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today marks the 110 anniversary of the titanic setting sail, after days of Preparations and Crew hires as well with passenger buying tickets from First class passengers to third class passengers.
APRIL 10:
From 9:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m., passengers board the ship. The large number of Third Class passengers meant they were the first to board, with First and Second Class passengers following up to an hour before departure. Stewards showed them to their cabins, and First Class passengers were personally greeted by Captain Smith on boarding.
The maiden voyage began at noon, as scheduled. An accident was narrowly averted only a few minutes later, as Titanic passed the moored liners SS City of New York of the American Line and Oceanic of the White Star Line, the latter of which would have been her running mate on the service from Southampton.
Her huge displacement caused both of the smaller ships to be lifted by a bulge of water and then dropped into a trough. New York's mooring cables could not take the sudden strain and snapped, swinging her around stern-first towards Titanic. A nearby tugboat, Vulcan, came to the rescue by taking New York under tow, and Captain Smith ordered Titanic's engines to be put "full astern". The two ships avoided a collision by a distance of about 4 feet (1.2 m). The incident delayed Titanic's departure for about an hour, while the drifting New York was brought under control.
At noon, Titanic leaves the dock, 922 passengers were recorded as having embarked at Southampton. Four hours after Titanic left Southampton, she arrived at Cherbourg and was met by Nomadic and Traffic. 274 more passengers boarded Titanic, and 24 left aboard the tenders to be conveyed to shore.
The process was completed within only 90 minutes and at 8 p.m. Titanic weighed anchor and left for Queenstown.
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