Titanic at Southampton
Southampton is the largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire on the south coast of United Kingdom and is situated 75 miles (121 km) south-west of London and 19 miles (31 km) north-west of Portsmouth. Southampton is a major port and the closest city to the New Forest. It lies at the northernmost point of Southampton Water at the confluence of the River Test and River Itchen, with the River Hamble joining to the south of the urban area. The city, which is a unitary authority, has an estimated population of 253,651. The city's name is sometimes abbreviated in writing to "So'ton" or "Soton", and a resident of Southampton is called a Sotonian.
Titanic[]
Southampton was the place where Titanic received most of her passengers & crew. As many as 1647 passengers & crew boarded the ship at Southampton, not including the crew members of the delivery trip who signed-on again. As the ship departed, a near-collision with another ship, the SS New York, causing a 1 hour delay.