At which French port did Titanic stop on its maiden voyage?

On her maiden voyage, Titanic stopped at Cherbourg, France. The port was an important link in White Star Line's Southampton-to-New York service because it allowed passengers from continental Europe to join the crossing.

Titanic left Southampton on 10 April 1912 and reached Cherbourg later that day after crossing the English Channel. Because Cherbourg did not have a dock large enough for the enormous liner, passengers and luggage were transferred using smaller tenders. The tenders Nomadic and Traffic were specially built for this work.

At Cherbourg, 274 additional passengers boarded Titanic, while some passengers making only a cross-Channel journey left the ship. Titanic then weighed anchor at about 8 p.m. and continued toward Queenstown in Ireland, her final port before the Atlantic crossing.

Cherbourg is sometimes confused with Le Havre, another major French port, but they are different places. Cherbourg lies on the Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy and was selected for its position near the English Channel and its usefulness to White Star's express route. Today, the city is officially known as Cherbourg-en-Cotentin.