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| The Times | (1913) | LIGHTOLLER PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT, R.N.R. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE FRIDAY, AUGUST 15 ADMIRALTY, AUG. 13 ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE In accordance with the Regulatious for the Royal Naval Reserve Engineer M. H. Fisher has been placed on the ... | 16th August 1913 | |||
| New York Times | (1924) | CAPT. ROSTRON RECEIVES ROYAL HONOR Copyright, 1924, by The New York Times Company --- By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, Feb. 25---Captain Arthur H. Rostron, commander of the Cunard liner Mauretania, who, as captain of the Carpathia, rescued the ... | 26th February 1924 | |||
| (1912) | BIOGRAPHY - FROM INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS MAGAZINE 1912 THE Commander of the Titanic Captain Edward J. Smith, Royal Naval Reserve, (widely know as E.J. by all passengers and crew) was very well known and was one of the most popular masters in the Atlantic service. He was in command of the Olympic, and her... | 1912 | ||||
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| New York Times | (1928) | SIR ARTHUR ROSTRON SAILS AS COMMODORE Senior Cunard Captain Heads Fleet, Succeeding Late Sir James Charles --- HERO OF TITANIC DISASTER --- Wears Many Honors for Rescue and War Service---Berengaria Is His 13th Command --- Captain Sir Arthur Rostr... | 29th July 1928 | |||
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TITANIC BLUEPRINT "R.M.S. Titanic" Harland & Wolff design dept schematic scale blueprint of "Titanic's" plumbing & water systems. Approx 9ft x 20ins. This drawing was the personal property of W.D. Wilson esq., leading draughtsman at Harlan... | |||||
| (1912) | CONTEMPORARY OBITUARY : HENRY WILDE THE appalling disaster to the Titanic has taken away, in the person of Lieut, H. T. Wilde, RNR, one of the most promising officers serving with the White Star Line. Lieut. Wilde, who was chief officer of the Titanic, commenced his sea career in the s... | 1912 | ||||
| Guardian | (1912) | REPORTED PORT ISAAC VICTIM It is greatly feared that Mr. Frank Couch, registered in the Titanic as 28, A.B., of Port Isaac, is among the victims of that terrible disaster. On Saturday last there was a ray of hope, the name of Church appearing among the survivors, but a wire ar... | 26th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1932) | HAROLD SANDERSON, SHIPPING MAN, DIES Former Head of International Merchant Marine Stricken While in North of Italy --- DIRECTED WHITE STAR LINE --- Came From a Family of Leaders in Maritime Matters Both Here and in England --- Special Cable to T... | 27th February 1932 | |||
| New York Times | (1930) | CUNARD EMPLOYEES TO HONOR ROSTRON Fleet Is Taking Up Subscription for Testimonial to the Retiring Commodore --- DIGGLE HIS SUCCESSOR --- Captain Edgar T. Brltten Will Command Berengaria When She Returns In February --- Officers of the Scythi... | 3rd November 1930 | |||
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ET Research | (2005) | WHITE STAR LINE OFFICER'S UNIFORM CIRCA 1912 By and large the various British steamship company's officer's uniforms of the Edwardia... | 15th February 2005 | ||
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Norwich Evening News | (2008) | TITANIC MUSICAL AT THE THEATRE ROYAL Take a trip across the seas with the cast of the award-winning Titanic musical. The show comes sailing into the Theatre Royal to retell the tale of the historic and tragic night in April 1912, when so many lives were lost in the icy Atlantic waters.... | 28th January 2008 | ||
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Norfolk Eastern Daily Press | (2008) | TITANIC MUSICAL AT NORWICH THEATRE ROYAL One of the major stories of the 20th century is about to make a big splash in Norwich as the Theatre Royal stages Titanic the Musical sailing from Monday January 28 to Saturday February 2 in a lavish production by the Norfolk and Norwich Operatic Society. Performances are nightly at 7.30pm with a Saturday matinee at 2.30pm. ... | 28th January 2008 | ||
| Staffordshire Advertiser | (1912) | STAFFORDSHIRE VICTIMS OF THE DISASTER Captain E. J. Smith, the commander of the ill-fated vessel, was a native of Hanley, the son of Mr. E. J. Smith. He was educated at the British School, then under the mastership of the late Mr.... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| (1912) | PASSPORT GRANT Nr Name Age Marital Status Knows how to read ? Birthplace ... | 30th March 1912 | ||||
| The Times | (1899) | DEATH OF MR. T. H. ISMAY We regret to announce that Mr. Ismay died at his residence, Dawpool, near Birkenhead, about 6 o'clock last night, after a long illness. The immediate cause of death was collapse of the heart, following on operations performed for an internal trouble.... | 24th November 1899 | |||
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Associated Press | (2009) | BRITANNIC DIVER DIES Carl Spencer, 37, was rushed to the Athens Naval Hospital in the afternoon after diving to film the wreckage of the Britannic... | 25th May 2009 | ||
