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The Guardian	TITANIC SALVAGE FIRM LOSES BID TO OWN ARTEFACTS he company that has exclusive salvage rights to the wreckage of the Titanic does not own the site or the artefacts recovered from it, a US federal appeals court has ruled. The ruling by the 4th US circuit court of appeals affirmed a decision by the district court in Norfolk, Virginia.RMS Titanic Inc had sought full ownership of the nearly 6,000 artefacts it has recovered from the shipwreck, claiming that they are worth some $71m (?40m).Article continues In 1994, the district court granted it sole salvage rights, allowing it to recover artefacts from the liner to be used in the public interest. The court barred the company from selling the items, including passengers' clothing and part of the ship's hull....	2nd February 2006
Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC SOS SHIP ARTEFACTS FOR SALE Artefacts from the ship which failed to answer a call for help from the Titanic go up for auction in Northern Ireland next month....	19th November 2010
feedsportal.com	TITANIC ARTEFACTS TO GO UP FOR AUCTION - TELEGRAPH.CO.UK The owner of the largest trove of artefacts salvaged from the Titanic is putting the vast collection up for auction as a single lot in 2012, the 100th anniversary of the world's most famous shipwreck. ...	29th December 2011
The Press Association	TITANIC EXHIBITION SHOWS ARTEFACTS More than 300 personal artefacts from the ill-fated Titanic are to go on public display as part of a major new exhibition....	16th December 2009
Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC ARTEFACTS GO ON DISPLAY More than 200 Titanic artefacts and memorabilia are to go on display in Belfast. The Titanic Made in Belfast festival begins on Saturday and features a series of talks on the doomed vessel....	30th March 2010
kentnews.co.uk	UNSEEN ARTEFACTS FROM THE TITANIC ON SHOW AT DOCKYARD Rare and unseen artefacts salvaged from the Titanic are being displayed in a moving exhibition at Chatham’s Historic Dockyard. Titanic Honour and Glory, voted as one of the top five exhibitions in the country, features emotive objects belonging to passengers and crew who were onboard the doomed vessel....	6th August 2011
Wiltshire Gazette and Herald	A RARE LOT OF TITANIC ARTEFACTS GO ON SALE IN DEVIZES More rare artefacts connected with the sinking of SS Titanic will go on sale at Devizes auctioneers Henry Aldridge & Son on Saturday. Following the sale in May of a 32ft plan of the ship used at the public inquiry into the disaster, which fetched a record-breaking £220,000, a companion plan, also used at the inquiry, is expected to reach £40,000 to £60,000. This plan, created for the inquiry by the White Star Line, owners of the Titanic, portrays the mid section of the ship and one notation says “approximate mean draft at time of accident”. ...	27th October 2011
BBC News	POLICE CALLED IN OVER NOMADIC ROW The police were called to look into the removal of artefacts from the historic White Star vessel SS Nomadic, it has emerged. The artefacts - two ornate doors - were taken by the Nomadic Preservation Society which said it bought them in Paris and has proof of ownership....	23rd September 2009
	TITANIC THE ARTEFACT EXHIBITION
	BLADES OF FAN RECOVERED FROM WRECK SITE Pictured at a Titanic Artefact Exhibition...
	TITANIC PLATE RECOVERED FROM WRECK SITE Pictured at a Titanic Artefact Exhibition...
	TITANIC TEAPOT RECOVERED FROM WRECK SITE Pictured at a Titanic Artefact Exhibition...
mirror.co.uk	A TITANIC NIGHT TO REMEMBER In just a few days' time ceremonies will be held to mark the anniversary of the sinking of RMS Titanic's 99 years ago; an exhibition of artefacts recovered from the wreck is in its final month......	6th April 2011
Falmouth Penryn Packet	FALMOUTH REVEALS MORE TITANIC MEMORABILIA The National Maritime Museum Cornwall has been lent two more fascinating artefacts with a Cornish connection. Local historian and author Ernie Warmington has come forward with a Christmas card and memorial postcard....	2nd June 2009
	CHERUB RECOVERED FROM TITANIC'S DEBRIS FIELD Pictured at a Titanic artefact exhibition...
