Tag: White Star Line

On this day, the British ocean liner RMS Titanic, set out from Southampton to New York on her maiden and fateful voyage. Built in Belfast for the White Star Line, Titanic was the largest ship on the ocean with first-class accommodation that was designed to be the pinnacle of comfort and luxury. It included a gymnasium, swimming pool, smoking rooms, fine restaurants and cafes, a Victorian-style Turkish bath, and hundreds of opulent cabins. On board were some of the wealthiest people in the world, as well as hundreds of emigrants seeking a new life in the United States and Canada. At about 2 o’clock in the morning on 14th April, the Titanic struck an iceberg and the steel plates of the hull buckled and separated, allowing water to rush in. In less than three hours, the Titanic had sunk and about 1,500 lives had been lost.