| New York Times | (1911) | CHANGE IN COMMODORES Capt. Haddock to Head White Star Line at Increased Pay --- Capt. E. J. Smith, R. N. R., the Commodore of the White Star Line, who is to command the new mammoth liner Olympic, will retire at the end of the present year, it is understoo... | 6th June 1911 | |||
| The Times | (1913) | WHITE STAR OFFICERS' PAY AND CONDITIONS IMPROVED THE WHITE STAR LINE AND ITS OFFICERS IMPROVED CONDITIONS The Imperial Merchant Service Guild is officially informed by the White Star Line of substantial improvements in the pay and general conditions of the officers of ... | 4th April 1913 | |||
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| The Times | (1913) | ANNIE ROBINSON ABOARD "GALATEA" IN 1913; CONVERSATION WITH KING AND QUEEN The spectacle on which their Majesties looked when they embarked on the Galatea, the dock port tender, was indeed unparalleled. There never has been such an assembly of merchant vessels in review order before. The mere statistics are asto... | 12th July 1913 | |||
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REGINALD ROBINSON LEE Pictured in the uniform of a paymaster in the Royal Navy... | |||||
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Belfast Telegraph | (2006) | NOMADIC TO RETURN TO BELFAST ON A BARGE SS Nomadic will return to Belfast on a barge brought from the other side of the world specially for the task.It will take five days to ferry the former Titanic tender from the French port of Le Havre to Belfast, where she was built 95 years ago.The Department of Social Development (DSD) has confirmed that the final remaining White Star Line vessel will return in July this year.She was saved from the scrapyard when she was bought at auction in Paris by DSD for the reserve price of €250,000.The Belfast Telegraph has spearheaded the media campaign to rescue Nomadic. ... | 16th May 2006 | ||
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ET Research | (2002) | WAS THE TITANIC’S RUDDER LARGE ENOUGH? 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 | ||
| New York Times | (1915) | DOG AND KENNEL NOTES Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Goldenberg of Paris and Nice, formerly owners of the famous Kennels at Riverdale-on-Hudson, arrived last week from France, bringing with them the champion French bulldog, Nellcote Bas-Blancs, said to be the shortest-faced exampl... | 28th November 1915 | |||
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ET Research | (2005) | A CAPTAIN'S CAREER “When anyone asks me how I can best describe my experience in nearly 40 years at sea, I merely say- uneventful. Of course there have been winter storms and gales and fog and the like, but in all ... | 23rd August 2005 | ||
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The Vancouver Sun | (2007) | JUST LIKE TITANIC, EXHIBIT GETS ROUGH RIDE The designer of a blockbuster exhibition about the doomed ship said he almost feared it would go down again when he crossed the Juan de Fuca Strait this week to bring the chandelier and other artifacts to the Royal B.C. Museum.... | 25th January 2007 | ||
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Oak Bay News | (2007) | TITANIC READY TO SET SAIL If you haven't yet taken in the Royal B.C. Museum's Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, your time is running short. The highly successful six-month run of the interactive displays winds up this Sunday at 6 p.m.... | 12th October 2007 | ||
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The East Oregonian | (2008) | IN THE WAKE OF THE RMS TITANIC Among the list of movers and shakers who perished during the Royal Mail Steamer Titanic's maiden voyage was filmmaker William Harbek, who filmed the 1911 Round-Up and reportedly had the original copy with him on the ship. ... | 22nd April 2008 | ||
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SOUTHAMPTON ROYAL PIER The small station at Southampton Pier, which was in use from 1891 until 1914. The excursion steamer is typical of those which ran across the Solent to and from the Isle of Wight.... | |||||
| New York Times | (1939) | CAPT. JOHN W. BINKS OF WHITE STAR DIES Retired Skipper of Olympic Served in the British Navy During the World War --- SPENT 45 YEARS AT SEA --- Commander of Leviathan and Majestic on Last Voyages They Ever Made --- News was received yesterd... | 6th February 1939 | |||
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Peninsula News Review | (2007) | TITANIC RELICS WANTED The Royal BC Museum is looking for British Columbians with connections to passengers or crew members who sailed aboard the Titanic 95 years ago. With just six weeks until the April 14 opening of Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, the RBCM is collecting local links to the historic liner.... | 10th March 2007 | ||
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Manchester Evening News | (2006) | TITANIC TRIUMPH FOR RED VISION RED Vision, the Manchester-based computer generated imagery and visual effects production company, has won the Outstanding Achievement in Craft Award at the National Royal Television Awards 2006 for its work on Titanic: Birth of a Legend.... | 5th December 2006 | ||
