Titanic’s ill-fated maiden voyage began on the 10th of April 1912 and ended prematurely in the early morning hours of the 15th of April 1912 when she hit an iceberg.
The Sea Trials Of The Titanic Before Titanic set sail on her maiden voyage from Southampton, she set off on her sea trials from Belfast - it is in Belfast that Titanic was constructed. The sea trials of the Titanic was supposed to happen on the 1st of April 1912. However, Titanic’s sea trials were delayed due to bad weather on the 1st of April 1912, which resulted in her sea trials occurring on the following day - the 2nd of April 1912. The weather was better on the 2nd of April 1912 which gave Titanic the right conditions to set sail that day. Titanic’s sea trials lasted all day. She set off from Belfast at 6am and arrived back in Belfast at 6pm that evening. Throughout her sea trials that day, Titanic went through numerous tests to make sure that she was working properly. Once she arrived back at Belfast, Titanic was deemed to be ‘seaworthy’ and she was ready to go to Southampton to prepare for her maiden voyage. Titanic’s Maiden Voyage
Titanic’s maiden voyage began in Southampton on the 10th of April 1912. During the morning of the 10th of April 1912, Titanic’s passengers boarded the ship. After all of Titanic’s passengers boarded the ship that morning, she set off on her maiden voyage at midday.
Just a few moments after Titanic began her maiden voyage, while still in Southampton docks, the Titanic almost collided with the SS New York. The SS New York and the Titanic narrowly avoided collision, as you can see from the picture below. This near collision delayed Titanic’s maiden voyage for around an hour.
Eventually Titanic made her way out of Southampton docks to successfully go on her maiden voyage. Her next stop to pick up passengers was in Cherbourg France. Titanic reached Cherbourg later that evening at 6.35pm. Titanic was in Cherbourg until 8.10pm, when at that time she set sail again. This time Titanic set sail to Queenstown in Ireland, where she would pick up the last of her passengers and drop off other passengers who were only going from Southampton to Queenstown.
Titanic reached Ireland the following day. She docked at Queenstown at 11.30am on the morning of the 11th of April 1912 and departed at 1.30pm that afternoon. Titanic’s maiden voyage was going as it was supposed to until the 14th of April 1912. Titanic’s Final Hours Throughout the 14th of April 1912, Titanic received numerous iceberg warnings from other ships who were nearby. The first of those warnings came during the morning of the 14th of April 1912, when the ship the Caronia sent Titanic a warning that there were ‘bergs, growlers and field ice’ in the area, at 9.12am that morning. Titanic’s captain, Captain Smith sent a reply to Caronia at 10.28am thanking Caronia for the ice warning. This was only the first warning Titanic received that day; she went on to receive other warnings. These warnings were: #11.47am The Noordam sends Titanic an ice warning. #11.49pm The Amerika warns Titanic of two large icebergs. #1.54pm The Baltic warns Titanic of icebergs. #7.30pm The Californian sends the Titanic a warning about ice. #9.52pm Titanic receives an iceberg warning from the Mesaba. #11.07pm The Californian tells Titanic that she has stopped for the night because of ice. It was only around half an hour later that Titanic hit the iceberg. Titanic hit the iceberg at 11.40pm on the evening of the 14th of April 1912. The iceberg was spotted just a minute beforehand at 11.39pm. First officer Murdoch was in charge of the ship that evening, he attempted to stop Titanic colliding with the iceberg, but failed to do so. By 12am on the 15th of April 1912, just 20 minutes after Titanic collided with the iceberg, Thomas Andrews (the ship's creator), informed Captain Smith that the ship would sink in just a matter of hours. Which it did. Titanic sank to the bottom of the Atlantic ocean at 2.20am on the morning of the 15th of April 1912. With it, she ended the Titanic’s maiden voyage in the most tragic way possible.
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On the 2nd of April 1912, Titanic had her sea trials.
She was supposed to have her sea trials on the 1st of April 1912. However, due to bad weather - strong winds - the sea trials of Titanic was delayed for a day. The 2nd of April 1912 proved to be much better conditions for the Titanic to set sail. Titanic set sail on her sea trials at 6 am on the morning of the 2nd of April 1912. Captain Edward Smith, who was also captain of Titanic's sister ship Olympic, was captain of the Titanic and accompanied her on her sea trials.
Her sea trials lasted throughout the day on the 2nd of April 1912. Throughout that day, Titanic was put under various tests to make sure that she was working properly. Her sea trials lasted for around 12 hours, from 6 am that morning until 6 pm that evening. Once she had completed her sea trials, Titanic made her way back to Belfast docks.
Once she got back to Belfast docks at 7 pm that evening, Titanic was given the go ahead for her maiden voyage, as she passed her sea trials. Titanic was declared to be sea worthy when she arrived back at Belfast that evening, and she was given a certificate that was valid for a year to be at sea. Her stay at Belfast was not long when she arrived back there at 7 pm that evening. She only stayed at Belfast for an hour, before eventually moving again - this time to Southampton, where she would take off on her ill-fated maiden voyage around a week later. |
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