Cherbourg — transatlantic roadstead

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First call of the maiden voyage, reached on the evening of 10 April 1912. Titanic was too large for the quays and anchored in the outer roadstead, so passengers and mail were carried out by the White Star tenders Nomadic and Traffic. About 274 passengers embarked here — a mix of wealthy Americans returning home and Levantine and Eastern European emigrants in third class — and 24 cross-Channel passengers landed.