Engines

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La Science et la Vie	OLYMPIC ENGINES From 'La Science et la Vie', June 1913...	1913
	THE LAURENTIC/MEGANTIC EXPERIMENT The Olympic-class liners were fitted with two triple expansion engines, which powered the port and starboard propellers, and a low-pressure turbine, which powered the center propeller. This propulsion system was first tested on the White Star sister...
Cumberland News	LOCAL VICTIMS OF THE DISASTER Carlisle and Border men among the Crew Mr. Joseph Bell left the district when a youth to serve his apprenticeship as an engineer at the works of Mr. Robert Stephenson, on Tyneside, which were founded by the famous engineer of that name who inv...	20th April 1912
Titanic Research	TITANIC'S PRIME MOVER - AN EXAMINATION OF PROPULSION AND POWER Samuel Halpern	9th July 2007
Chicago Tribune	JUST MISSED TITANIC'S FATE: TEUTONIC VEERS OFF ICEBERG JUST MISSED TITANIC'S FATE: TEUTONIC VEERS OFF ICEBRG By Quick Reversal of Engines and with Helm Hard Aport Liner Grazes Huge...	28th October 1913
Titanic Research	TITANIC'S FINAL MANOEUVRE Captain Lewis Marmaduke Collins She never was under a port helm? - She did not come on the port helm, Sir - on the starboard helm. ------Titanic’s QM Robert Hitchens to the British enquiry At both inquiries it was adduced that, at the time of the look...	8th February 2003
The Gazette (Montreal)	LAURENTIC IS HERE The Gazette, Montreal, 8 May 1909 Maiden Voyage Upholds the Satisfactory Results Achieved on Trial Trip --- AN EPOCH IN SHIPPING --- P...	8th May 1909
Voyage	NEPTUNE John P. Eaton 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	HECTOR Port of Registry: Southampton Flag of Registry: British Funnel: Red, black top Company flag: Divided by crossed lines into four equal triangles...	13th March 2005
The Sphere	OLYMPIC ENTERING THOMPSON GRAVING DOCK Takes 23,000,000 gallons to fill...	30th September 1911
New York Times	BIGGER THAN THE LUSITANIA White Star Line Decides to Build Vessel---Speed to be 22 Knots --- Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, Sept. 11---A Belfast correspondent telegraphs that Harland & Wolff have officially admitted that the...	12th September 1907
	WHAT REALLY SANK THE LUSITANIA NYI, the following lot is among the highlights in Swann's Sept 15 auction of the Eric C. Caren Collection: Sale 2253 Lot 309 WHAT REALLY SANK THE LUSITANIA? (STEAMSHIPS.) John Brown ...	30th August 2011
Western Morning News	TITANIC DISASTER, WESTCOUNTRY PASSENGERS AND CREW From Queenstown, Mr James Hocking, of Fore Street, Devonport, who was one of the Titanic’s second class passengers, wrote to his wife, and in the course of his letter spoke of the splendid accommodation in the great vessel, and mentioned that except ...	17th April 1912
Voyage	ALEXANDRA John P. Eaton 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
New York Times	INSIST TORPEDO SANK HER Hospital Ship Britannic Survivors Say Propellers Killed 45 Men --- Several survivors of the hospital ship Britannic, which was sunk in the Aegean Sea, were among the crew of the Adriatic, which arrived here...	28th January 1917
New York Times	THE TEUTONIC LAUNCHED A WHITE STAR STEAMER THAT IS EXPECTED TO BEAT ALL RECORDS --- BELFAST, Jan. 19---The new White Star steamer Teutonic was launched this morning from the Queens Island yard. The companion ship, Majestic, of ...	20th January 1889
Voyage	MUSGRAVE John P. Eaton 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	AJAX John P. Eaton Call letters: S P G B Port of Registry: Southampton Flag of Registry: British Funnel: Red, black top Company flag:...	27th February 2005
New York Times	ADRIATIC GOT ON A MUD BANK White Star Liner Stuck Fast Five Hours Till a Tug Hauled Her Off --- The big White Star Line steamship Adriatic, incoming with many cabin passengers, spent five hours early yesterday morning on a mud bank on the so...	5th November 1909
Washington Times	CAPTAIN SMITH BELIEVED TITANIC TO BE UNSINKABLE That Captain Smith believed the Titanic and the Olympic to be absolutely unsinkable is recalled by a man who had a conversation with the veteran commander on a recent voyage of the Olympic. The talk was concerning the accident in whi...	16th April 1912
Voyage	NEW YORK (American Line) ex-City of New York, Inman Line As Titanic left Southampton 10 April 1912, the suction and wave action of her propellers and huge bulk tore New York loose from her mooring in tandem with Oceanic...	20th July 2005
	EVERY THING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE TITANIC Dimensions and Statistics: • Length - 882 feet 6 inches. • Beam - 92 feet 6 inches. • Draft - 34 feet 6 inches. • Height - 175 feet from keel to stack (the boat deck was 60 feet above the waterline). • Dec...	8th December 2005
Titanic Research	AN 'OLYMPIC' CLASS PROPULSION SYSTEM Mark Chirnside How the White Star Line's greatest ships were propelled....	25th June 2001
St Ives Times	HAYLE MAN'S NARRATIVE TRIBUTE TO A KIND HEARTED CAPTAIN...