bbc.co.uk	TITANIC RELICS UP FOR AUCTION - BBC NEWS Almost 100 years after the Titanic ocean liner was sunk by an iceberg on her maiden voyage to New York, artefacts retrieved from the ship are about to go on auction....	6th January 2012
guardian.co.uk	US COURT AIMS TO ESTABLISH OWNERSHIP OF OVER $100M IN TITANIC ARTEFACTS 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. ...	27th October 2009
The Age	TITANIC RELICS SHED LIGHT ON HUMAN FACE OF TRAGEDY The Titanic has steamed into Melbourne almost 100 years after its doomed maiden voyage with hundreds of artefacts from the famous wreck now on display at Melbourne Museum....	8th June 2010
Telegraph.co.uk	RUSTY KEY TO FETCH £50,000 AT TITANIC AUCTION A rusty key, which enabled the Titanic's crew to try to rescue hundreds of mail bags from the sinking ship, is expected to fetch more than £50,000 at an upcoming auction.The key was for the door of a staff stairwell which was opened so that the crew could start unloading the mail from the bowels of the ship....	11th April 2009
The Independent	TITANIC RESCUE SHIP YIELDS UP ITS TREASURE Almost a century after it steamed to the rescue of the stricken Titanic, saving the lives of more than 700 stranded passengers, and 89 years after it was sunk, the wreckage of the RMS Carpathia has finally been explored, yielding precious artefacts. ...	16th September 2007
Daily Echo	THE TITANIC HONOUR AND GLORY EXHIBITION TRAVELS BACK IN TIME AN EXHIBITION offering a look at the doomed voyage of the Titanic is displaying rare artefacts for the first time....	28th April 2010
	WHITE STAR MEMORIES WSM houses the largest and finest collection of White Star Line artefacts & memorabilia in Europe and specialise in the 'Olympic' class liners; "Olympic", "Titanic" & "Britannic". ...
Falmouth Penryn Packet	FALMOUTH HOSTS TITANIC EXHIBITION AND SPRINGS A FEW SURPRISES An exhibition in Falmouth next month promises to attract unprecedented interest it is about the Titantic. 'When developing and researching an exhibition, you never can be quite sure what artefacts and stories will be revealed and available to portray within that exhibition,' said a museum official....	17th February 2009
bbc.co.uk	TITANIC EXHIBITION COMES TO CHATHAM HISTORIC DOCKYARD sThe Titanic Honour & Glory exhibition opens in Chatham for the 100th anniversary of the ship's launch. It includes Titanic and White Star Line artefacts. ...	30th June 2011
BBC News : Northern Ireland	NOMADIC FITTINGS GO AS RESTORATION BEGINS The hard work of restoring the last nautical link to the RMS Titanic has got under way. The SS Nomadic - used to ferry passengers to the ill-fated liner - was towed to Belfast in July. Over the weekend it was stripped of the artefacts of its last incarnation - as a floating restaurant in France. The government has spent almost £700,000 just buying and getting the ship back to Belfast. ...	30th October 2006
Portugal News	TITANIC EXHIBITION TO THRILL VISITORS Lisbon is to host a Titanic exhibition from Saturday until August, the ??€?œTitanic ??€' The Artifact Exhibition??€?„?, showcasing several artefacts which were recovered from the shipwreck that took the lives of 1,500 people on April 15th 1912. ...	19th May 2009
Westmorland Gazette	TITANIC ARTEFACTS SET TO RAISE THOUSANDS 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....	2nd December 2008
mayorwatch.co.uk	EXTENDED RUN FOR LONDON'S TITANIC EXHIBITION Titanic: The Artefact Exhibition first opened at London’s O2 in November and offers visitors a chance to view recreations of the famous ship’s rooms as well as footage from the Titanic Expedition 2010....	10th April 2011
Manchester Evening News	DIVE TO TITANIC'S RESCUE SHIP A SALFORD fireman has led the world's first successful dive to the wreck of a ship which steamed to the rescue of the Titanic.A 10-strong amateur dive team led by Ric Waring entered the record books by reaching the wreck and then salvaged artefacts from RMS Carpathia, which sits on the bottom of the north Atlantic some 500ft below the surface, 200 miles from the Irish coast....	19th September 2007
owensoundsuntimes.com	AUCTION OF TITANIC ARTIFACTS SEEMS 'FISHY' SAYS COLLECTOR STEVE SANTINI Santini owns two of what he believes are only about a dozen deck chairs plucked from the ocean. Santini said he hopes the artifacts at auction will be re-assembled into a larger, permanent exhibit. But Santini said he wonders if it may just be a big publicity stunt. "I'm not entirely sure they're for sale."...	9th January 2012
bbc.co.uk	ULSTER FOLK AND TRANSPORT MUSEUM SECURES TITANIC ARTEFACTS It includes serving dishes and soap from the Titanic, as well as passenger lists, tickets, playing cards and a steward's menu ideas. The collection will form the basis of an exhibition at the museum to mark the centenary of the Titanic's launch....	12th April 2011
