Around three hundred passengers – including Matilda's brother William Adelin and many other senior nobles – embarked one night on the White Ship to travel from Barfleur in Normandy across to England.
Arredor de trescentos pasaxeiros —entre eles, o irmán de Matilde, Guillerme Adelin, e moitos nobres de alto rango— embarcaron unha noite no Barco Branco para viaxar dende Barfleur, en Normandía, ata Inglaterra.