Edward Smith

Where they went

2 related events

1. 1
   1912Titanic’s maiden voyagecommander

   On 10 April 1912 Titanic left Southampton, called at Cherbourg and Queenstown, and on the 11th headed out into the Atlantic for New York with some 2,200 people aboard.

2. 1912Sinking of the Titaniccommander

   On the night of 14 April 1912 the British liner Titanic, on her maiden voyage, struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sank early the next morning. Of some 2,200 aboard, more than 1,500 died.

People who appear alongside

• Thomas Andrews1873 – 1912

  Chief designer at Harland & Wolff who sailed on the maiden voyage, was first to know the ship would sink, and died helping passengers

Themes this person appears in

• The Titanic1911 – 1985

  From the launch of the “unsinkable” ship to her maiden voyage, the iceberg, Carpathia’s rescue, the convention that changed the rules of the sea, and the wreck found on the Atlantic floor more than seventy years later