Keel

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	TITANIC'S KEEL LAID AT HARLAND AND WOLFF SHIPYARD	31st March 1909
Belfast Telegraph	CENTENARY TRIBUTE TO TITANIC BUILDERS The centenary of work beginning on RMS Titanic has been marked by a symbolic keel laying ceremony at Titanic Quarter. John M Andrews, great-nephew of Titanic designer Thomas Andrews and president of Belfast Titanic Society, unveiled a memorial plaque on a replica keel plate which has been erected on the exact spot on the Titanic slipway where construction began in 1909....	1st April 2009
Times & Star	TITANIC EXHIBITION IN ITS HOME TOWN ITEMS from the Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet film Titanic will feature in a display in Maryport this month.The memorabilia, including a life belt and 'gold' first-class dining crockery, will be part of an exhibition to mark the 100th anniversary of the laying of the keel of the ill-fated ship....	6th March 2009
thegeorgian.ca	STEPHENVILLE CROSSING RESIDENT BUILDS REPLICA OF FAMOUS SHIP Karl McFatridge isn’t one to stay idle for very long. This Stephenville Crossing resident kept himself active through the past several months by building a replica of the Titanic, the passenger liner that famously struck an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland and sank in 1912. “I started last September and I finished it about two weeks ago,” said Karl. “Starting off is the worst – the keel is a lot of work. But it comes up slowly and it’s a good pastime.”...	8th August 2011
	THE PRINCESS SOPHIA STRANDED ON VANDERBILT REEF A postcard view, by Winter Pond Studio,Â showing the Princess Sophia stranded on Vanderbilt Reef, on her final morning. Travelling at full speed, she struck the reef with enough force to ground he...
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
	HARLAND AND WOLFF PHOTOGRAPHER CELEBRATED IN NEW TITANIC EXHIBITION Celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the launch of RMS Titanic will begin on Thursday with the opening of a major photographic exhibition....
	TITANIC ON ICE James Tennant The Titanic sideswiped an iceberg and disappeared into history. What we haven’t heard about is the ice that broke her apart as she sank. The latest clue to this ice was the discovery of two intact pieces of double hull far from...	11th March 2011
Washington Herald	ISMAY OUTLINES VIEW OF WRECK Head of White Star Line, Under Guard, Makes First Statement --- New York, April 18---Mr. J. Bruce Ismay left the ship at about 11:15 o’clock to-night and went to the rear of the dock where the offices of the Cunard Line are located. He...	19th April 1912
Titanic Research	TITANIC'S HIDDEN DECK Samuel Halpern An examination of Titanic's double bottom...	8th April 2005
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	TITANIC (1888) John P. Eaton Smith & Service (1888-1903) Port of Registry: Belfast , Ireland Flag of Registry: British Funnel: Black ...	22nd November 2004
Manitoba Free Press	FORTUNE FAMILY PARTED IN BOAT IN GOOD CHEER (Special Staff Correspondent) Women Had No Idea of Serious Condition of the Titanic Gave Their Money to Charlie For Safe-Keeping Until They Met Hugo Ross Was Ill in Bed When Disaster Occurred—Rescued Loathe to Talk...	20th April 1912
New York Times	THE OLYMPIC LIKE A CITY Carries 3,346 Persons Turkish and Swimming Baths and Racket Court. LONDON, June 10.—Engineering gives details In regard to the Olympic and Titanic, the sister ships of t...	18th June 1911
Gare Maritime	ANDREA DORIA : THE SINKING OF THE UNSINKABLE Pierette Domenica Simpson From "Alive on the Andrea Doria"...	9th January 2007
Titanic Research	THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF JAMES DOBBIN: SHIPWRIGHT In a second extract from In Titanic Times Frank Cox considers another of Titanic's early victims....	23rd May 2012
	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 Review	CARPATHIA AND THE TITANIC: RESCUE AT SEA Mike Poirier Michael Poirier reviews one of the few books to focus on the Titanic's rescue ship, the RMS Carpathia....	23rd May 2012
	LETTER HOME BY TITANIC SURVIVOR ERNST PERSSON I can't find words to describe how dreadful everything was......
The Sun (New York)	SMITH THOUGHT HIS SHIP UNSINKABLE Titanic's Skipper Was Never in an Accident on High Seas Before This One --- LOVED OCEAN LIKE A BOY --- Grew Up With White Star Line and Had Its Confidence---Junior Officers on Board --- ...	16th April 1912