Archibald Gracie was probably among the last to leave the sinking Titanic on that cold April night in 1912. His record of the terrible events is a vivid first-hand account of the disaster.

This text provides a record of one of the most traumatic events in maritime history - the sinking of the Titanic. Not only does Colonel Archibald Gracie detail his own experiences on that fateful night, he has traced other survivors and catalogued their own version of events.

The last day aboard ship
struck by an iceberg
the foundering of the Titanic
struggling in the water for life
all night on bottom of half-submerged upturned boat
the port side - women and children first
starboard side - women first, but men when there were no women.