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carried enough lifeboats for 1,178 people—about half the number on board, and one third of her total capacity—due to outdated maritime safety regulations.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
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