Survivors of the Titanic

At 11.40pm on 14 April 1912, the famously 'unsinkable' ocean liner, Titanic, struck an iceberg. Two hours and 40 minutes later she sank deep into the freezing Atlantic waters. Less than a third of the people on board survived.

Over the years, the BBC has heard from some of the men and women who lived through that 'night to remember'. Their memories are gathered together here to tell the story of the disaster.

Hear the survivors describe a night they could never forget.

I Was There - Commander CH Lightoller
audio
Children's Hour - Film News
audio
Commander Joseph Boxhall
audio
Today from the South & West - Sinking of RMS Titanic
audio
Line Up - Edith Russell, 1970
audio
Today - Edwina MacKenzie
audio
Up Country
audio
How I survived the Titanic
video
Today - Eva Hart, Titanic Survivor
audio
Great Liners - Hazard at Sea
audio
Today - Pictures from the Titanic
audio
Today - Video Pictures from RMS Titanic
audio
The Way It Was - Eva Hart
audio
Today - Return to the Titanic
audio

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