Voyage	CALEDONIA John P. Eaton 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	HORNBY John P. Eaton 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	HERCULES John P. Eaton 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	JACKAL John P. Eaton 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	CASSANDRA John P. Eaton (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	WALLASEY John P. Eaton 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
New York Times	DRESSMAKERS' QUICK FLIGHT Patrons, Too, Leave Without Ceremony When Fire Threatens --- A small but spectacular fire at 19 and 21 West Thirty-sixth Street shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon caused considerable excitement on Fifth Avenue among...	17th February 1912
Voyage	ALEXANDRA John P. Eaton 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	VULCAN John P. Eaton Vulcan struggling to pull the stern of the New York (left) away from Titanic's port side (Eaton-Haas Collection)...	13th February 2005
Chicago American	FOUR TITANIC SURVIVORS SCORE SHIP'S OFFICIALS Four women who were rescued from the Titanic passed through this city on their way to their Western homes. They were: Mrs. H. F. Chaffee of Amenia, N. D.; whose husband was drowned; Mrs. Walter Clark of Los Angeles, who also lost her husban...	22nd April 1912
Voyage	SAMARA John P. Eaton 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	LUCIGEN John P. Eaton 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	RIO PIRAHY John P. Eaton 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
Titanic Research	THE GROUNDING OF TITANIC David G. Brown and Parks E. Stephenson Explores the hypothesis that that Titanic grounded on an underwater shelf of the iceberg....	6th June 2001
Unidentified Newspaper	OLDEST SURVIVOR OF TITANIC DEAD AT 100 SOUTHAMPTON, England -- Edith Haisman, the oldest survivor from the sinking of the Titanic, has died at 100. Mrs. Haisman died Monday at a nursing home in Southampton, 80 miles southwest of London, her family said. Mrs. Haisman r...	22nd January 1997
New York Times	STEAM YACHT ELEANOR SOLD J. J. Hill Is the Purchaser of Mrs. Cardeza's Famous Pleasure Craft --- The rumored purchase of Mrs. James W. Martinez-Cardeza'a steam yacht Eleanor by President J. J. Hill of the Great Northern Railroad has been confirme...	26th June 1900
New York Times	THE BIGGEST LINER IS NOW IN PORT Adriatic Arrives After a Very Successful Maiden Voyage --- NO JARS ON THE TRIP --- Passengers Give Praise for Smoothness of Voyage on New White Star Liner --- The Adriatic, the biggest of transatlantic ...	17th May 1907
Voyage	ANNIE John P. Eaton West Hartlepool Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. Port of Registry: West Hartlepool Flag of Registry: British Signal letters: P Q N&...	24th April 2005
New York Times	EDGAR J. MEYER ANOTHER HERO Helped Mrs. Harris Into a Boat and Died with Her Husband --- Edgar J. Meyer is a name to be added to the list of those who perished nobly on the Titanic. His wife was saved. It has been impossible to interview her, but through ...	23rd April 1912
Voyage	ARGENTINE TRANSPORT John P. Eaton 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
The Times	THE CUNARD STEAMER CARPATHIA From Wednesday morning until that of Saturday of last week a party of visitors, which included Sir William White (late Director of Naval Construction), Messrs Moorhouse and Maxwell (General Manager and a director of the Cunard Company), were carri...	27th April 1903
Jersey Journal	FEAR JERSEY CITY GIRL'S FIANCÉ WENT DOWN WITH THE TITANIC A few hours after the Titanic with hundreds of her passengers and crew went down to their ocean grave a letter was received in this city by Miss Sarah Weir of 173 Clendenny Avenue, from her sweetheart, Peter Sloan, chief electrician of the ill-fated ...	23rd April 1912
