1912: Titanic sets sail
The RMS Titanic set sail on its maiden voyage today from Southampton, London to New York. "The Titanic is a sister ship to the Olympic, placed in commission last year. She is 840 feet in length and has a displacement of 60,000 tons," explained The Evening News on April 10, 1912. "She is literally a floating hotel, provided with dancing rooms, smoking rooms, cafes, a library and even a garden of Oriental palms and beds of roses and carnations. A swimming tank and a skating rink are among her other features." NOTE: The Titanic's passengers spent just five days on the ship before it collided with an iceberg and sank.
Reg

Was,nt it a terrible disaster Reg and a disaster that for some reason still seems to hold a lot of intrigue to this present day allthough it was followed by 2 world wars with the countless loss of life at sea in those dreadful times, also many other maritime disasters wich has happened since 1912, but the loss of the Titanic appears to be the one most written about. While on the subject of marine disasters on this day April 10th 1968 a ferry sank during a storm in Wellington harbour NZ with the loss of 51 lives, I wonder if any one could enlighten me as to the name of this vessel and the events leading up to this tragedy.

Hi Stanmass.
The full story with photo.
http://www.natlib.govt.nz/collections/h ... ahine-sunk

Good reading rEG.