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Canada.com | (2007) | TITANIC EXHIBIT LARGER THAN LIFE Visitors to the Titanic exhibit at the Royal B.C. Museum passed the 375,000 mark Wednesday, making the show one of the top-grossing in the last decade.The number of people who have viewed the nearly 300 Titanic artifacts is significantly more than the museum's conservative prediction of 250,000.... | 20th September 2007 | ||
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Southern Daily Echo | (2007) | WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO TITANIC PLAQUE? THE FUTURE of an important monument on Southampton's heritage trail has been thrown into doubt, the Daily Echo can reveal.Plans by Royal Mail to shut the city's main post office means the Titanic Postal Workers Memorial has an uncertain fate.... | 9th October 2007 | ||
| The Times | (1935) | LADY PIRRIE WIDOW OF THE GREAT SHIPBUILDER --- Viscountess Pirrie, widow of the famous Belfast shipbuilder and shipowner, died yesterday at her home in Carlos Place, W., at the age of 78. She was Margaret Montgomer... | 20th June 1935 | |||
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Saanich News | (2007) | TITANIC EXHIBIT SETS ATTENDANCE RECORD The Titanic exhibit has been a titanic hit with visitors to the Royal B.C. Museum. The museum says more than 375,000 people have seen the display since it opened five months ago.... | 27th September 2007 | ||
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'Berth 44' | (2009) | CARL SPENCER ~ A TRAGIC LOSS Sunday 24 May 2009, whilst diving on the wreck of the Britannic, 37 year old Carl Spencer part of the expedition team exploring the wreck site in the Agean sea, 150 nautical miles south-east of Athens, was taken ill with Decompression sickness (the bends). Carl was airlifted to a Naval hospital in Athens but never regained consciousness, he was pronounced dead at the military medical facility. Carl father of two was from from Burton-on-trent, Staffordshire, I only met him once, he will be a great loss to us all, our deepest sympathy to his family.... | 25th May 2009 | ||
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GuardOnline.com | (2006) | TITANIC: THE LEGEND CONTINUES IN BRANSON MUSEUM BRANSON, Mo. - On April 10, 1912, the Royal Mail Ship Titanic set sail from Southampton, United Kingdom, on its maiden voyage to New York. At that time, it was the largest and most luxurious ship ever built.... | 22nd December 2006 | ||
| Washington Herald | (1912) | MAJ. BUTT' S PLACE NOT YET FILLED President Taft Has Not Asked War Department to Fill Vacancy as Chief Aid --- President Taft has not yet asked the War Department to detail a chief White House aid to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Maj. Butt. The War Department ... | 21st April 1912 | |||
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Salmon Arm Observer | (2007) | MEMORIES RAISED BY TITANIC Lineage: Sorrento man tracks connection to infamous voyage. When the Royal BC Museum in Victoria launches its presentation of Titanic: the Artifact Exhibition on April 14, 95 years to the day the Titanic struck an iceberg, it will have special meaning for Sorrento resident Bob Mullin.... | 12th March 2007 | ||
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Canada.com | (2007) | ON TITANIC ANNIVERSARY, VICTORIA EXHIBIT OPENS Elizabeth Darche's eyes were glassy with tears as she neared the end of the Titanic exhibit Saturday, the lives of people whose time was cut short brought alive by the hundreds of artifacts found in the hull of the sunken ship and now on display at the Royal B.C. Museum. ... | 30th April 2007 | ||
| The Shipwrecked Mariner Quarterly Maritime Magazine (1882) | SHIPBUILDING IN IRELAND SHIPBUILDING IN IRELAND.-Whatever may be said of other branches of Irish industry, its shipbuilding may, it would appear, compare not unfavourably with that of any other part of the kingdom. The Clyde claims pre-eminence, but Mes... | |||||
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Belfast Telegraph | (2008) | TITANIC ROOM TO HOST ART EVENT The historic rooms where the Titanic was designed a century ago have been selected to host one of Northern Ireland's most prestigious art events. The 127th Annual Royal Ulster Academy Exhibition will be held in the Titanic Drawing Offices of Harland and Wolff Shipyard, Belfast from September 19 to October 19.... | 12th September 2008 | ||
| The Times | (1921) | VISCOUNTY FOR LORD PIRRIE The following honours were conferred by the King on the occasion of the opening of the Northern Parliament:--- VISCOUNTY: UNITED KINGDOM. PIRRIE, THE RIGHT HON. BARON, K.P., LL.D., D.L., Ormiston, Strandtown, Belfast.---Valuable s... | 23rd June 1921 | |||
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Times Colonist | (2008) | TITANIC EXHIBIT LEAVES A RECORD IN ITS WAKE Everything about the Titanic was immense, so it should come as no shock that the Titanic exhibit at the Royal B.C. Museum in 2007 left a record economic impact in its wake.... | 6th March 2008 | ||
