Sinking of the RMS Titanic April 1912 when she left Southampton on the first leg of her journey to New York. A few hours later she called at Cherbourg in northern France, a journey of , where she took on passengers. Her next port of call was Queenstown (now Cobh) in Ireland, which she reached around midday on 11 April. She left in the afternoon after taking on more passengers and stores. By the time she departed westwards across the Atlantic she was carrying 892 crew members and 1,320 passengers. This was only about half of her full passenger capacity of 2,435, as it was
Memorial to the Engine Room Heroes of the Titanic was broadened to include all maritime engine room fatalities incurred during the performance of duty in World War I. The monument is Grade II* listed. Shrapnel damage from bombs that fell during the Second World War can be clearly seen on the monument. There is also a memorial dedicated to the "Titanic"s engineers located in Southampton, England. There are numerous artefacts from the RMS "Titanic" in the Merseyside Maritime Museum located just up river within Albert Dock. Memorial to the Engine Room Heroes of the Titanic The Memorial to the Engine Room Heroes of the "Titanic" is a granite monument