The two ships avoided a collision by a distance of about 4 feet (1.2 m). 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". New York 's mooring cables could not take the sudden strain and snapped, swinging her around stern-first towards Titanic. Her huge displacement caused both of the smaller ships to be lifted by a bulge of water and then dropped into a trough.
An accident was narrowly averted only a few minutes later, as Titanic passed the moored liners SS City of New York of the American Line and Oceanic of the White Star Line, the latter of which would have been her running mate on the service from Southampton.
Titanic 's maiden voyage began shortly after noon on 10 April 1912 when she left Southampton on the first leg of her journey to New York. SS New York in her near collision with Titanic
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