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Description: | This photograph was taken just after news of the loss of R.M.S Titanic became known.
Southampton was particularly affected by the tragedy as nearly 600 of Titanic's crew lived in the local area. The district of Northam (pictured here) was one of the worst areas hit by the tragedy as sea farers including many who were on board Titanic lived here. Consequently many of these children lost their fathers, whilst some became orphaned.
R.M.S Titanic sailed on her maiden voyage from the Port of Southampton, April 10 1912. She was to call at Cherbourg in France and Queenstown in Ireland. Her final destination was to be New York City.
However on her way from Ireland to New York city, she struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean and sank in the early hours of April 15, 1912. She took with her 1500 lives whilst only 750 survived.
The disaster had a great impact upon Southampton and the rest of Hampshire as many of her passengers and crew were from the local area | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | Southampton City Museums | Subjects: | disaster orphans bereavement Southampton Northam Children Ocean Liners death White Star Line Titanic Northam Shipping life Maritime History | Temporal: | start=1912-01-01; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | William Burrough Scott; (Copied by: Southampton City Museums) | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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