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
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