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The Times	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
4ni.co.uk	WWI-ERA HMS CAROLINE STARS IN DOCUMENTARY An Irish filmmaker has been all at sea on board a warship that survived the Battle of Jutland. The ship was the star as Northern Visions premièred a movie on HMS Caroline - a World War I light cruiser that has been stationed in Belfast since 1924 - seeing WWII service and then being used as the base for the Royal Navy Reserve until its decommissioning. Originally anchored in Milewater Basin, but now residing in the Alexandra Dock, HMS Caroline is the maritime equivalent of a grade one listed building, and is the second oldest Royal Navy warship in existence, after Admiral Nelson's flagship, Victory....	26th September 2011
New York Times	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
	REGINALD ROBINSON LEE Pictured in the uniform of a paymaster in the Royal Navy...
Voyage	WHITE STAR LINE OFFICER'S UNIFORM CIRCA 1912 John Hemmert By and large the various British steamship company's officer's uniforms of the Edwardia...	15th February 2005
	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
	SIBONEY LIFEBOAT RESCUE 2 "On the afternoon of June 20th we entered the American War Zone and on the afternoon of the 21st a red light followed by a column of smoke which was believed to be the torching of an oil burning vessel was seen. Drawing nearer it was found to be t...
Staffordshire Advertiser	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
The Times	WHITE STAR OFFICERS' PAY AND CONDITIONS IMPROVED Article...	4th April 1913
	SIBONEY LIFEBOAT RESCUE 1 First of two photos showing the USS Siboney rescuing the survivors of the H.M.S. Dwinsk. These photos were printed in a commemorative book: Historical Souvenier of the U.S.S. Siboney April 8, 1918-August 1, 1919, which was made available after the...
New York Times	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
thisiswiltshire.co.uk	WELCOME ON BOARD DEVIZES is becoming closely associated with the ill-fated ocean liner SS Titanic, which sank in the North Atlantic 100 years ago next April. Local auctioneers Henry Aldridge & Son held their latest sale of Titanic memorabilia on Saturday and now writer John Blake has made a contribution to the literature on the subject. To mark the centenary, Mr Blake, a retired Royal Navy lieutenant-commander who lives in Devizes, was commissioned to write a book commemorating the “unsinkable” ship which was the state of the art in travel 100 years ago. ...	6th November 2011
New York Times	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
Norwich Evening News	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
The Times	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 Article...
The Times	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
Atlantic Daily Bulletin	THE STORY OF TITANIC SURVIVOR MR. THOMAS KNOWLES Brian J. Ticehurst 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
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press	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
BBC News	RMS TITANIC EXHIBITION OPENS AT ROYAL CROWN DERBY Royal Crown Derby has opened the doors to its new Titanic exhibition....	22nd February 2011
	PASSPORT GRANT Nr Name Age Marital Status Knows how to read ? Birthplace ...	30th March 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
New York Times	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
New York Times	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	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
	MRS WINNIE (MINNIE) COUTTS Marion James Information Held on the COUTTS Family MARRIAGE Taken from UK BMD Index Vol 2a Page 1180 ...
	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...
	MEMORIAL PLAQUE FOR C. H. LIGHTOLLER, TWICKENHAM Commander Charles Herbert Lightoller RNR, DSC* 1874-1952 RICHMOND SLIPWAYS, 1 DUCK'S WALK Commander Lightol...
	ROYAL NAVAL RESERVIST TOMMY KNOWLES
Chicago Tribune	FRONT VIEWS AND PROFILES June Provines Ernest Byfield brought back a story from New York told him by both Margalo Gillmore and Myra Hampton that certainly shows that the wags have been cudgeling their brains for stories. This one is hung on the sinking of the Titanic. It...	17th November 1934
	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...
	PITMAN GRAVESTONE In Love We Remember. Herbert John Pitman M.B.E. 1877-1961. Merchant Navy 1895-1947 Rest In Peace. 3rd Officer S.S. Titanic 1912....
Voyage	A CAPTAIN'S CAREER John P. Eaton “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
Belfast Telegraph	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
	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...
New York Times	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
	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	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
Elizabeth Daily Journal	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
	CAPT. WILLIAM CREESE Henry Creese's eldest brother, William Creese, was born in 1857 and was a mariner by occupation. He had married in about 1889 to Alice (formerly Smith) whom he had met whilst based in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. Their first 2 children, Hen...
The Vancouver Sun	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
guardian.co.uk	ROBIN GIBB TO HONOUR TITANIC VICTIMS IN FIRST 'CLASSICAL' COMPOSITION - OBSERVER Titanic Requiem – which will be composed by Bee Gees singer and son – will be played by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra...	20th January 2012
	HMS HECATE'S ROLE IN DISCOVERY OF TITANIC WRECK John Bibby 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...
