After leaving Southampton on 10 April 1912, Titanic called at Cherbourg in France and Queenstown (now Cobh) in Ireland before heading westwards towards New York. She also had a powerful wireless telegraph provided for the convenience of passengers as well as for operational use. The ship was designed to be the last word in comfort and luxury, with an on-board gymnasium, swimming pool, libraries, high-class restaurants and opulent cabins. Under the command of Edward Smith, her passengers included some of the wealthiest people in the world, as well as hundreds of emigrants from Great Britain and Ireland, Scandinavia and elsewhere throughout Europe seeking a new life in North America. On her maiden voyage, she carried 2,224 passengers and crew. She was the second of three Olympic class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line, and she was built by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast with Thomas Andrews, who perished with the ship, as her naval architect. The RMS Titanic was the largest ship afloat at the time of her maiden voyage. The sinking of Titanic caused the deaths of 1,502 people in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in modern history. Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK to New York City, US.

In speaking about some of the things that were part of the reason the hull failed so badly, the word 'incorrectly' is spelled, well, incorrectly, which I found to be one of those things that make me go 'hmmmm' :DĪs someone who has viewed the traveling Titanic exhibit and who has read many books on the subject, this one, although a short read, will enlighten even the biggest Titanic historian in some way. There is one mistake I found in reading the book -and even that made me smile. Included in the beginning are the myriad of stories of the prediction of the tragedy - some decades before it was even though about and up to a dying child just a couple of days prior to the launch. A few personal stories are told, and there are plenty of photos of the ship, her crew, passengers, etc. The book is a well-illustrated synopsis of who, what, and how the Titanic came to be, and how she was lost on her maiden voyage. Although this book is, according to what I've read, targeted towards younger readers, I purchased it from a used book store and I am glad I did.

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