page_title: Southampton
section_title: Docks
hierarchical_section_title: Southampton / Places in Southampton / Docks
caption_attribution_description: English: RMS Queen Mary 2 and Hythe Ferry Great Expectations from Hythe Pier. Built by the White Horse Ferries on their own yard in Gravesend. Photo by Paul Dashwood April 2004
context_page_description: Southampton is a city in the United Kingdom. The city is in Hampshire. It is about in the middle of the south coast of England. Southampton is the largest city on the south coast.
  It is an important port. It is the nearest city to the New Forest. In 1912, the RMS Titanic sailed from there as was common with most ocean liners at the time. It contains several memorials and museum exhibitions related with the doomed ship.
context_section_description: Southampton is home to many cruise ships and ocean liners, including the Queen Victoria and the Queen Mary 2.
  There is also a regular ferry service to Hythe (a small village on the other side of Southampton Water), which leaves every half hour.
caption: The Queen Mary 2 on Southampton Water, with Hythe Ferry in front
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