RMS Titanic headed for the French port of Cherbourg, a journey of . The weather was windy, very fine but cold and overcast. Because Cherbourg lacked docking facilities for a ship the size of "Titanic", tenders had to be used to transfer passengers from shore to ship. The White Star Line operated two at Cherbourg, the and the . Both had been designed specifically as tenders for the "Olympic"-class liners and were launched shortly after "Titanic". ("Nomadic" is today the only White Star Line ship still afloat.) Four hours after "Titanic" left Southampton, she arrived at Cherbourg and was met by the
Lifeboats of the RMS Titanic had left a husband on board). The boat was the first to reach "Carpathia", at 4:10 a.m. Boat 10 was launched at about 1:50 A.M. with Able Seaman Edward Buley in charge. It appears to have had about 35 people aboard when it was launched. By this time "Titanic" was listing to port, making it increasingly difficult to launch lifeboats from that side of the ship, as the ship's list had created a gap of about between the deck and the sides of the port-side lifeboats. An attempt to board by a young French woman nearly ended in disaster when