Rose DeWitt Bukater in 1997’s Titanic was a part British beauty Kate Winslet begged for. She sent director James Cameron daily notes, flooded him with phone calls and even sent him a rose. “I am Rose!

The wireless technology that saved hundreds from the shipwreck was in its infancy, and competing distress signals didn’t help. Initially developed in the late 1800s, the Marconi telegraph used long ...

On April 14, 1912, the Titanic struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic, beginning one of the greatest maritime disasters in history. In less than three hours, the so-called “unsinkable” ship ...