The 17th of April 1912.
On this day in history in Titanic's story, she was due to reach New York on the 17th of April 1912. Due to the Titanic tragically colliding with an iceberg on the 14th of April 1912 and then sinking in the early morning hours of the 15th of April 1912, she never reached New York. Instead, Titanic's final resting place became the Atlantic ocean, where she rests to this day, 109 years after she sank. Titanic was due to reach New York on the morning of the 17th of April 1912, however, due to her sinking into the Atlantic ocean on the 15th of April 1912 she never made it to New York. If Titanic's maiden voyage was successful, she would have reached New York on the 17th of April 1912 and docked at Chelsea pier, pier no.59 in New York.
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On this day in history, 109 years ago, the Titanic's maiden voyage came to a dramatic and catastrophic end.
Her maiden voyage began only five days earlier, on the 10th of April 1912. She set sail on her maiden voyage at midday that day from Southampton, in England. A few minutes after her maiden voyage - while she was starting to leave Southampton docks - Titanic almost collided with another ship called the SS City of New York. It was thanks to Captain Smith's quick actions that Titanic was stopped from colliding with the SS City of New York, however, it postponed Titanic leaving Southampton docks for a further hour.
Titanic then left Southampton for Cherbourg in France.
Titanic arrived in Cherbourg just after 6 pm that same evening. While at Cherbourg, a few passengers got off Titanic while several got on. Her stop at Cherbourg wasn't long. Titanic laid down her anchor at around 8 pm on the evening of the 10th of April 1912. She then set sail from Cherbourg to Queenstown in Ireland. Queenstown was the last stop of the Titanic. It was supposed to be the last stop before she reached New York, however, Queenstown ended up being the last ever stop Titanic would make and the last ever time she would see dry land - she never reached New York.
Titanic arrived at Cork Harbour, in Queenstown, at 11.30 am on the 11th of April 1912. While there, several passengers got off the Titanic, including Father Francis Browne, who took some of Titanic's most famous photographs while he was on the ship. Other passengers boarded the Titanic at Queenstown and post was also taken on board the ship.
Titanic then left Queenstown at 1.30 pm that day. She then set sail out into the Atlantic ocean. The first few days of her maiden voyage was fairly normal and went smoothly. On the 14th of April 1912, the Titanic's journey would go down in history. She received numerous iceberg warnings throughout the 14th of April, right up until about two hours before she hit the iceberg. Despite the numerous iceberg warnings that Titanic received that day from other ships, she never slowed down and kept speeding through icy waters, then the result was her tragically striking the iceberg at 11. 40pm that evening.
The lookouts in the crows' nest of Titanic - a part of the ship where the crew would look out for things like icebergs - did not have any binoculars that evening. They only spotted the iceberg at 11.39 pm - just a few seconds before the Titanic struck the iceberg. There wasn't time to think about how the ship could avert disaster, Titanic had struck the iceberg probably before the crew had known what hit them, within the space of a minute.
Captain Smith and other crew members went to the bridge immediately after the Titanic struck the iceberg. It took Titanic 2 hours and forty minutes after she had struck the iceberg to completely sink to the bottom of the Atlantic ocean. Titanic sank to the bottom of the Atlantic ocean at 2.20 am on the 15th of April 1912.
Most of the passengers died in the tragic ending of Titanic, however, there were also survivors. The survivors waited in the lifeboats until they were rescued by the ship the RMS Carpathia. Titanic's survivors first seen the lights of the RMS Carpathia approaching at 3.30 am that morning; Carpathia reached them at 4 am and started to help Titanic's survivors on-board. The last of Titanic's survivors came on-board the Carpathia at 8.30 am.
