Titanic Eye Witness Testimony Ep.2 - Edith Russel

Edith Russel was an American Passenger on board the R.M.S. TITANIC, traveling first class. The ship began its construction in 1909 and was completed in 1911. It had some delays due to her sister, R.M.S. OLYMPIC having an accident on her first voyage, and it was not able to take sea trials until April 2nd, 1912. It would have been on April 1st, but it was canceled for high winds. She went round to Southampton, England and set sail on her maiden and only voyage after picking up passengers there. She stopped in Cherbourg, France that evening and the next morning stopped in Queenstown, or Cobh, Ireland. On the night of April 14th, 1912, she struck an iceberg on her Starboard (right) side. She could handle up to 4 compartments being flooded and still float, but the berg ripped open up to 6. She hit the berg at exactly 11:40 PM, and the excepted time that she sank completely s 2:20 AM, April 15th. This means that she took 2 hours and 40 minutes to sink. She had a total of 2,208 people on board. 1,496 died, with only 712 survivors.