The wave at the bow of the vessel indicates that it is already picking up speed, as it readies for the open ocean.Ĭarpathia, the ship that rescued the Titanic survivorsīoth the British and the Americans held formal inquiries and hearings on the Titanic loss. The Smithsonian owns one of the last of these photographs, showing the starboard or right side of the ship against the wharf. There are also a few taken of the huge new ship as it cleared that port on its maiden voyage on 10 April 1912 with a full load of passengers. There is one that shows the new ocean liner entering the port of Southampton, England with the help of tugboats, several weeks before the ship was to take on passengers. Most of the photographs that do exist were taken in the Harland and Wolff Shipyard in Belfast, Ireland, while the ship was under construction. Since the ocean liner Titanic sank on its maiden or first voyage, there are very few original pictures of the ship in existence. Titanic Clearing Southampton, SI Negative #34,460