John P Eaton
36 items written by John P Eaton
| Voyage | CANCELED PASSAGES ABOARD TITANIC Who Redeemeth Thy Life From Destruction... |
6th April 2008 | |||
| Voyage | TUNISIAN Eastbound, St. John, New Brunswick to Liverpool. On 10 April reported heavy ice in the vicinity of an area that was later the disaster site. Port of Registry: Glasgow ... |
12th November 2005 | |||
| Voyage | TRAFFIC On 10 April 1912 Titanic arrived at Cherbourg from Southampton at 6:35 p.m. after a voyage of little more than five hours. After taking aboard mail and pasengers she departed at 8:10 p.m. Boarding were 274 passengers: 142 first class, 30 second... |
22nd September 2005 | |||
| Voyage | A CAPTAIN'S CAREER “When anyone asks me how I can best describe my experience in nearly 40 years at sea, I merely say- uneventful. Of course there have been winter storms and gales and fog and the like, but in all ... |
23rd August 2005 | |||
| Voyage | NOMADIC One of the two tenders built especially to serve the needs of Olympic and Titanic at Cherbourg. Nomadic and Traffic were registered under the French flag and managed by A. Laniece, later by George A. Laniece. On 10 ... |
22nd August 2005 | |||
| Voyage | OCEANIC White Star Line Not only was Oceanic operated by the same company that operated Titanic, she was also directly associated with Titanic at the beginning of her maiden voyage as well as during the first weeks following... |
11th July 2005 | |||
| Voyage | BULGARIA (aka Canada, Hercules, Philippines,Drachtenstein) Hamburg-Amerika Line On Tuesday, April 9, while traveling westbound Hamburg-Southampton-Baltimore, received a wireless message from the Caledonia ... |
24th June 2005 | |||
| Voyage | CALEDONIA Anchor Line On 9 April at 2:55 p.m. Caledonia, eastbound New York-Glasgow, relayed to Bulgaria an ice warning received earlier from Cassandra. Port of Registry: Glasgow Flag of ... |
11th June 2005 | |||
| Voyage | CASSANDRA (Donaldson Brothers) On 9 April, while eastbound St. John, New Brunswick to Glasgow, Cassandra transmitted a warning of ice at 43 degrees 38’ N. by 49 degrees 16’ W. which was relayed at 2:55 p.m. by the Caledonia to the Bul... |
23rd May 2005 | |||
| Voyage | ROYAL EDWARD Canadian Northern Steamships, Ltd. Westbound Avonmouth to Halifax. On 8 April encountered and reported an ice field in the vicinity of the subsequent Titanic disaster site : 42 degrees 50’N, 49 degrees 30’W to 42 degrees 30’N 50 degrees 1... |
10th May 2005 | |||
| Voyage | ANNIE West Hartlepool Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. Port of Registry: West Hartlepool Flag of Registry: British Signal letters: P Q N&... |
24th April 2005 | |||
| Voyage | RIO PIRAHY European and Brazilian Steam Ship Cp., Ltd. (Petersen and Co., Ltd. Managers) Westbound, Narvik, Norway to Philadelphia via Halifax. Arrived Philadelphia 22 April and reported that on 8 April, in the vicinity of 42 degrees 44 ‘ N. by 49 ... |
12th April 2005 | |||
| Voyage | ARMENIAN Cestrian, sister ship to the Armenian, seen here at Harland and Wolff's Belfast yard following completion. (courtesy Lawrence Dunn, Famous Liner... |
27th March 2005 | |||
| Voyage | ARGENTINE TRANSPORT Empire Transport Co., Ltd. (Houlder Brothers, Managers) Westbound, Narvik, Norway to Philadelphia. Left Narvik 3 April 1912 with a cargo of iron ore. On arrival at the intermediate stop of Louisburg, Nova Scotia, her captain reporte... |
20th March 2005 | |||
| Voyage | NEPTUNE Port of Registry: Southampton Flag of Registry: British Funnel: Red, black top Company flag: Divided by crossed lines into four equal... |
6th March 2005 | |||
| Voyage | AJAX Call letters: S P G B Port of Registry: Southampton Flag of Registry: British Funnel: Red, black top Company flag:... |
27th February 2005 | |||
| Voyage | HERCULES One of the tugs that got lines aboard New York and kept her from striking Titanic as the latter was leaving her Southampton dock. Port of Registry: South... |
20th February 2005 | |||
| Voyage | VULCAN Vulcan struggling to pull the stern of the New York (left) away from Titanic's port side (Eaton-Haas Collection)... |
13th February 2005 | |||
