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
History of Southampton still an important ocean liner port, frequented by luxury ships such as P&O's "MV Oriana", and Cunarders "RMS Queen Mary 2", "MS Queen Victoria" and "MS Queen Elizabeth". It is the busiest cruise-ship terminal in the UK and handles the most amount of vehicle imports into the country. In 2012, a century after the Titanic disaster, the city council opened the SeaCity Museum. In the 2010s several developments to the inner-city of Southampton were completed. In 2016 the south section of West Quay, or West Quay South, originally known as West Quay Watermark, was opened to the public. It's public