In the early hours of the 15th April 1912, RMS Titanic sunk in the North Atlantic Ocean after striking an Iceburg on her maiden voyage. Approximately 1,500 people died of the 2,224 people on board, making it one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history. But why did the Titanic sink? Many myths have emerged about what happened that fateful night. Dan Snow visits Titanic expert Tim Matlin to sort the fact from the fiction about the ship’s final hours. 'Debunking the Myths of the Ti