Titanic's final stop before crossing the Atlantic was Queenstown, Ireland. The port, now called Cobh, was a regular calling point on White Star Line's transatlantic route.
Titanic arrived in Cork Harbour at about 11:30 a.m. on 11 April 1912, after leaving Cherbourg the previous evening. The ship was too large for the local docking facilities, so tenders named America and Ireland carried passengers, luggage, mail, and supplies between shore and the liner.
A total of 123 passengers boarded at Queenstown, most of them travelling in third class. Titanic weighed anchor at about 1:30 p.m. and began the westward leg toward New York. Among those who boarded was Father Francis Browne, whose photographs provide some of the best-known images of Titanic before the disaster.
The name Queenstown was used at the time of the voyage; the town was renamed Cobh in 1922 after the establishment of the Irish Free State. A memorable detail is that crewman John Coffey, a Queenstown native, secretly left the ship before departure by hiding beneath mail bags. Titanic never made another port call before sinking in the North Atlantic.