Voyage	TUNISIAN John P. Eaton 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	HERCULANEUM John P. Eaton 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	ROYAL EDWARD John P. Eaton 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	GLENDUN John P. Eaton 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
New York Times	WHITE STAR LINE AFTER CONTINENTAL TRAFFIC Service to Channel Ports Also to be Installed by Cunard Line --- WILL RIVAL GERMAN BOATS --- Mails to Two-thirds of England and All Scotland and Ireland Will Be Delayed by This Action --- The announcem...	8th January 1907
Voyage	ARMENIAN John P. Eaton 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
Gare Maritime	OLYMPIC FIND AT PITY ME Gavin Murphy RMS Olympic's cocktail bar in a Durham public house...	22nd January 2003
Titanic Research	WAS THE TITANIC'S RUDDER LARGE ENOUGH? Captain Charles B. Weeks There have been several times when the question has been raised about whether the Titanic’s rudder was large enough. It has been suggested that if the rudder had been larger she would have turned more quickly and t...	29th September 2002
	BARKWORTH'S ACCOUNT Dictated to Mrs. Francis because his hands had been frozen. I was sitting in the smoking room with my friends when we heard a grinding sound which caused the ship to tremble . . . Engines seemed to stop. Walking out on deck, through th...	1912
Kenosha Telegraph-Courier	MRS. HANSON IS HOME MRS. HANSON IS HOME _____________________ ...
Voyage	BULGARIA John P. Eaton (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	ROSALIND John P. Eaton 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...
Voyage	TRAFFIC John P. Eaton 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
New York Times	BENJAMIN GUGGENHEIM Elected President of International Steam Pump Co. in 1909 --- Benjamin Guggenheim was born in Philadelphia, Oct. 26, 1865, the fifth of the seven sons of Meyer Guggenheim, founder of the famous house of M. Guggenheim & Sons, who came to...	16th April 1912
Voyage	KURA John P. Eaton 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	LORD CROMER John P. Eaton 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	OCEANIC John P. Eaton 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	TITANIC (1888) John P. Eaton Smith & Service (1888-1903) Port of Registry: Belfast , Ireland Flag of Registry: British Funnel: Black ...	22nd November 2004
New York Times	LEAPED FROM LINER AT SEA TO SAVE MAN Majestic's First Officer Dived Overboard after Coal Trimmer Who Attempted Suicide --- BUT LIFEBOAT MADE RESCUE --- Gift from Passengers for Officer's Deed--Another of Crew who Sought Death Successful --- The ...	9th May 1913
Dowagiac Daily News	BISHOP'S ARRIVE HOME AND RELATE MANY THINGS ABOUT TITANIC NOT BEFORE TOLD Waited Over to Take Passage on This Ship From Cherbourg DETAILS RESCUE Ship Slowly Sank to Watery Grave While They Watched One Mile Away - Did Not Break In Two Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Bishop, who were among ...	10th May 1912
The Times	THE FINDING OF A TITANIC LIFE RAFT BODIES RECOVERED BY THE OCEANIC A letter has been received in Birmingham from Mr Harry C.Church, of Moseley, who was on board the Oceanic on May 16, in which he describes the finding of one ...	30th May 1912
Voyage	NOMADIC John P. Eaton 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	DUKE OF ALBANY John P. Eaton (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
New York Times	BUILDING OF GIANT LINERS 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...	10th July 1910
New York Times	BUILDING OF GIANT LINERS BUILDING OF GIANT LINERS --- Work on the White Star's Olympic and Titanic Proceeds Rapidly --- Special Correspondence THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, July 2---The rise and progress of the leviathan liners n...	10th July 1910
Titanic Research	SPEED AND REVOLUTIONS Samuel Halpern "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...	18th September 2007