Joseph Bell, Chief Engineer on the R.M.S. Titanic

• 31 March 1909: Laid down
• 31 May 1911: Launched
• 31 March 1912: Completed
• 2 April 1912: Sea trials (Belfast Lough and the Irish Sea)
• 12.15, 10 April 1912: Sailed from Southampton on her maiden voyage to New York via Cherbourg, France and Queenstown, Ireland
• 18.35, 10 April 1912: Arrived Cherbourg
• 20.10, 10 April 1912: Sailed from Cherbourg
• 11.30, 11 April 1912: Arrived Queenstown
• 13.30, 11 April 1912: Sailed from Queenstown
• 09.00, 14 April 1912: First ice warning, received from Caronia
• 23.40, 14 April 1912: Collision with iceberg
• 00.45, 15 April 1912: Wireless call for assistance, first transmission, using code CQD. Transmission altered to the new code SOS, first use of this code by a passenger liner.
• 02.10, 15 April 1912: Last transmission
• 02.20, 15 April 1912: Titanic foundered
• 04.10, 15 April 1912: First lifeboat picked up by Carpathia
• 21.25, 18 April 1912: Carpathia docked in New York
• 1 September 1985: Titanic wreck site located, approx 2.5 miles below the Atlantic, by a joint French/USA expedition

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