Belfast Telegraph	FULL STEAM AHEAD AS TITANIC FESTIVAL GETS SET TO DRAW IN HUGE CROWDS Titanic fever will grip Belfast this week with the launch of the annual Titanic Made in Belfast Festival. Hundreds of Titanic and White Star Line artefacts and memorabilia including a postcards written by a passengers on board the doomed vessel, a man’s watch valued at £90,000, and the keys to a family treasure chest that went down with the stricken ship are due to go on display in Belfast today....	2nd April 2010
icCoventry	PRESERVE THE MEMORY OF TITANIC TITANIC enthusiast Howard Nelson has achieved a lifetime's ambition by setting up the first trust dedicated to the doomed liner in his land-locked home city of Coventry.The 60-year-old, of Allesley, Coventry, has opened the Titanic Heritage Trust, at Coventry University's Technology Park in Puma Way.The trust is aiming for charitable status by the end of the year and wants to protect the Titanic wreck site and artefacts and preserve its history. ...	9th January 2006
Hereford Times	TITANIC HONOUR AND GLORY - EXHIBITION AT LUDLOW ASSEMBLY ROOMS VOTED one of the top five exhibitions in the country by The Times, Titanic Honour and Glory has docked in Ludlow as part of its centenary tour. The brainchild of Sean Szmalc and Margot Corson, it is an exciting, awe-inspiring and evocative national touring exhibition, which features many rare and previously unseen artefacts from the liner’s passengers and crew, including some of the beautiful china dinner plates, which served the first meals aboard the Titanic. ...	27th October 2011
pendletoday.co.uk	MP VERY IMPRESSED BY NEW TITANIC MUSEUM PENDLE’s latest attraction - the Titanic In Lancashire Museum - is now open to the public and has had a visit from the borough’s MP, Mr Andrew Stephenson. The museum is based in the Parish Rooms next to St Bartholomew’s Church in Church Street, Colne. Mr Stephenson was very impressed by his visit and said: “The Titanic In Lancashire Museum is a fascinating collection of both historical artefacts and the numerous links between our area and the Titanic....	28th August 2011
clickliverpool.com	RELATIVE DISCOVERS TITANIC CAPTAIN'S TELESCOPE IN THE ATTIC A telescope that belonged to the captain of the Titanic has been found lying in a dusty old attic. The brass eyepiece, kept in an old whisky bottle box, bears the name "Edward John Smith" who was the master of the ill-fated ocean liner that sank in 1912. It also carries an engraved image of the Titanic's sister ship - RMS Olympic - which Smith commanded for ten months. The three-foot long spyglass was identified by auctioneer John Crane after he was invited to value artefacts belonging to a distant relative of Captain Smith....	8th July 2011
Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC : A NICE LITTLE EARNER The Americans seem to think that anything connected with the Titanic is potentially a nice little earner. The latest idea is to raise artefacts from the Carpathia, the ship which rescued 705 from the Titanic.In 1912, the year the Titanic went down, the United States Senate passed a joint resolution extending the thanks of Congress and appropriating $$1000 for a gold medal to Captain Rostron of the Carpathia and a vote of thanks to the Carpathia crew. The Senate Commerce Committee in May 1912 deemed the course followed by Captain Rostron as deserving of the highest praise and worthy of special recognition. ...	26th January 2006
Henry Aldridge & Son	TITANIC LETTER MAY FETCH £15000 An eyewitness account of the sinking of the Titanic will be the highlight of an auction of Titanic related artefacts this weekend. Laura Francatelli a servatn of Lucile Duff Gordon and Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon wrote the harrowing account for the 1912 British enquiry into the disaster presided over by Lord Mersey. Andrew Aldrifdge auctioneer was quoted "You see a lot of documents that talk briefly about the incident but this affidavit goes into strong details it talks about Lady Duff being sick the whole time about the lifeboat bobbing up and down about the screams" Aldridge suggests the letter may fetch £10000 to £15000 pounds. ...	11th October 2010
Lisburn Today	TITANIC SET TO 'MAKE A SPLASH' AT LEGACURRY ONE of the most iconic ships in history, R.M.S Titanic, is set to make headlines again as Larchfield Community Development Association is hosting a festival to mark the centenary of the laying down of the keel of the famous White Star Liner. ...	8th September 2009
	CROW'S NEST TELEPHONE KEY RMS Titanic: Second Officer David Blair OBE. Iron key with brass oval tag attached "Crows Nest Telephone Key". Research by Henry Aldridge and Son, and eminent Titanic historians has established that the key was either to the portable Grah...
