Passengers of the RMS Titanic Passengers of the RMS Titanic An estimated 2,400 people sailed on the maiden voyage of the RMS "Titanic", the second of the White Star Line's "Olympic" class ocean liners, from Southampton, England to New York City, New York, US. Partway through the voyage, the ship struck an iceberg and sank in the early morning of 15 April 1912, resulting in the deaths of over 1,500 people, including approximately 815 of the passengers. The "Titanic"s passengers were divided into three separate classes, determined not only by the price of their ticket but by wealth and social class: those travelling in first
Cultural legacy of RMS Titanic from tin candy boxes to commemorative plates, whiskey jiggers, and even black mourning teddy bears. The latter are now hugely sought-after and examples have sold for over $135,000. In the Japanese spinoff series The Doraemons, it depicts a scene of RMS Titanic in a famous chapter, "Titanic the Ghost ship", in which Dora-the-Kid acts as Jack facing on Rose. In the anime movie , the fictional ocean liner Campania suffers a similar fate to Titanic including getting hit by an iceberg and splitting in half as well as lifeboats being filled by women and children first. In 1997, Titanic (Musical)