http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org Titanic News Headlines en-us Copyright 1996-2009 Encyclopedia Titanica Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:28:43 GMT phind@encyclopedia-titanica.org http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/news/titanic-artifacts-case-delayed-for-appraiser-1257889042.html A hearing on the future of the Titanic artifacts has been delayed until Nov. 23 to enable a key witness to testify. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:36:12 GMT http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/news/meeting-will-explore-cradley-workers-role-in-building-titanic-1257543464.html A CRADLEY history wants to unearth information about the work of local craftsmen on the Titanic as part of a £49k Heritage Lottery funded project. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:36:55 GMT http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/news/new-titanic-museum-in-pigeon-forge-is-getting-attention-half-way-across-the-country-1257457217.html The new Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. has people talking in Missouri. This week, Titanic Museum owner John Joslyn was featured in a Springfield Business Journal story about the famous ship that is dropping anchor in East Tennessee. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:38:42 GMT http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/news/council-awards-10m-to-titanic-project-1257457272.html The £97 million Titanic Signature Project received good news this week when Belfast City Council agreed to contribute £10 million to the scheme. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:38:42 GMT http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/news/titanic-on-stage-at-music-hall-1257457395.html The great ship Titanic will sink once again, this time on a stage in Carnegie with a cast of 62 actors who range in age from 5 to 82. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:38:42 GMT http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/news/public-sculpture-unveiled-at-the-titanic-quarter--1257370083.html The first public artwork for the Titanic Quarter was unveiled as part of the Belfast festival at Queens. The “contemporary and innovative artwork” is called ‘Kit’ and is a site-specific light sculpture which is 13.5 metres tall and cast in bronze. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:26:36 GMT http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/news/titanic-surfaces-at-science-center-1257370162.html A collection of items from the ill-fated Titanic is featured in a recently opened exhibit at the Rochester Museum and Science Center, 657 East Ave. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:26:36 GMT http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/news/titanic-museum-drops-anchor-in-pigeon-forge-1257285608.html Branson-based Cedar Bay Entertainment LLC has dropped anchor in the eastern Tennessee tourism hub of Pigeon Forge for its second Titanic attraction - a $25 million endeavor that will be larger and more interactive than its sister ship in the Ozarks. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:59:00 GMT http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/news/titanic-97m-plan-on-course-for-2012-finish-1257286055.html The £97m Titanic Signature Project is "on course" to be ready for the centenary of the doomed liner after the Executive finalised its financial commitment, according to the government department leading the project. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:59:00 GMT http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/news/titanics-links-to-liverpool-1257018719.html TITANIC had strong links with Liverpool although she never visited her home port – by 1912 the White Star Line's largest and fastest Atlantic steamers were sailing from Southampton. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:41:37 GMT http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/news/titanic-artwork-unveiled-in-belfast-1256939634.html A giant toy modelling kit of the Titanic was unveiled yesterday on the site where the doomed liner was built almost a century ago. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:52:33 GMT http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/news/another-titanic-expedition-possible-in-2010-1256677055.html The president and CEO of the company that has exclusive rights to salvage the Titanic says the company is interested in conducting its first salvage since 2004 at the world's most famous shipwreck. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:56:38 GMT http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/news/us-court-aims-to-establish-ownership-of-over-100m-in-titanic-artefacts-1256650141.html The wreckage of the ship so famous it remains a metaphor nearly a century later is collapsing on itself two miles underwater. The ashes of the last survivor, a child of just nine weeks when the giant vessel went down, were scattered at sea last week after her death at 97. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:24:54 GMT http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/news/last-titanic-survivors-ashes-scattered-in-england-1256413734.html The ashes of the last Titanic survivor have been scattered at the English port where the ship began its ill-fated maiden voyage in 1912. Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:45:55 GMT http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/news/philip-keeps-titanic-millvinas-memory-alive-1256309367.html As the ashes of the last surviving passenger from the Titanic Millvina Dean are scattered near the departure point of the fateful voyage, the grandson of the man who rowed her to safety will be making sure her memory remains alive. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:48:00 GMT http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/news/in-depth-exploration-of-titanic-at-next-historical-society-talk-1256075462.html The next historical society meeting will be a Titanic event. Tom Maddox of Estell Manor, the owner of East Coast Diving in Northfield, will share his experience of being one of the last divers to see the Titanic during a Greate Egg Harbour Historical Society presentation 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22 at the Egg Harbor Township Community Center. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:50:01 GMT http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/news/before-the-titanic-the-ss-atlantic.html Before the SS Titanic, there was the SS Atlantic, a "state-of-the-art" White Star Line ship going to her grave on April 1, 1873, within sight of the Nova Scotian coast and taking with her a staggering number of lives (over 500). Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:44:30 GMT http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/news/haunting-titanic-postcard-under-the-hammer-1255638054.html A "haunting" postcard commemorating the sinking of the Titanic, which was sent just weeks after the disaster, has gone under the hammer in Perth. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:09:13 GMT http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/news/remembering-walter-lord-chronicler-of-the-titanic-1255452173.html The phone rang the other day, and it was Jenny Lawrence calling from her home in New York City. "Walter would have been 92 this week," she said. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:41:37 GMT http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/news/titanic-novelist-makes-history.html Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:30:50 GMT http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/news/titanic-pigeon-forge.html Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:34:08 GMT http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/news/maritime-tales-carpathia-rescue-misson-to-the-titanic-relived-1255208338.html IT STARTED out as a routine voyage between New York and the Adriatic and ended as one of the greatest rescues in the history of the sea. Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:54:32 GMT http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/news/islands-titanic-connection-1255121732.html TITANIC'S journey and demise in 1912 is legendary. Archive film footage, news cuttings and big-budget movies mean the tragic tale of the ship dubbed 'unsinkable' will never be forgotten. Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:53:28 GMT http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/news/voyage-retraces-titanic-journey-1255039070.html A holiday company is to retrace the voyage of the Titanic as part of the 100th anniversary of the disaster. The 12-night cruise, with tickets priced from £2,595, will follow the route of the ill-fated ship which sank in April 1912 killing 1,517 people. Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:56:51 GMT http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/news/review-titanic-the-artifact-exhibition-1254947959.html Ego, wealth, optimism, and opulence. RMS Titanic was the grandest symbol of all this and more. Branded as "practically unsinkable," the largest ship ever built in its time boasted a top first-class ticket price of more than $103,000 in today's currency. Filled with celebrities, dignitaries, tycoons, and immigrants, the Titanic set sail on April 10, 1912, from Southampton, UK, and sank on April 15, 1912, after hitting an iceberg during its maiden voyage. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:38:03 GMT