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RMS Titanic
The Titanic was a British registered four funnelled ocean liner built for the transatlantic passenger and mail service between Southampton and New York.
Constructed at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland she was, at the time of her maiden voyage, the largest vessel afloat.
On April 10th 1912 the Titanic set sail from Southampton with 2,200 passengers and crew, four days later the Titanic collided with an iceberg and sank. 1500 people died and 700 survived. This website attempts to tell their story and that of the great ship with which their fate would be inextricably linked.
It is since Titanic was lost.
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History
According to legend the Titanic was conceived at a meeting between Lord Pirrie of Harland & Wolff and Bruce Ismay, Chairman of the White Star Line.
The vessels would forsake speed for increased safety and comfort. While millionaire passengers would grab headlines, vastly increased steerage capacity and accommodation for the growing middle class would drive economic success.
After a construction period of nearly three years the Titanic, commanded by veteran Captain Edward John Smith, departed in Southampton on 10th April 1912 never to return.
In a growing archive of articles this site covers the story of the Titanic from her construction, maiden voyage, disaster and aftermath to the discovery of her wreck in 1985.
Design and Engineering
The Titanic designed and constructed at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
She was 882 feet 9 inches in length and 92 feet in breadth. Her gross tonnage was 46,328 tons. Three propellers were driven by two four-cylinder, triple-expansion, inverted reciprocating steam engines and one low-pressure Parsons turbine. Steam was provided by 25 double-ended and 4 single-ended Scotch-type boilers fired by 159 coal burning furnaces that gave her a theoretical top speed of 23 knots.
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The Titanic forms part of our cultural landscape. In Hollywood movies, books, art and music her tragedy is replayed. Titanic has even entered the language: the phrase re-arranging deckchairs on the Titanic exemplifies a futile exercise.
In this site you can learn about how the Titanic has been reflected in contemporary culture; Titanic on film and record, in photographic image and in art. You can also learn about the true stories that inspired the movie makers including The Real Jack Dawson, and you can see the rarest of all film, the Titanic herself.
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Basic Statistics
The People
324 1st class passengers, 201 survived.
277 2nd class passengers, 118 survived.
708 3rd class passengers, 181 survived.
885 crew members, 212 survived.
13 postmen/musicians, none survived.
Grand total: 2,207 on board, 712 survived.
The Ship
Length: 882 feet 9 inches
Beam: 92 feet
Gross tonnage: 46,328 tons
Propulsion: Three propellers
Engines: Two triple-expansion reciprocating steam engines
One low-pressure Parsons turbine
25 double-ended and 4 single-ended Scotch-type boilers
159 coal burning furnaces
Top speed : 23 knots.
One night in 1994, at the tender age of 14, I sat glued to the TV watching the superb A&E documentary about the Titanic disaster. Having read and heard little of the Lordite claims about the SS Californian, however, save
In a quiet ceremony attended by only the immediate members of the two families, Mrs. Edwina C. Petersen, 1021 Sixth St., Hermosa Beach, and James Corrigan, 323 Ave. C, Redondo Beach, were united in marriage Saturday, July 23. Rev. P
The marriage between Edwina Troutt Petersen and James Corrigan took place on July 23, 1955. It was the second marriage for both the bride and groom.
In the James Cameron film "Titanic," we all saw the stern of the ship rise up in the air and take on a relatively steep angle as the bow of the ship sank deeper and deeper into the water. Suddenly, the hull split and the stern came
SUNDAY morning, April 14, 1912, was a beautiful clear day, high wind and cold. Elizabeth and I wrote letters before service, remarking at the service that they did not sing the hymn "For Those in Peril On the Sea." Then read the chart an
If the enigma of the "officer’s suicide" had been a work of fiction created by Rex Stout, creator of the legendary fictional sleuth Nero Wolfe, chances are Stout would have called it "Too Many Questions". For the q
That several Titanic victims probably starved to death in lifeboats seemed probable when the White Star Liner Oceanic docked today. The Oceanic picked up, last Monday, a lifeboat containing three bodies terribly decomposed. Each vi
IN AFFECTION AND REMEMBRANCE OF A KIND AND A DUTIFUL SON AND NOBLE YOUNG MAN AND IN APPRECIATIVE RECOGNITION OF THE SYMPATHY OF MANY TRUE FRIENDS, THIS LITTLE BOOK IS LOVELY DEDICATED. Alfred Pain was born at Ham
When I say that I am a survivor of the Titanic you will know at once that my story is to be one of great tragedy, for even after fourteen years, the name of that ill-fated vessel brings a shudder of horror to those who remember it's wr
One of the saddest of the many sad stories which has to be told concerns the fate of Mr. Daniel W. Marvin, a young American who was returning with his wife from the honeymoon trip spent in Europe. Mr Marvin is missing, but M
WILKES-BARRE, Pa., Jan. 8 (AP)—Thelma Thomas, a survivor of the 1912 sinking of the Titanic, died Monday at a nursing home where she had been a patient for three weeks. She was 78. A native of Le
London, Oct. 18 (Monday).—Joseph Bruce Ismay, 74 years old, former owner of the White Star Line and former president of the International Mercantile Marine Co., who survived the Titanic disaster, d
The Financier Catches an Express Train in the Berkshires --- Special to The New York Times --- PITTSFIELD, Mass., Sept. 8---J. Pierpont Morgan to-day pursued an express train in an automobile and caught it.
