The maiden voyage began on time at noon. An accident was narrowly averted only a few minutes later as Titanic passed the moored liners SS City of New York and Oceanic. Her huge displacement caused both of the smaller ships to be lifted by a bulge of water, then dropped into a trough. New York’s mooring cables could not take the sudden strain and snapped, swinging her round stern-first towards Titanic. A nearby tugboat, Vulcan, came to the rescue by taking New York under tow and Captain Smith ordered Titanic’s engines to be put ‘full astern’. The two ships only avoided a collision by a matter of about 4 feet (1.2 m). The incident delayed Titanic’s departure for about an hour while the drifting New York was brought under control.
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