On April 10th, 1912, the legendary cruise ship known as the Titanic, thought to be unsinkable, sails to New York from Southampton, England. As everyone knows, this inaugural journey was also the ship’s very last. You probably have seen the famous 1997 James Cameron movie, but it’s less likely that you will have seen these chill-inducing photos.
The Titanic under construction.
The Titanic unfinished at Belfast on May 31, 1911.
Under construction.
The Titanic, ready to be launched.
Titanic leaving Belfast for sea trials on April 2, 1912.
Men stand with the giant chain links that were forged for the ship’s Hingley anchor, 1910.
Ship means captain. Here is the captain Edward J. Smith (on the right) and his colleague, the superintendent Hugh Walter McElroy, pictured here on the Titanic’s deck.
Moving, this photo illustrates childhood innocence aboard the Titanic. A young boy plays, only a few days before the dramatic event.
Margaret Brown, nicknamed Molly, is a first-class passenger on the Titanic. Of modest origins and then brought into wealth, her outspokenness stood out. In the film, she becomes Jack Dawson’s protector.
The first-class gymnasium.
The ship’s reading and writing room.
A stateroom abord the Titanic.