| Voyage | THE TUGS AT TITANIC'S DEPARTURE Albert Edward, Hercules, Vulcan, Ajax, Hector Neptune Registered 10 September 1861, the Southampton, Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Limited Company was known during its early years... |
6th February 2005 | |||
| Voyage | SAMARA Samara Steam Ship Samara Co., Ltd. (Maclay & MacIntyre, Managers) Westbound Cardiff to Philadelphia on April 1st at 43 degrees 12’ N. by 45 degrees 14”W. southeast off Newfoundland’s Grand Banks, rescued t... |
23rd January 2005 | |||
| Voyage | ALEXANDRA Det Forenede Dampskibs Selsk (United Steamship Co.) Departed Emden, Germany for Boston, 13 March. On 3 April at 45 degrees 04'N. by 56 degrees 38'W. saw drifting ice and ice fields. Arrived at Boston 7 April. ... |
16th January 2005 | |||
| Voyage | LORD CROMER Departed Stockton-on Tees, England 14 March, 1912 on her maiden voyage bound for Louisburg, Nova Scotia, in ballast. During her crossing she was badly damaged by ice and after 19 days of a voyage which should have taken no mor... |
9th January 2005 | |||
| Voyage | LUCIGEN Lucigen – Lucigen Steamship Co., (H.E. Moss & Co.) Departed Bremen, Germany 8 March for New York. On 24 March at 46 degrees N, 46 degrees West, encountered heavy pack ice with numerous bergs... |
2nd January 2005 | |||
| Voyage | KURA Kura Steamship Co., Ltd. (Stephens, Sutton & Stephens, Managers.) (Westbound, Bremerhaven to New York via St. John’s Newfoundland) On 18 March encountered ice at 42 degrees N. 47 degrees ... |
19th December 2004 | |||
| Voyage | MUSGRAVE On October 1911, when Titanic was moved from the deep water wharf to the Alexandra Wharf to clear a convenient mooring for the incoming Olympic, the move was accomplished with the assistance of the ... |
12th December 2004 | |||
| Voyage | HORNBY May 31, 1911 Assisted following the launch of Titanic April 2, 1912 Assisted Titanic on her sea trials Port of Registry Liverpool Flag of Registry British Funnel B... |
5th December 2004 | |||
| Voyage | JACKAL While Titanic was outfitting, Jackal served as an auxiliary vessel moored alongside, her generator providing light and power aboard the ship for the outfitting workers. Also used as a yard tug. ... |
5th December 2004 | |||
| Voyage | COLLINGWOOD (Akties Collingwood) (Zernichow & O. Gotaas) Arrived at Belfast ( Musgrave Channel) 16 October 1908 from Bangkok via the Azores carrying a cargo of teak wood logs which in a finished sta... |
28th November 2004 | |||
| Voyage | TITANIC (1888) Smith & Service (1888-1903) Port of Registry: Belfast , Ireland Flag of Registry: British Funnel: Black ... |
22nd November 2004 | |||
| Voyage | ALEXANDRA Alexandra Towing Co., Ltd. Alexandra assisted during Titanic’s launch on 31 May, 1911 and during her sea trails Port of R... |
14th November 2004 | |||
| Voyage | ROYAL STANDARD White Star Line The White Star Line was founded in 1845 by two Liverpool ship brokers, Henry Threlfall Wilson and... |
14th November 2004 | |||
| Voyage | HERCULANEUM In addition to maneuvering Titanic after launch, Herculaneum also assisted during Titanic’s sea trials out of Belfast on 2 April 1912. Alexandra Towing Co.,... |
2nd November 2004 | |||
| Voyage | DUKE OF ALBANY (F. Kemp & Company) The center anchor of the Titanic weighs 15 ½ tons and was fabricated by Messrs. N. Hingley & Sons, Ltd. Of Netherton, Dudley, Worcestershire. Typical of the manner by which the m... |
31st October 2004 | |||
| Voyage | WALLASEY Wallasey assisted during Titanic’s sea trials and launch on May 31, 1911 and stood by on her sea trials out of Belfast on 2 April, 1912. Port of Registry: Liverpool Flag of Regi... |
30th October 2004 | |||
| Voyage | GLENDUN GLENDUN (Antrim Iron Ore Co., LTD.) On Sunday, December 10th, 1909, the immense stern framing of Titanic was transported from Darlington Forge Company’s works at Darlington by the North Eastern Railway... |
26th October 2004 | |||
| Voyage | ROSALIND New York, Newfoundland and Halifax Steam Ship Co., Ltd. (C.T. Bowring & Co., Ltd. Managers) Departed St. John’s, Newfoundland 6 April for New York. On 7 April at 45 degrees 10 ‘ N. by 56 degrees 40” W. encountered a str... |
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