AdvertisementTitanic: Voyage To The PastApril 30, 2012facebookEmailThe British luxury liner Titanic glides through the Southampton, England, harbor to begin her ill-fated maiden voyage. A few days later, on April 15, 1912, the $7.5 million vessel sank after striking an iceberg in the north Atlantic. The tragic disaster claimed 1,517 lives. There were 711 survivors. (Copyright Bettmann/Corbis / AP Images)