Ownership

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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
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 Plain Dealer	AKRON MAN'S FIRM BUYS TITANIC RESCUE SHIP Akron businessman Joe Marsh's company has bought the ownership rights to the wreckage of the Carpathia, the steamship famous for rescuing hundreds of passengers after the Titanic sank in 1912, for $3 million. ...	13th March 2007
Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC'S "LITTLE SISTER" MAY MISS ANNIVERSARY REFIT DATE The £7m restoration of a tender ship that ferried passengers on board the doomed Titanic may not be finished in time for the centenary of its launch, an official report warns today....	24th June 2009
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
New York Times	YACHT ELEANOR'S LONG CRUISE Mrs. James W. Martinez-Cardeza's steam yacht Eleanor has been prepared at Tebo's basin, South Brooklyn, for another of the many long voyages she has made during the six years of her existence, and will probably sail within a wek [sic] or ten days for...	16th June 1900
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
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
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
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
New York Times	RUSH TO CONSOLE LADY DUFF-GORDON Stream of Visitors to Her Shop, Where Government Says Undervalued Gowns Were Shown --- SECOND ARREST IS MADE --- Abraham Merritt Surrenders to Answer Charge of Undervaluation in Customs Cases --- Abraham Merritt, f...	27th May 1911
Titanic Research	RMS TITANIC: A LEGAL UPDATE 2 Gavin Murphy The Artifacts Appeal Decision...	19th April 2002
New York Times	ORIGIN OF NAMES OF HOTELS HERE Named for Interested Families or After Well-Known European Hostelries --- ST. REGIS CALLED FOR LAKE --- Suggested to the Late John Jacob Astor by Mrs. Theodore Douglas Robinson --- So numerous are the hotels of New Yo...	9th March 1930
Belfast Telegraph	EU FUNDING TO BOOST RESTORATION OF TITANIC TENDER SHIP The restoration of a tender ship which ferried passengers to the doomed Titanic was boosted today with the award of over Â£2 million in European funding. Last month auditors expressed concern that the Â£7 million refit of the derelict SS Nomadic may not be completed, on schedule, for the centenary of its launch in Belfast in 2011 due to a cash shortfall. ...
Irish Times	LIKE THE LINER, BAD LUCK DOGS THE TITANIC SIGNATURE PROJECT BELFAST BRIEFING: An ambitious attempt to capitalise on the city's relationship with the Titanic is in deep trouble, writes FRANCESS McDONNELL THERE REMAIN many unanswered questions concerning the fate of one of Belfast's proudest but ultimately most tragic achievements, the RMS Titanic ....	14th July 2009