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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

100 Years Ago Today, The Titanic Sets Off for New York



The RMS Titanic arrived at Queenstown, Ireland 100 years ago today, at 12:30 pm.  Additional passengers embarked and more mail was loaded.  A large population of the steerage passengers boarded here.  At 2 pm the Titanic left Queensland for her journey across the North Atlantic Ocean and New York City, where she was scheduled to arrive Wednesday, April 17, 1912.  Total on board were 2227 passengers and crew.





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