo, Chang Chip, Ling Hee, Lee Bing and Lee Ling.  After the sinking, two of the men di...

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news The missing Chinese survivors of the Titanic When the luxurious British passenger ship Titanic sank into the Atlantic Ocean in April 1912, thousands of people fell into the frigid waters. Only one of the lifeboats that escaped the sinking ship turned back to search for potential survivors. In the darkness, the rescuers found a young Chinese man clinging to a wooden door, shivering but still alive. That man was Fang Lang, one of six Chinese survivors of the Titanic, and his rescue would go...