Other ships also arrived at the wreckage site at this time, including the Californian ship, these ships helped look for survivors. Carpathia then left and made her way to New York City. She reached New York City on the 18th of April 1912 at 9.25 pm at Pier 54. Had Titanic's maiden voyage went the way that it was supposed to, she would have arrived in New York City a day earlier. Titanic was due to arrive in New York on the morning of the 17th of April 1912. She would have docked at pier no.60 if she had reached New York. Sadly, she did not. This year marks 109 years since the Titanic struck the iceberg and sank into the Atlantic ocean. Rest in peace to all those who lost their lives on the Titanic. You can follow Titanic's journey on Twitter @events_bl
Titanic's maiden voyage is probably the world's most famous voyage of a ship. Titanic was a luxurious ship in 1912. Today, she rests at the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean, over 100 years after she struck an iceberg on that ill-fated night on the 14th of April, 1912.
Before Titanic struck the iceberg, her maiden voyage went mostly smoothly, except for one incident. That incident happened just minutes after the Titanic set sail on her maiden voyage at midday on the 10th of April 1912, as Titanic almost collided with another ship as she was leaving Southampton docks.
The other ship that Titanic almost collided with was the SS City of New York. Thanks to Captain Edward Smith, Titanic avoided colliding with the SS City of New York ship. However, it did result in Titanic being delayed from leaving Southampton docks for about an hour
Titanic finally and successfully left Southampton docks at 1 pm on the 10th of April 1912. She left Southampton docks and made her way to Cherbourg, in France. Throughout the morning of the 10th of April 1912, first-class, second-class and third-class passengers boarded the Titanic. The first passengers started boarding Titanic that morning at 9:30 am, for Titanic's midday maiden voyage.
A few of these passengers got off at Cherbourg, while other passengers got on board the Titanic at Cherbourg. Titanic reached Cherbourg at 6:35 pm that evening; Titanic then left Cherbourg at 8:10 pm and made her way for Queenstown in Ireland.
Queenstown was the last stop of the Titanic to pick up passengers - it was also the last ever time Titanic saw dry land. Titanic reached Queenstown at 11:30 am, on the morning of the 11th of April 1912. While stopping there, the Titanic also picked up post.
Titanic then departed Queenstown at 1:30 pm on that same day. It was the beginning of the Titanic's journey out into the North Atlantic Ocean, all she had now was water in front of her.
The first few days of Titanic's maiden voyage went mostly smoothly: it went the way that it was supposed to go, until the 14th of April, when things would take a turn for the worst and led to disaster. Follow Titanic's journey on Twitter @events_bl
No other ship captures our hearts or our imaginations quite like Titanic does. Some have called her 'the ship of dreams', and, that is what she symbolized for many of the passengers that boarded her.
Titanic's Maiden Voyage Titanic set sail on her maiden voyage on this day in history over 100 years ago now. Titanic set sail on her maiden voyage from Southampton docks in England at midday on the 10th of April 1912. This was around one week after Titanic successfully passed her sea trials. The sea trials of the Titanic were supposed to be held on the 1st of April 1912. However, due to bad weather, her sea trials were postponed for a day. The weather improved the following day and the Titanic left Belfast in Northern Ireland for her sea trials on the 2nd of April 1912. On the morning of Titanic's maiden voyage in Southampton, Captain Edward Smith - an experienced seafarer - arrived at Southampton docks on the morning of the 10th of April 1912, at around 8 am. He then immediately got to work. Titanic's passengers then started to arrive at 9.30 am. Third-class passengers, second-class passengers and third-class passengers, all boarded the Titanic at Southampton. The first-class passengers who boarded the Titanic were greeted by Captain Edward Smith himself. For Titanic's First-Class passengers, it was a luxurious trip, with some of the world's richest people on board.
For third-class passengers, it was also a dream ship, as for many people, it was a ship of hope and new horizons - it was supposed to be the start of a new life for many passengers. But, instead of being a dream for many, Titanic instead turned into a nightmare.
Titanic's maiden voyage started mainly smoothly. The exception was when Titanic just started her maiden voyage at noon, on the 10th of April 1912, a few minutes after trying to leave Southampton docks, Titanic almost collided with another ship, called the SS City of New York. It was thanks to Captain Smith that Titanic avoided colliding with the SS City of New York.
However, just days later, the Titanic wouldn't be so lucky with the iceberg...
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