 On 10 April 1912, "New York" was berthed in Southampton beside .The three-inch steel hawsers that secured her were torn from their moorings when the much larger (leaving port to begin her ill-fated maiden voyage to New York City) passed by, creating a suction effect.A collision was narrowly avoided when "Titanic's" captain, Edward Smith, ordered the port propeller to reverse, turning the larger liner while a nearby tugboat towed "New York" in the opposite direction.