TWO killers roamed the RMS Titanic on her maiden voyage… Not the stuff of lurid pulp adventure, instead actual fact. The two wrongdoers were a fireman and an able bodied seaman. Stoker William Mintra
THERE’S a Titanic seaman named McGough who is claimed to be a human key to understanding the sequence of lifeboat departures. He’s said to have helped lower lifeboat No. 14 – but to have departed in lifeboat No.
STEWART—In constant and lasting memory of Albert A. Stewart, lost on the Titanic. April 12 [sic] 1912. A. S. K.
Olympic and Titanic, Carrying 5,000 People---12,000 Tons Heavier, 50 Feet Longer Than Any Ship Afloat VISITORS to the commercial capital of Ireland by way of the Victoria Channel through Belfast Lough for the first time ca
Work on the White Star's Olympic and Titanic Proceeds Rapidly The rise and progress of the leviathan liners now building is an absorbing topic of conversation at Belfast, where the rapid advance in their constructio
Today, a floating city; tomorrow, a floating island. No other word is spacious enough for the gigantic ships now coming into existence. Next midsummer the largest ship in the World will be ploughing the Atlantic under the flag of th
ANOTHER very terrible wreck of an iron steamship has been reported and a loss of human lives has been the consequence, which must cause a shudder to the intending passengers to Europe this season. The unfortunate ship was the "Vicksburg"
Titanic model on display at Discovery Station
Thursday 4th December 2008 3:19 PM
Hagerstown Morning Herald
A working replica of the RMS Titanic was on display Tuesday during a fundraiser at Discovery Station at Hagerstown Inc.
The model is a precise replica of the White Star liner that hit an iceberg and sank in 1912, taking the lives of more than 1,500 passengers.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Rare Titanic postcard up for auction
Tuesday 2nd December 2008 7:25 PM
Worksop Today
A rare postcard celebrating the maiden voyage of the Titanic is to go on sale in Derbyshire.
The postcard, which was printed four days before the Titanic sank in April 1912, depicts the ship setting sail.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Titanic artefacts set to raise thousands
Tuesday 2nd December 2008 2:48 PM
Westmorland Gazette
A RARE first-hand account of the Titanic tragedy written by the great-uncle of a South Lakeland resident is expected to fetch more than £15,000 when it is sold at auction.
Having always been interested in the voyage of the ill-fated vessel, Joyce Ireland from Burneside read with interest an article previewing the sale of Titanic memorabilia at Sotheby’s in London.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Titanic links sought for exhibition
Wednesday 26th November 2008 6:34 PM
The Cornishman
THE most famous ill-fated ship in history, the Titanic, is to be the subject of a major new exhibition at the Maritime Museum in Falmouth next year and the search is on to find local people with a personal connection.
Although the exhibition won't be unveiled until next March, the museum is appealing now for people with their own stories to tell to come forward.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Get outta town: Titanic set to dock soon in Pigeon Forge
Monday 24th November 2008 1:17 PM
Memphis Commercial Appeal
A new attraction has set sail for Pigeon Forge and will become the world's second largest museum attraction solely about the Titanic.
The 30,000-square-foot ship-shaped Titanic Tennessee will be located near the Black Bear Jamboree, just off the Parkway in Pigeon Forge.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
In his own words – man who survived Titanic and sinking of her sister ship
Sunday 23rd November 2008 10:04 PM
Scotsman
LETTERS written by a seaman who survived the sinking of the Titanic and its sister ship the Britannic four years later – only to die in a German torpedo attack – are expected to raise up to £20,000 at auction.
Archie Jewell was on board the Titanic on the night of 14 April, 1912, and his writings describe the horror of watching the great ship sink and hearing the cries of passengers drowning in the icy seas.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
New Titanic exhibit coming to Science Museum
Thursday 20th November 2008 2:22 PM
MinnPost.com
Nearly 10 years ago, Minnesotans streamed into St. Paul's Union Depot to see some long-lost pieces of history — artifacts from the Titanic. More than 400,000 people lined up to see clothing and personal items that went down with the ship, along with a 20-ton chunk of the ocean liner's hull. Not to mention the ship's whistle.
Well, it's coming back.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Titanic sets sail
Monday 17th November 2008 4:25 PM
The Gazette (Montreal)
The sinking of the allegedly unsinkable Titanic has fascinated few more than it has Paul-Henry Nargeolet. He was among the very first to see the sunken ocean liner in its final resting place, 12,600 feet at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, about 645 kilometres southeast of Newfoundland. That was over 20 years ago.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition Invited to Madrid
Wednesday 12th November 2008 3:07 PM
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PRXI, , ) announced today that it will present Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition in Madrid, Spain. Titanic will open November 22nd at Teatro Carlos III in the recently redesigned exhibition facility where Premier's highly successful, BODIES.The Exhibition appeared this past year.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Dives to the Fitzgerald should be banned altogether
Tuesday 11th November 2008 12:55 AM
Duluth (MN) News Tribune
The Titanic, Empress Of Ireland, Lusitania and Andrea Doria are ships that all share an unfortunate bond: Their wrecks have been picked over mercilessly for artifacts.
That’s especially true of the wreck site of the Titanic, which has become a tasteless carnival for tourist dives.
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Submitted by Richard Krebes
Court's Opinion The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia confirmed on 12 April 2002 that RMS Titanic Inc. (RMST), a salvage and exhibition company based in Atlanta, Georgia, has neither title to artifacts it
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"We were working out a slip table, and we had not quite finished when she went down. All of us were on, working out a slip table, how many turns of the engine it would require to do so many knots; and all this, and it tapered down." - Titanic's 5t
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