Titanic at Southampton Docks, Prior to Departure, 1912
Photograph
Just before noon on April 10, 1912, Titanic began her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. She was under the command of Captain Edward John Smith. Her first port of call was Cherbourg, about 70 miles (112 km) away in France, and then Queenstown (Cobh) in Ireland.
In this photograph, amid clouds of smoke and steam, mooring lines are being cast off and five tiny tugs are manoeuvring Titanic away from her berth and out of the dock. Her mighty propellers would not start turning until she was in deep water.
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