Titanic News Headlines

Stealing the Titanic: Artifacts auction draws accusations of grave robbery

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:55:45 +0100

On April 15 on the 100th anniversary of the RMS Titanics sinking an auction house in New York will sell off 185millionworth of items salvaged from the wreck Eyeglasses antique currency jewellery clothing and the pice de resistance a 17tonne section of the hull ripped clean in the ships final violent moments In Halifax the burial place of 150 Titanic victims news of the auction prompted disgust Were into preserving and documenting not into pillaging LynnMarie Ri | nationalpost.com

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A little girl's memories of Harold Lowe the fifth officer from the Titanic

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:11:32 +0100

N 1936 when Annette Roberts was ten years old she was taken by her mother Eluned to the home of Harold Godfrey Lowe who had been the fifth officer aboard the Titanic Annettes aunt Nancy was friendly with Lowes wife Ellen The two women would often visit each other and this time Annette was invited along for afternoon tea | northwalesweeklynews.co.uk

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Chicago Links to the Titanic - William T. Stead

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:35:29 +0100

Stead had predicted that he would die from either lynching or drowning A clairvoyant friend of his told him that he would be kicked to death in the streets of London which was probably more of an educated guess given the fact that Stead liked to stir the pot so to speak | chicagonow.com

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Titanic valour of Harold Lowe- the Welshman who rowed back to save drowning ... - WalesOnline

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:33:12 +0100

He has been cast as one of the few courageous figures to emerge on a night best remembered for cowardice and folly But the author of a new book on the Titanics fifth officer Harold Lowe says the received wisdom that paints him as the one seaman brave enough to attempt a rescue tells only half the story as Darren Devine finds out | walesonline.co.uk

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Robin Gibb to honour Titanic victims in first 'classical' composition - Observer

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:13:10 +0100

Titanic Requiem which will be composed by Bee Gees singer and son will be played by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | guardian.co.uk

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Grandson of Titanic survivor tells his story in Coventry

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:07:51 +0100

HE grandson of a Titanic survivor was in Coventry yesterday to share his grandfathers harrowing storyPhillip Littlejohn has joined the Titanic Heritage Trust to hold a series of talks in the city on what really happened on the night the infamous ship sankPhillips grandfather Alexander James Littlejohn was a first class steward on the ship | Coventry Telegraph

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Titanic centenary event searches for descendants of the captain of the Californian - Southport Visiter

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:48:32 +0100

ORGANISERS of a major Titanic commemoration in Liverpool Cathedral are on the hunt for the descendants of one of the ships captains involved in the tragedyThey hope to invite family members of Captain Stanley Lord to the soldout event on March 24 | southportvisiter.co.uk

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Titanic link to Italian Costa Concordia disaster

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:46:32 +0100

VALENTINA Capuano could not believe it when the luxury cruise ship she was on began to sink she only hoped that she would be saved like her grandmother who survived the Titanic disaster 100 years ago | theaustralian.com.au

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Titanic will be bigger than the Olympics

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:44:03 +0100

A TRAVEL journalist has claimed that the Titanic commemorations in Belfast will be an even bigger draw for tourists than this years London Olympics | newsletter.co.uk

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Carl was a great adventurer - not bad for a plumber from Staffordshire

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:43:22 +0100

Carl 39 from Kings Bromley was already an accomplished diver when he was asked by film director James Cameron to work on a diving expedition to the Titanic in 2003 six years after the blockbuster film which earned the filmmaker 11 Oscars | burtonmail.co.uk

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