titanic set sail from new york in 1912.
where did titanic set sail from in 1912?
new york
in 1912 harold bride joined the crew of the rms "titanic" as the junior wireless operator and assistant to jack phillips at belfast, ireland. stories have appeared that bride knew phillips before the "titanic", but bride insisted that they had never met before belfast. the "titanic" left on her maiden voyage to new york city from southampton, england, on 10 april. during the voyage, bride and phillips worked from the wireless room on the boat deck, sending out passengers' personal messages and receiving iceberg warnings from other ships. on 11 april, a day after the ship set sail, phillips and bride had celebrated phillips' 25th birthday, with pastries brought from the first class dining room.
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"olympic" was the slightly older sister of "titanic", built alongside the more famous vessel but launched in october 1910. her exterior profile was nearly identical to "titanic", save for minor details such as the number of portholes on the forward c decks of the ships, the spacing of the windows on the b decks, and the forward section of the a deck promenade on "titanic" that had been enclosed only a few weeks before she set sail on her ill-fated maiden voyage. both ships were built with linoleum floors, but shortly before she was due to set sail j. bruce ismay, managing director of the white star line, inexplicably ordered the floors aboard "titanic" carpeted over.
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