'Last Look at Home', and 'The Fateful Board at Southampton', April 20, 1912. Creator: Unknown.

'Last Look at Home', and 'The Fateful Board at Southampton', April 20, 1912. Creator: Unknown.

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'The Titanic's Passengers Taking Their Last Look at Home' and 'The Scene Around the Fateful Board at Southampton', April 20, 1912. The ship leaves Southampton on 10 April on its maiden, and final, voyage. Below, anxious relatives and friends wait for news after the disaster. The White Star Line ship RMS 'Titanic' struck an iceberg in thick fog off Newfoundland on 14 April 1912. She was the largest and most luxurious ocean liner of her time, and thought to be unsinkable. In the collision, five of her watertight compartments were compromised and she sank. Out of the 2228 people on board, only 705 survived. A major cause of the loss of life was the insufficient number of lifeboats she carried. Page 20, from "Titanic In Memoriam Number", a special supplement in "The Daily Graphic" newspaper issued following the sinking of the 'Titanic' on 15 April 1912, published on 20 April 1912.

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