April 14, 1912, should have been the perfect night for the Titanic's dazzling voyage from Southampton to New York.
But its debut trip turned into terror at 11.40pm when the ship hit a massive iceberg, ripping a 300ft gash along the vessel’s starboard side.
On board the fateful ship were 2,224 passengers and crew, among them some of the richest people in the world plus emigrants hoping to start a new life in America.
It sank below the waves at 2.20am on April 15.
The following day another ship passed what was believed to be the massive iceberg and its chief officer took a photo of it.
He had no idea of the tragedy that had unfolded just hours before and that the Titanic was now sitting at the bottom of the sea.
He later described seeing scrapings of red paint on the side of the iceberg.
He wrote a note alongside the photograph, which reads: "On the day after the sinking of the Titanic, the steamer Prinz Adalbert passes the iceberg shown in this photograph.
"The Titanic disaster was not yet known by us. On one side red paint was plainly visible, which has the appearance of having been made by the scraping of a vessel on the iceberg. SS Prinz Adalbert Hamburg America Line."
The document is signed by the chief steward and three other crewmen.
Despite being the biggest ship in the world at the time, it took 73 years to find the wreck.
It's located about 600km (370 miles) off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. It lies at a depth of 3,800 metres.
Getting on board the Titanic wasn’t cheap, even in the lowest class accomodation.
A third class ticket cost about £7 in 1912 which is nearly £800 in today's money.
A second class ticket would have set you back £13, which would be almost £1500 today.
But if you had a bigger budget you could splash out for a first class ticket, which would have been £30 or more than £3300 today, while a parlour suite had a £875 price tag.
It is estimated that passengers took $6,000,000 worth of cash, jewellery and bonds on board the tragic ship - most of which ended up at the bottom of the ocean.
