Passengers of the RMS Titanic indicating the recovery vessel: Numbers 324 and 325 were unused, and the six bodies buried at sea by the "Carpathia" also went unnumbered. In addition to the above-listed passengers, the "Titanic" carried 29 cross-channel passengers who boarded at Southampton and disembarked at either Cherbourg, France or Queenstown, Ireland. Passengers of the RMS Titanic An estimated 2,400 people sailed on the maiden voyage of the RMS "Titanic", the second of the White Star Line's "Olympic" class ocean liners, from Southampton, England to New York City, New York, US. Partway through the voyage, the ship struck an iceberg and sank in the
History of the Port of Southampton occupied by Town Quay, was the centre of the town's port activities. She was more than long, with a displacement of around 2,750 tons (tonnes) (making her similar in size but different in appearance from HMS "Victory"). She was destroyed by fire on the river Hamble in 1439. Trade with Genoa and Venice began and flourished, traders bringing luxuries (such as perfumes, spices and silk) and cargoes of alum and woad (used to dye wool) and returning with English wool and cloth. Southampton became one of England's most important ports, after London and Bristol. The name 'Southampton' came into use