R.M.S.TITANIC ALONGSIDE SOUTHAMPTON AWAITING FULL CREW AND PASSENGERS

 

Thursday 4th April, 1912 after travelling the 570 miles ( 917 Km) from Belfast to Southampton, in the early minutes of the morning, R.M.S. TITANIC comes alongside Berth 44 at the WHITE STAR DOCK .  Both the passengers from London and the balance of the crew , will come aboard on the following  Wednesday . Southampton is ideally situated for ease of travel  for the passengers  who will come aboard  on that following  Wednesday 10th April,1912.

Our Heroic Priests, ignorant of the great challenge ahead of them are travelling toward embarkation, no doubt full of detailed arrangements to be finalised  and hearts full of prayer for the success of their separate missions. Our young Irish Seminarian, with a keen interest in photography, must be marvelling at the opportunities which will present themselves to his lens on this glamorous  maiden voyage which will take him on his short journey to Queenstown ( Cobh now).

 

 Three Catholic Priests and a Seminarian are making their way toward the places where they would board the "unsinkable" RMS TITANIC in the coming days.Incredibly, the great ship was only completed to-day..Soon - on the 10th of April,  she will commence boarding passengers.In the interim she must take on fuel ( 5,892 Tons of coal), crew and do sea trials. Then she must take on huge quantities of crockery, glassware, cutlery, food and drink and get the crew organised and settled into those routines which make for efficient action and perfect service.

The fitting out of TITANIC has involved fitting 29 Boilers, the massive engines and turbines, 200 miles of electric cable , 20 lifeboats (including four with collapsible canvas sides). Over 3,000,000 rivets have been used in her construction.