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Times Colonist | (2007) | TITANIC OFFERS BEER INSPIRATION Paul Hadfield has dredged the Atlantic for inspiration for a trio of new brews at Spinnakers Gastro Brewpub.While the publican brews something new and quirky at least twice a year, just because he can, this time the beer will serve a purpose beyond quenching a thirst as it's promoting the imminent Titanic exhibit at the Royal B.C. Museum.... | 2nd April 2007 | ||
| (1919) | LIGHTOLLER TAKES 36 GERMAN NAVAL LIVES IN WAR On July 19, 1918, HMS Garry, Lieut Cmmdr C.H. Lightoller DSC, was cruising in the North Sea and was in Latitude 54.39 N. and Longitude 0.55 W., when an enemy submarine, which proved to be the UB-110, was observed. The Garry, having ... | 14th July 1919 | ||||
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The Telegram | (2007) | WAKING THE GHOSTS OF THE TITANIC I've got a ticket to sail on the Titanic and I'm feeling a little apprehensive about it. My name is Jennie Louise Howard and I'm a 45-year-old third-class passenger from Racine, Wisconsin who's returning home after visiting family in Denmark. It's the first time my husband and I have been back in 21 years. That might be the reason behind that feeling of apprehension, which had led me to tell my brother what type of funeral I want. At least that's what my boarding pass/admission ticket to the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria says.... | 8th August 2007 | ||
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Norwich Evening News | (2008) | TITANIC: THE MUSICAL - NORFOLK AND NORWICH OPERATIC SOCIETY What a brave and ambitious production Norfolk & Norwich Operatic Society have undertaken with Titanic, The Musical, being staged all week at the Theatre Royal in Norwich.... | 30th January 2008 | ||
| New York Times | (1959) | RITES FOR ASTOR ATTENDED BY 400 Realty Leader's Funeral Is Held at St. James Church---Honor Guard Present --- More than 400 friends and business associates attended a funeral service yesterday for Vincent Astor. The real estate owner and descendant of John Jacob Astor... | 7th February 1959 | |||
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(2004) | ROYAL STANDARD White Star Line The White Star Line was founded in 1845 by two Liverpool ship brokers, Henry Threlfall Wilson and... | 14th November 2004 | |||
| New York Times | (1913) | SIR WILLIAM ARROL Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, Feb. 20.-Sir William Arrol, biggest of British bridge builders, is dead. He constructed the present bridge over the Tay and that crossing the Firth of Forth. He was made a knight in 1890 a... | 21st February 1913 | |||
| New York Times | (1889) | 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 | |||
| Ormskirk Advertiser | (1998) | WALTER JAMES BROWN WALTER JAMES BROWN was 39 [sic] years old when he joined the crew of the Titanic as a First Class Saloon Steward. Before joining The White Star Lines, Brown worked for his older brother, William, in his grocery store on Moor Street in Ormskirk. Walte... | 5th February 1998 | |||
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ET Research | (2004) | 1914: MURDOCH SAVES LINER FROM ICEBERG WILLIAM McMaster Murdoch lost his life, in common with one and a half thousand others, in April 1912. He had tried to “port around” an iceberg, but “she was too close.” First Officer Murdoch tried to slalom the berg by orde... | 6th February 2004 | ||
| HOLD FAMILY INFORMATION In this article, to avoid confusion, the Stephen Hold lost on Titanic is referred to as Stephen jnr and his father as Stephen snr. Porthoustock in the parish of St Keverne is a small fishing village located close to the southern tip of... | ||||||
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Belfast Telegraph | (2006) | ULSTER READY TO SALUTE NOMADIC Ulster's amateur seafarers are planning a rapturous welcome for SS Nomadic when she arrives in Belfast Lough.Kathleen Neill of Belfast Industrial Heritage (BIH), which spearheaded the bid to rescue the former Titanic tender, said she has already been contacted by Carrickfergus Yacht Club, Bangor Old Gaffers' Association, Bangor Marina Berthholders Association and the Royal County Down Yacht Club."They want to know exactly when she'll be coming, because they all want to get out in force to provide a guard of honour to escort her home," she said.... | 11th February 2006 | ||
| Brighton Argus | (1912) | SUSSEX AND THE DISASTER: WORTHING ASSOCIATIONS Among the crew of the Titanic was a young man named Crosby a nephew of Mrs. Sole, of Langleigh, Ham-road, Worthing, who was one of the Turkish bath attendants on the liner. Another member of the crew was Mr. A. D. Eagle, a nephew of Mr. E. Best, of L... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| The Scotsman | (1907) | THE MAURETANIA'S SECOND VOYAGE The Mauretania sails from Liverpool on her second voyage this evening, being due to leave the Liverpool landing stage at seven o’clock. All her saloon accommodation, including the Regal Suites, is fully booked. Amongst the passengers are Lord Stra... | 14th December 1907 | |||
| Dictionary of National Biography (1901) | ISMAY, THOMAS HENRY ISMAY, THOMAS HENRY (1837-1899), shipowner, eldest son of Joseph Ismay, of Marypoint, [sic; should be "Maryport], Cumberland, was born there on 7 Jan. 1837. At the age of sixteen he was apprenticed to a firm of shipbrokers (... | |||||
