Passengers of the Titanic

The Titanic departing Southampton, on 10 April 1912 ; five days later, after colliding with an iceberg, it sank in the North Atlantic Ocean

A total of 2,240 people sailed on the maiden voyage of the Titanic, the second of the White Star Line's Olympic-class ocean liners, from Southampton, England, to New York City.[1] Partway through the voyage, the ship struck an iceberg and sank in the early morning of 15 April 1912, resulting in the deaths of 1,517 passengers and crew.[2][3]

The ship's passengers were divided into three separate classes determined by the price of their ticket: those travelling in first class—most of them the wealthiest passengers on board—including prominent members of the upper class, businessmen, politicians, high-ranking military personnel, industrialists, bankers, entertainers, socialites, and professional athletes. Second-class passengers were predominantly middle-class travellers and included professors, authors, clergymen, and tourists. Third-class or steerage passengers were primarily immigrants moving to the United States and Canada.[4]

  1. ^ "Titanic Passengers and Crew Listings". encyclopedia titanica. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Passenger List and Survivors of Steamship Titanic". United States Senate Inquiry. 30 July 1912. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  3. ^ Pathé, British. "Titanic Disaster Interviews". www.britishpathe.com. Archived from the original on 6 January 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  4. ^ Hall, Wayne (1986). "Social Class and Survival on the SS Titanic" (PDF). Social Science & Medicine. 22 (6): 687–690. doi:10.1016/0277-9536(86)90041-9. PMID 3520835. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2011.