Andrew Elliot is being forced into a marriage by his aristocratic father, but before the marriage takes place, he's being sent to America with the girl and her brother as chaperone. His father is certain this union will cure him of his feelings for the son of a caretaker on his parent's country estate.
Matthew Ahearn, a working class Irishman dreaming of a fresh start in the New World, finds himself running from the police after an accident. In Southampton, he gets a job as a third class steward on a passenger liner bound for New York. Andrew and Matthew's paths cross, and they find romantic feelings for one another, unaware that they will soon take part in an event that will change the course of history: It's April of 1912, and they are aboard the R.M.S Titanic and onto their next stop.