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In April, 1912 the RMS Titanic called
to the port of Queenstown (Cobh) on her maiden voyage. The pride of the White Star Line arrived at Roche's Point at 11.30 a.m. A total of 123 passangers embarked at Queenstown. Three days later the liner struck an iceberg. Of the 2228 passangers and crew aboard only 705 survived. Picture shows the tender PS America alongside the doomed liner at Roches Point.
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