Animals aboard the RMS Titanic "Titanic"s first port of call after Southampton. The animals travelled on their own tickets and even the canary that left at Cherbourg had to be paid for, to the tune of 25 US cents. Like any other ship of the time, "Titanic" had a substantial population of rats. One was seen running across the Third Class Dining Room on the evening of the sinking, to the shock and amazement of the diners. Some of the women who saw it burst into tears, while men tried unsuccessfully to capture the rat. Few of "Titanic"s animals survived the ship's sinking. Three of
History of the Port of Southampton large amount of cargo; nearly 90 percent of South Africa's fruit exports to the UK was handled at the port. Express freight trains enabled produce landing at Southampton in the morning to be on sale in London fruit markets in the afternoon: Dock facilities: The King George (No. 7) dry dock was the largest in the world, and could accommodate liners of up to 100,000 tons: Southampton's maritime museum was originally housed in The Wool House on the edge of Town Quay which included a small exhibition about the "Titanic". To mark the centenary of the "Titanic"s voyage a larger