RMS Titanic and make a port of call on the northern coast of France, usually at Cherbourg. This allowed British ships to pick up clientele from continental Europe before recrossing the channel and picking up passengers at Queenstown. The "Southampton-Cherbourg-New York run" would become so popular that most British ocean liners began using the port after World War I. Out of respect for Liverpool, ships continued to be registered there until the early 1960s. "Queen Elizabeth 2" was one of the first ships registered in Southampton when introduced into service by Cunard in 1969. "Titanic"'s maiden voyage was intended to be 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