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@1750agreed Adriatic's passenger list for the voyage, seems to list the officers and Bruce Ismay as first class passengers and Millvina Dean's family as second class passengers.

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On this day 112 years ago: RMS Adriatic departed New York with J Bruce Ismay, Titanic's officers and crew who attend the US Inquiry. Millvina Dean, Titanic's youngest and eventual last living survivor, was also aboard. Meanwhile, the British Inquiry officially began in London.

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On this day 112 years ago: The majority of Titanic's surviving crew arrived home in Britain, aboard the SS Lapland, landing at Plymouth. By train, they finally arrived back in Southampton, some later in the day, some the next day.

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On this day 112 years ago: Captain Lord and two other members of SS Californian's crew had to explain to the US Titanic Inquiry why their ship had stood still, with Titanic in sight, while Titanic was sinking.

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OTD in 1912: t the US Inquiry, George Rowe described how when Titanic struck the iceberg, he "felt a slight jar" and saw a "mass of ice." After later seeing a lifeboat in the water, he phoned the bridge, to check they knew, and was asked to fetch the distress rocket detonators.

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On this day 112 years ago: Shortly before Titanic's sister ship Olympic was about to leave Southampton for the first time since the Titanic disaster, the majority of her boiler room crew went on strike and deserted, unhappy with the type of new extra lifeboats put on the ship.

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On this day 112 years ago, three witnesses gave evidence at the US Titanic Inquiry: Frederick Fleet, one of the lookouts who first spotted the iceberg, Herbert Pitman, Titanic's 3rd officer, and Arthur Peuchen, who climbed down a rope into boat 6 due to a lack of crew to row.

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On this day 112 years ago: Titanic's collapsible lifeboat B was found by the Mackay-Bennett. The boat had floated off Titanic upside down as she sank, and saved a number of people from the water, including Titanic's 2nd Officer. Those aboard had been rescued by boats 4 and 12.

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On this day in 1912: The Mackay-Bennett properly began to retrieve Titanic's victims from the sea, including the remains of a child, buried as and known for many years as Titanic's "unknown child." In 2007 he was identified as Sidney Leslie Goodwin.

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On this day in 1912, Titanic was supposed to have started her return maiden voyage from New York to Southampton. Instead, on the day, the the majority of Titanic's crew departed New York for home aboard SS Lapland. Some had to stay behind for the US Inquiry into the sinking.

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On this day in 1912: The US Inquiry into the Titanic disaster began in New York. Joseph Bruce Ismay was the first to give evidence. SS Californian, which saw Titanic but was unaware she was sinking arrived in the US.

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On this day in 1912: Carpathia arrived in New York with Titanic's 712 survivors. Before docking at Cunard's pier, Carpathia stopped at White Star's pier to unload lifeboats from Titanic. In total Carpathia landed 13 lifeboats in New York, pretty much all that was left of Titanic.

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On this day 112 years ago: With Carpathia still steaming to New York with Titanic's survivors, contracted by White Star Line, the cable laying ship Mackey-Bennet departed Halifax, Canada to recover Titanic's victims from the sea. In total Mackey-Bennet would recover 306.

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On this day 112 years ago: As Carpathia was returning to New York with Titanic's survivors aboard, and despite some newspapers the day before claiming all had been saved or even the ship was safe, newspapers around the world started to print the true terrible story.

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On this day 112 years ago: Shortly after midnight, RMS Carpathia's radio operator received a distress call from Titanic 58 miles away. Carpathia was immediately turned around and headed towards the sinking Titanic. All 712 of Titanic's survivors were rescued by Carpathia.

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On this day 112 years ago: At 11.40pm Titanic's lookouts noticed an iceberg ahead. They rang the bell in warning and phoned the bridge. Titanic's engines were put in reverse and she was turned towards port, but it was too late, the iceberg struck, and the sea started to pour in.

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On this day 112 years ago, Titanic's last full day before hitting the iceberg, a fire which had broken out in one of the coal bunkers was finally extinguished. Titanic had left Southampton on her maiden voyage with the coal bunker on fire.

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On this day 112 years ago: Steaming towards New York on the third day of her her maiden voyage, Titanic received her first wireless message about ice ahead, sent by the French Line's La Touraine.

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On this day 112 years ago, Titanic called at Queenstown, Ireland to pick up her last passengers, then sailed away from land for the last time. 7 passengers landed there, having completing a safe trip on Titanic, and one crew member deserted the ship.

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112 years ago today Titanic sailed away from Southampton. The maiden voyage potentially nearly ended in minutes as the SS New York broke her moorings and nearly crashed into Titanic. Titanic then headed to France, where 24 passengers safely landed and around 270 were picked up.