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Belfast Telegraph | (2008) | NOMADIC JOINS ELITE LIST OF FINE SHIPS The Titanic's little sister has joined an elite list of the finest historical ships in the UK to have survived to the present day. The SS Nomadic (pictured above) joins the likes of the Cutty Sark, the Mary Rose and the Royal Yacht Britannia on a list of just 61 ships that form the Core Collection of the National Register of Historic Vessels (NRHV). The 96-year-old, Belfast-built ship was tender to many of the great transatlantic liners and also served in two world wars.... | 5th September 2008 | ||
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(2005) | ROYAL EDWARD 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 | |||
| Western Morning News | (1912) | TITANIC DISASTER, WESTCOUNTRY PASSENGERS AND CREW Two residents of Ilfracombe, Devon were in the Titanic, viz., Mr. Robert Phillips, aged about 45 years, and his daughter, Alice, a young woman about 19 or 20. For some time he was barman in the Royal Clarence Tap, and subsequently was in the employ ... | 17th April 1912 | |||
| PRONUNCIATION OF "ROTHES" DEBRETT’S PEERAGE, 1915 ROTHES, EARL OF (Leslie) [Title pronounced “Roth-ez.”] Norman Evelyn Leslie, 19th Earl and a Represen... | ||||||
| The Times | (1930) | INSURANCE DIRECTOR'S RETIREMENT Mr. J. Bruce Ismay, who has for many years been a director of the Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company and also for some time past a director of the Royal Insurance Company and of the Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance Company, has ... | 29th January 1930 | |||
| Unidentified Newspaper | (1996) | OLDEST TITANIC SURVIVOR PLANS VISIT TO SITE Ceremony will honor tragic sinking BOSTON -- The oldest living survivor of the sinking of the Titanic wants to visit the site this summer and throw a rose into the Atlantic Ocean where her father went down with the ship 84 years ago. ... | 10th April 1996 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | TO PROVE MRS. GAGE DESCENDANT OF KINGS Defense Introduces Family Tree in Proceedings Brought by Banker C. J. Bell --- ROOSEVELT'S ROYAL ORIGIN --- Miss Gage Testifies That an Ancestor of Colonel Was a Scottish King—--Threaten Mrs. Gracie with Arrest ---... | 12th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1899) | NEW YORK YACHT CLUB New Members Admitted---Models for the Paris Exposition --- The adjourned third general meeting of the New York Yacht Club was held yesterday afternoon in Delmonico's, Beaver Street. The principal business transacted was the election of ... | 16th June 1899 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | MEDALS FOR RESCUING CREW Bill Introduced in House to Decorate Men on the Carpathia --- Special to The New York Times --- WASHINGTON, April 22---Representative Francis of Ohio to-day introduced a resolution calling for Federal recognition and deco... | 23rd April 1912 | |||
| MR WILLIAM TAGGART – DELIVERY CREW TRIMMER Mr William Taggart was born in Belfast in 1889 and began work with the Harland & Wolff yard as an apprentice. He was one of the workers who helped to build Titanic from day one. He had also been a crewmember of the Olympic. When the Titanic was deli... | ||||||
| The Times | (1952) | COMMANDER C. H. LIGHTOLLER Commander C. H. Lightoller died at his home at Twickenham yesterday at the age of 78. He was for many years with the White Star Line and was second officer in the Titanic when on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic in 1912 she struck and iceb... | 9th December 1952 | |||
| BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION He was saved in Lifeboat Englehardt C. His home address was Fanners Lane, Lymington, Hants. His official occupation was - Fireman's Messman and he was 39 years old . (He was originally born in Hampshire). Last ship before the Titanic was the RMS ... | ||||||
| GENERAL INFORMATION MBE awarded March 1946. Purser SS Mataroa of the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company Ltd. Awarded for long and meritorious service at sea and in dangerous waters during the war. He served as a Purser for the company for 20 years, tr... | ||||||
| New York Times | (1899) | THOMAS HENRY ISMAY DEAD Founder and Chairman of Board of Directors of White Star Line---Gave £20,000 for Poor Sailors --- LIVERPOOL, Nov. 23---Thomas Henry Ismay, the founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the White Star Line Steamship Company, died... | 24th November 1899 | |||
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(1911) | TITANIC LAUNCH TICKET An extremely rare example of a ticket to the launch of the Titanic Launch of t... | 31st May 1911 | |||
| New York Times | (1955) | THE NIGHTMARE OF APRIL 14, 1912 A NIGHT TO REMEMBER. By Walter Lord. Illustrated. 209 pp. New York: Henry Holt & Co. $3.50. By BURKE WILKINSON The night which Walter Lord reconjures for us in tense and telling detail is the night of April 14, 1912. It... | 20th November 1955 | |||
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Sphere | (1912) | INVENTOR OF THE LIFEBOAT The grave of John Lukin, the original inventor of the lifeboat. He received the King’s patent for his invention in the year 1784, according to his gravestone. (The Sphere, December 21, 1912.) Lukin predates by ... | 21st December 1912 | ||
