The RMS Titanic sank in the early morning hours of 15 April 1912 in the North Atlantic Ocean, four days into the ship's maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City.The largest ocean liner in service at the time, Titanic had an estimated 2,224 people on board when she struck an iceberg at around 23:40 (ship's time) on Sunday, 14 April 1912. The iceberg that sank the Titanic began its journey as a rough contemporary of King Tutankhamun, entire civilizations rising and falling while it made its slow march to infamy. The photograph was taken by the chief steward of the liner, just a few miles south of where the “Titanic” went down. An photo reportedly showing the iceberg that sank the Titanic was recently up for auction and was expected to sell for somewhere in the ballpark of $10,000-$15,000. One of the many icebergs suspected of having sank the Titanic, this iceberg was photographed in the morning of April 15, from board of the ship “Prinz Adalbert”. The photo was taken by another ship captain, W. Wood of the SS Etonian, in a location that closely matches the site of the ship’s impact with the iceberg.

The iceberg that sank the Titanic is thought to be 100,000 years old, according to scientists who have been tracing the origins of the colossal lump to Greenland. The steward hadn’t yet heard about the Titanic.