Passengers of the RMS Titanic indicating the recovery vessel: Numbers 324 and 325 were unused, and the six bodies buried at sea by the "Carpathia" also went unnumbered. In addition to the above-listed passengers, the "Titanic" carried 29 cross-channel passengers who boarded at Southampton and disembarked at either Cherbourg, France or Queenstown, Ireland. 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
Ancon (1867 ship) few passengers aboard, so she could embark all of "Ancon"s passengers and crew. There was brief consideration of "George W. Elder" continuing its Alaska itinerary, but consensus was reached to return south immediately, at least in part because no one knew of "Ancon"s wreck and she would be weeks overdue by the time "George W. Elder" returned on her normal schedule. The passengers and crew arrived in Port Townsend on "George W. Elder" on September 5, 1889. Two-thirds of "Ancon"s cargo of 13,835 cases of canned salmon, 182 barrels of salted salmon, gold bullion from the Juneau mines, and other