| The Times | (1904) | MRS. PIRRIE HONORED BELFAST, April 5 --- At the meeting of the City Corporation to-day Alderman John McCormick moved a resolution electing and admitting Mrs. Pirrie an honorary burgess of the city of Belfast in recognition of her signal... | 6th April 1904 | |||
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Daily Telegraph | (1908) | ISMAY YACHT TORPEDOED! (Photo: HM Torpedo Boat Hunter) Action against a Naval Officer The hearing was begun on Saturday before His Honour Judge Percy Gye and a jury, at the Isle of Wight County Court, of an action brought by M... | 1908 | ||
| New York Times | (1925) | EXPLORER RICE BACK; SAW WHITE INDIANS Rare Amazonian Tribe Spoke Language of Their Own, Doctor Declares --- DISCOVERED BY HINTON --- Naval Filer Made Perilous Flight Over 75-Mile Jungle---Party Met Many Hardships --- Dr. Alexander Hamilton Rice, ... | 11th July 1925 | |||
| Daily Mining Gazette | (1912) | RELATIVES OF HURONTOWN FOLK WERE ABOARD LINER Included among the passengers on the lost steamer Titanic were four young Cornishmen bound for Houghton to take employment in the Isle Royal Mine. Their relatives at Hurontown eagerly await some news of them and up to last night were still hoping th... | 1912 | |||
| (2005) | THE TUGS AT TITANIC’S DEPARTURE Albert Edward, Hercules, Vulcan, Ajax, Hector Neptune Registered 10 September 1861, the Southampton, Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Limited Company was known during its early years... | 6th February 2005 | ||||
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Southern Star | (2009) | CORK TITANIC SOCIETY PLANNING TO ERECT "LOST AT SEA" MEMORIAL By Leo MCMahonSaturday April 25th, 2009[Photo] The Lord Mayor Cllr. Brian Bermingham making a presentation to Frank O'Sullivan, Commander of Staff, in recognition of his work with the Cork Titanic Society. Also included are T... | 29th April 2009 | ||
| Evening Times | (1912) | PAWTUCKET VISITOR AMONG THE VICTIMS One of the victims of the great wreck was Arthur E. Nicholson of London. England, a frequent visitor to this city. where he occasionally called upon his personal friends, ex senator Lyonas Delany of the firm of the Lyons Delany Company. ... | 19th April 1912 | |||
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Titanic Heritage Trust | (2006) | TITANIC 95TH ANNIVERSARY STAMPS As 2007 approaches plans are well underway all over the world to commemorate the 95th Anniversary of the tragic loss of R.M.S. Titanic and over 1500 lives on 15 April 1912.As part of the 95th Anniversary Commemorations, Titanic Heritage Trust will be issuing a Commemoration Royal Mail Stamp Sheet plus two First Day Covers, one with a Belfast Postmark and one with a Southampton Postmark. For further details: 95th Anniversary Stamps www.titanicheritagetrust.org.uk/95th_stamps.htm As a society, organization or individual you are invited to join any of our events, in particular our inaugural Convention in April. All Titanic Societies are welcome.If you are organizing an Titanic event for 2007 the we would like to hear about it. Whatever part of the world you are located. Please send details and we will include them in our calendar of events for 2007. enquiries@titanicheritagetrust.org.uk... | 21st November 2006 | ||
| MEMORIALS TO CHRISTOPHER HEAD Head, Mr. Christopher. Missing. Cabin B11. London address c/o Henry Head & Co., 27, Cornhill, London, E.C. There is a brass memorial to Mr. Head in St Nicolas Church, Old Shoreham, Susses. ... | ||||||
| New York Times | (1955) | EDWARD MAYER IS DEAD World War I Air Veteran Had Been Investment Broker --- Special to The New York Times --- SCRANTON, Pa., June 10---Edward B. Mayer of Dalton, a veteran of World War I and a retired New York investment broker, died today in ... | 11th June 1955 | |||
| New York Times | (1952) | C. H. LIGHTOLLER,78, OFFICER ON TITANIC Sole Ranking Member of Crew to Survive Disaster Dies---Aided Dunkerque Evacuation --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, Dec. 8 --- Comdr. Charles Herbert Lightoller, the only officer of the White Star liner Titanic... | 9th December 1952 | |||
| ERNEST WALDRON KING : GENERAL INFORMATION King, Ernest Waldron. Lived at Currin Rectory, Clones, Ireland. Occupation - Clerk, Pursers Assistant. 28 years old. (Born in Dublin, Ireland). Body number 321. Interred at Fairview Cemetery, Halifa... | ||||||
| The Times | (1916) | LORD MERSEY - NEW VISCOUNT His Majesty has been pleased to confer the dignity of a viscounty of the United Kingdom upon:--- THE RIGHT HON. LORD MERSEY Lord Mersey's reputation as a Judge and as an authority on inte... | 1st January 1916 | |||
| Liverpool Echo | (1912) | THE BRAVE BANDSMEN - A BELGIAN MEMORIAL A movement has been started at Liege to commemorate, by a suitable and picturesque monument, the heroic behaviour of the band on board the Titanic. Of the eight members of the band, one, George Krins, was a young and most promising musician, born at ... | 25th April 1912 | |||
