u/Illustrious_Way_2444

Hi everyone, so I saw on twitter that Olympic's first voyage following the Titanic disaster, which left Southampton on 15th May 1912 had only 536 passengers. This seems very low! I was wondering if anyone knew why that was?

Did people maybe cancel their tickets because of what happened to Titanic? Or was it due to a blow to White Star's reputation (even though the inquiries found they weren't to blame)? I'm not sure if the time of year is a factor as well, I'm guessing the summer months were the high season for ocean liners back then.

Interested in your thoughts on this, and apologies if it's been discussed already!