RMS Titanic and for the ship's operational use. Although "Titanic" had advanced safety features such as watertight compartments and remotely activated watertight doors, it only carried enough lifeboats for 1,178 people—about half the number on board, and one third of her total capacity—due to outdated maritime safety regulations. The ship carried 16 lifeboat davits which could lower three lifeboats each, for a total of 48 boats. However, "Titanic" carried only a total of 20 lifeboats, four of which were collapsible and proved hard to launch during the sinking. After leaving Southampton on 10 April 1912, "Titanic" called at Cherbourg in France and
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