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MEMORIAL PLAQUE FOR C. H. LIGHTOLLER, TWICKENHAM Commander Charles Herbert Lightoller RNR, DSC* 1874-1952 RICHMOND SLIPWAYS, 1 DUCK'S WALK Commander Lightol... | |||||
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ET Research | (2006) | GEORGES KRINS - THE LOST MEMORIAL Some years ag... | 25th May 2006 | ||
| New York Times | (1899) | THOMAS HENRY ISMAY [LETTER TO THE EDITOR] To The Editor of The New York Times: The death of Thomas Henry Ismay deserves more than a passing notice. In the extraordinary development of the commercial marine of Great Britain during the last quarter of a century he had been one o... | 25th November 1899 | |||
| The Times | (1909) | JUDICIAL CHANGES His Majesty has been pleased to approve the following appointments to take effect on the 10th inst., namely:--- The Hon. Mr. Justice Bigham to be President of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division of... | 4th February 1909 | |||
| Atlantic Daily Bulletin | (1992) | THE STORY OF TITANIC SURVIVOR MR. THOMAS KNOWLES SOME of you who were on the Titanic's re-enactment voyage on the Waterfront Ferry Hotspur VI, out of Southampton docks back at the Convention in April, may remember that the Captain of the Ferry we were aboard passed me a note sa... | 1992 | |||
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BBC News | (2009) | UK DIVER DIES ON BRITANNIC FILM SHOOT A British man has died during an underwater filming mission, the Greek government has said.The diver, 37, was part of a National Geographic crew exploring a British ship, which was sunk during World War I and is owned by a UK businessman.... | 24th May 2009 | ||
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www.physorg.com | (2005) | TITANIC: SANK MORE QUICKLY THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT The scientists also discovered that after hitting an iceberg, the ship split into three pieces. During their visit they found two large pieces of the ship's hull half a kilometer away from the stern. Before this discovery, experts had beli... | 31st December 2005 | ||
| (1912) | MISS EARNSHAW'S MYSTERIOUS SECOND CLASS LIST A member of the Association Francaise du Titanic owns a very strange document, which he inherited from Miss Earnshaw. At the time she gave him it, he did not thought that it would be the source of many questions and just accepted it. Miss Earn... | 1912 | ||||
| THE MOODY CUP Officer Moody served on the Royal Navy training ship HMS Conway in the River Mersey for two years from 1902 to 1903. After the disaster his parents presented a cup which became known as the Moody Cup and was dedicated to his memory.... | ||||||
| New York Times | (1912) | STRAUS MEMORIAL MEETING Mayor Gaynor, Bishop Gailor, and Andrew Carnegie Will Take Part in It --- A civic memorial meeting for Mr. and Mrs. Isidor Straus will be held in Carnegie Hall Sunday afternoon, May 12, at 4 o'clock. Justice Samuel Greenbaum, President ... | 4th May 1912 | |||
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EurekAlert | (2006) | WOODS HOLE ENGINEERING TEAM FROM TITANIC DISCOVERY TO BE HONORED The underwater research vehicle Jason Jr., which gained international attention for its exploration inside the wreck of the R.M.S. Titanic in July 1986, and its engineering team from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) will be honored July 14... | 12th July 2006 | ||
| Elizabeth Daily Journal | (1912) | ELIZABETHANS ON BOARD BIG LINER TITANIC [Links to the earlier parts of this article can be found on the summary pages for the members of the Renouf/Jefferys family and the Carter family.] Among those who visited the White Star steamship offices in New York to-day in an endea... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| The Times | (1912) | THE TITANIC BAND MEMORIAL CONCERT THE TITANIC BAND MEMORIAL CONCERT Under the auspices of the Orchestral Association a concert was given yesterday at the Albert Hall in honour of the musicians who peris... | 25th May 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1915) | MRS. G. D. WIDENER TO MARRY DR. RICE South American Explorer to Wed Widow of Titanic Victim in Boston on Oct. 14 --- HER MEMORIAL GIFTS --- Philadelphia Society Woman Noted for Her Beauty and Jewels---Dr. Rice's Scientific Achievements --- Speci... | 6th October 1915 | |||
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HMS HECATE'S ROLE IN DISCOVERY OF TITANIC WRECK I read with interest on this site regarding HMS Hecate's apparent role in the discovery of Titanic in 1977. Actually this is a mistake. I served on board HMS HECATE between 1980 and 1982... | |||||
| Washington Herald | (1912) | PEUCHEN COMES BACK AT ISMAY Charge of Negligence Preferred by Canadian Official Is Supported by Witness --- New York, April 20---Although J. Bruce Ismay branded the story as "absurd," Maj. Arthur Godfrey Peuchen, vice commodore of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club and... | 21st April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1924) | MISS ASTOR TO WED RUSSIAN NOBLEMAN He Was Recently Divorced From One of the Daughters of Czar Alexander II --- ONE OF ANCIENT LINE --- Bride-to-Be Is Daughter of the Late John Jacob Astor of New York --- Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES... | 4th July 1924 | |||
