LONDON -- A hundred years to the minute after the Titanic slipped its moorings in Southampton, England, for its maiden voyage, a recording of the ship's whistle broke a minute's silence at the dockside on Tuesday as the city remembered the liner and the 1,500 passengers and crew members who perished in her sinking off Newfoundland on April 15,...
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Southampton er en by i Hampshire på Englands sydkyst. Byen har ca. 215.000 indbyggere. Southampton er en vigtig havneby for krydstogtskibe, bl.a. stævnede Titanic ud fra byen.
For romerne var byen en vigtig handelsby, der gik under navnet Clausentum.