Titanic Stories	TITANICA EXHIBITION - THE ULSTER FOLK & TRANSPORT, NORTHERN IRELAND The Ulster Folk & Transport Museum is launching TITANICa: The Exhibition and TITANICa: The People’s Story to mark the centenary of Titanic’s launch on the 31st May, running until 31 August 2011....
	ARTEMIS OF VERSAILLES The Artemis of Versailles, a small copy of the classical statue, lay on the mantle piece above the fireplace in the Titanic's first class lounge. The statue was one of the artefacts photographed when Dr Robert Ballard and ...
White Star Memories	OLYMPIC ARTEFACTS TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1934! RMS Olympic's registration document has been reunited with its original leather wallet! after some 70 odd years apart! The two a were last together when the WSL was sold off and Olympic was scrapped in 1934/5. ...	4th March 2010
Redditch Advertiser	FORGE MILL'S TITANIC EXHIBITION REDDITCH residents are being taken on a dramatic trip back in time at the Titanic Honour and Glory exhibition at Forge Mill Needle Museum....
BBC News	MONEY WORRIES FOR NOMADIC PROJECT The project to restore the Nomadic has received a £500,000 grant from the Northern Ireland Tourist Board, bringing the total pledged to £4m. However, less than £8,000 has been raised from corporate donors and a 'Sponsor a rivet' delivered just £330. ...	16th September 2009
	TITANIC : HISTORY ON A PLATE To be opened by the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall on 18th February 2011 ...
BBC News	BELFAST SURVIVOR SET FOR HOMECOMING Amid the shipwrecks scattered about Le Havre docks in France is a survival story. The SS Nomadic, a rusting relic so nearly sent to the scrapyard, is ready to come home. The Nomadic is to return to Belfast Weeds grow on its deck, and year after year of recent neglect have taken a heavy toll. Step onboard and you see the enormity of the renovation task. Look hard enough, however, and you do glimpse the potential. The question is will the millions needed be raised to do the job? ...	11th July 2006
Titanic Research	RMS TITANIC: A LEGAL UPDATE 1 Gavin Murphy Explaining the legal position of the Titanic wreck...	15th March 2002
Belfast Telegraph	FULL STEAM AHEAD FOR TITANIC'S 'LITTLE SISTER' NOMADIC Some 1,600 curious visitors have poured across the gangplank of Titanicâ€™s â€˜little sisterâ€™ since last week to see the vessel before wholesale restoration gets under way....
CRI English	REMEMBERING THE TITANIC Elizabeth Gladys "Millvina" Dean was just 9 weeks old when her mother carried her into a lifeboat, shortly before her father drowned in the dosaster 97 years ago.Ahead of the April 14 anniversary of the disaster, Millvina attended the Titanic Convention in Southampton (April 4, 2009)....	8th April 2009
Gare Maritime	MAURETANIA HISTORY COMES ALIVE IN BRISTOL Gavin Murphy Relics of the Cunard four-stacker now grace a Bristol bar...	8th November 2001