The British passenger liner <a about="#mwt89" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"RMS","href":"./Template:RMS"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Titanic"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic" id="mwjw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Titanic" typeof="mw:Transclusion">RMS<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>Titanic</i></a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_the_RMS_Titanic" id="mwkA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sinking of the RMS Titanic">sinks</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" id="mwkQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Atlantic Ocean">North Atlantic</a> at 2:20<span id="mwkg" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceberg" id="mwkw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Iceberg">iceberg</a>. Only 710 of 2,224 passengers and crew on board survive.