 Second in line of the "Olympic" class, "Titanic" was launched on 31 May 1911, and her commissioning was slightly delayed due to ongoing repairs of "Olympic".The ship left the port of Southampton 10 April 1912 for her maiden voyage, narrowly avoiding a collision with SS "New York", a ship moored in the port pulled by the propellers of "Titanic".After a stopover at Cherbourg, France and another in Queenstown, Ireland, she sailed into the Atlantic with 2,200 passengers and crew on board, under the command of Captain Edward J. Smith headed for New York City.