| The Times | (1926) | ALEXANDER CARLISLE OBITUARY ALEXANDER CARLISLE The Right Hon Alexander Montgomery Carlisle, who died yesterday in London at the age of 71, was a ... | 6th March 1926 | |||
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(2005) | OCEANIC 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 | |||
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Kings County Record | (2009) | A TITANIC VOYAGE 100 YEARS LATER SET FOR APRIL 2012 When we heard the news on the radio, my 10-year-old son and I stared at each other.Had we heard right? Was a voyage being planned to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic? Yes.Almost everyone has heard of th... | 5th May 2009 | ||
| New York Times | (1962) | HOKAN B. STEFFANSON DIES AT 78; FINANCIER WAS ON THE TITANIC Page 45, columns 2-3 Hokan Bjornstrom Steffanson, a financier, died Monday night at Doctor's Hospital after a long illness. His age was 78 and he lived at 56 East Fifty-seventh Street. Mr. Steffanson was a survivor of t... | 23rd May 1962 | |||
| New York Times | (1956) | ALEXANDER RICE, EXPLORER, WAS 80 Physician and Author Dies---Made Trips on the Amazon and Taught Navigation --- Special to The New York Times --- NEWPORT, R. I, July 23---Dr. Alexander Hamilton Rice, explorer of the Amazon, author and member of the summe... | 24th July 1956 | |||
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ET Research | (2001) | THE GROUNDING OF TITANIC Presented for consideration by the Marine Forensic Panel (SD-7) chartered by the The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers at Gibbs & Cox, Inc., Suite 700, 1235 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia... | 6th June 2001 | ||
| New York Times | (1910) | 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 | (1922) | COMES FOR $250,000 HE RISKED IN WAR Fighting Kept Captain Douglas From Earning $2,500 a Year Prescribed by Will --- BROTHER GETS HIS SHARE --- British Officer on Way to Minneapolis to Lay Hi... | 19th August 1922 | |||
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Acton-The Beacon | (2009) | ACTON LIBRARY TO HOST 'TITANIC SINKS' Mon Apr 27, 2009, 08:37 AM EDTActon, Mass. - The Delvena Theatre Company will present 'The Titanic Sinks as Acton Sleeps' at the Acton Memorial Library on Wednesday, May 6, at 7 p.m. Actors Lynne Moulton and Carl Rossi will assume multipl... | 29th April 2009 | ||
| Elizabeth Daily Journal | (1912) | RAHWAY MAN ON LOST SHIP Arthur Keefe Passenger on Liner Titanic ---------- SISTER ANXIOUSLY AWAITS NEWS OF DISASTER ---------- (Special to the Journal) Rahway, April 16---Almost frantic with anxiety and grief, Mrs. Margaret O’Brien... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| PASCOE FAMILY INFORMATION Charles was born on the 18 March 1867 in the village of Breage, a few miles west of Helston in south-west Cornwall. He was baptised at the parish church on 18 August 1867 and was the son of Anthony and Jane Anne Pascoe. (The 1881 UK census shows his... | ||||||
| New York Times | (1924) | LORD PIRRIE DIES ON SHIP BOUND HERE Head of Harland & Wolff, Shipbuilders, Stricken With Pneumonia --- ON TOUR OF SOUTH AMERICA --- A Leader in the Formation of the International Mercantile Marine --- Viscount Pirrie, head of the famous firm of... | 9th June 1924 | |||
| Evening Bulletin | (1912) | TITANIC SURVIVOR WRITES OF HORROR TO FRIEND HERE “Like Scene on Stage," Says Dr. Alice Leeder in Letter to Mrs. Sarah Babcock --- One of the most interesting accounts of the Titanic disaster which has come to light is in a letter written on board the Carpathia by Dr. Alice Leeder, New... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1919) | 25 DEAD, 100 HURT IN BIG EXPLOSION AT CEDAR RAPIDS Fire Follows, Causing $1,500,000 Damage to the Douglas Starch Works --- SCORES ARE STILL MISSING --- Company of Soldiers Hold Back Relatives of Workers and Assist Rescuers --- CAUSE REMAINS UNKNOWN --- Windo... | 23rd May 1919 | |||
| New York Times | (1928) | 2 GUGGENHEIM HEIRS DIE IN 13-STORY FALL Baby Boy and Brother Drop From Arms of Mother on Hotel Surrey Roof --- SHE IS STRICKEN BY SHOCK --- Mrs. M. S. Waldman, Daughter of Benjamin Guggenheim, Unable to Explain Accident --- Terrence and Benjamin W... | 20th October 1928 | |||
| Encyclopaedia of Ships and Shipping (1908) | (1908) | HARLAND AND WOLFF, LTD. Harland and Wolff, Ltd., Belfast. Shipbuilding in Belfast as a progressive industry is of comparatively recent growth, and yet there is probably no commertial [sic] centre more prominently identified with the trade to-day than th... | 1908 | |||
| The Times | (1918) | THE LOSS OF RMS LEINSTER THE SUNK IRISH PACKET DEATH ROLL 451 STERN PROTEST BY MR BALFOUR Further details of the loss of the Royal Mail steamer Leinster, the torpedoing of which was announced yesterday, emphases the ... | 12th October 1918 | |||
| Daily Home News | (1912) | VAN BILLIARD BOYS MAY HAVE STUCK TO FATHER Relatives, However, Hope That They May Be Among the Titanic Waifs in New York---Father Was Returning Home With Many Diamonds. ---------- Many tales of heroism displayed by men, women and children aboard the Steamer Titanic during the la... | 23rd April 1912 | |||