Texas A&M The Battalion	TITANIC DIVER DETAILS EXPLORATION OF DOOMED SHIP Retired Navy Capt. Alfred McLaren spoke Thursday night on his deep sea explorations of the Titanic, In his presentation, â€œReturn to RMS Titanic 1999 and 2003â€ McLaren discussed the past, present and possible future of the ship....	20th April 2010
New York Times	CAPT ROSTRON AT CONCERT For the Benefit of Titanic's Musicians---Receives $10,000 To-day --- Capt. Arthur Henry Rostron of the Cunard liner Carpathia returned last night to the Carpathia after his trip to Philadelphia, where he had been the guest of Mrs. John ...	3rd June 1912
Gare Maritime	DESCRIPTION OF A CORK WAISTCOAT The first lifejacket?...	1st December 2006
	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....
The Times	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
The East Oregonian	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
Guardian	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
	LOS ANGELES OVER CITY HALL PARK, NYC. This view shows the Los Angeles ~ The United States' most successful rigid airship~ over City Hall Park in NYC, in the mid-1920s.Â The Los Angeles was built in Germany by the Zeppelin Company as a war reparation, and outlived her contemporary-the...
	TITANIC INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY Titanic International is a non-profit historical organization based in New Jersey that was founded in 1989 to preserve and perpetuate the memory and history of the Royal Mail Ship Titanic, and those who sailed aboard her maiden and last voyage....
Manchester Evening News	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
Southern Daily Echo	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
GuardOnline.com	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
whitestarmemories.co.uk	HISTORY ON A PLATE View incredibly rare & unique documentation, letters and postcards from TITANIC herself and much, much more. This exhibition will captivate the visitor and provide you with a truly memorable trip back in time to an age long gone; the “Golden Age” of travel in splendour and opulence....	8th April 2011
	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...
	THORNTON DAVIDSON MEMORIAL Memorial to Thornton Davidson at Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal, Canada. ...
Canada.com	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
Canada.com	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
Belfast Telegraph	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	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
	LETTER FROM FRASER'S DAUGHTER ''I was only two years old at the time and my brother six weeks old, my mother died at the age of forty-nine. When war was declared my brother James choose to serve in the Navy. After a short training at HMS Collingwood, I think I am correct in sa...	1991
New York Times	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
New York Times	GEORGE B. GOLDSCHMIDT George B. Goldschmidt, lost in the sinking of the Titanic, was one of the oldest members of the Bar Association, having become a member in 1870. He was born in this city in 1840, admitted to practice in 1882, and was one of the best-known conveyancer...	20th April 1912
Times Colonist	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
Times Colonist	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
New York Times	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
travelweekly.co.uk	ANOTHER TITANIC MEMORIAL CRUISE ANNOUNCED Miles Morgan Travel has chartered Royal Caribbean Cruise Line's Azamara Journey to launch a second Titanic memorial cruise. The 694-passenger ship will sail out of New York on April 10, 2012, on an eight-night cruise to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic....	5th April 2011
	TOWER HILL, LONDON WAR MEMORIAL In Memory Of Fireman and Trimmer George Terrill Thresher SS Parkhill (Methil) Merchant Navy Who Died aged 52 [Fireman and Trimmer Thresher, Son of George Samuel and Catherine Thresher, husband of Jane Thresher of Felling, Co. Durh...
Washington Times	WILLIAM T. STEAD KNOWN AS FAMOUS NEWSPAPER MAN William Thomas Stead, an English newspaper man, attained wide notoriety as the man who introduced the methods of American journalism into England. Before his day the interview, illustrations, and extra editions were unknown to British journalism. Tho...	16th April 1912
The Telegram	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
Norwich Evening News	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
coventrytelegraph.net	COVENTRY MARKS LINKS TO TITANIC ON 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF TRAGEDY A RANGE of events have been scheduled for Coventry to mark 100 years since the Titantic sank. The city-based Titanic Heritage Trust has put together a fascinating programme of talks and theatrical events at Blue Coat School, Stoke, to mark the anniversary of RMS Titanic’s tragic sinking in 1912. The five-month programme begins this month. Events include the poignant reflections of David Haisman – a local relative of Edith Brown, the Titanic’s oldest survivor – who himself served in the Merchant Navy and worked as look-out on ice fields across the North Atlantic....	1st November 2011
New York Times	ACCUSE WIRELESS OPERATOR PHILADELPHIA, April 20---Charges were made to-day by the chief electrician of the United States scout cruiser Chester, which was sent to the aid of the Carpathia, having on board the survivors of the Titanic, that the wireless operators on board the ...	21st April 1912
Voyage	ROYAL STANDARD John P. Eaton 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	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	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
Ormskirk Advertiser	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
	IROQUOIS PASSENGER LIST COVER An unusual Iroquois passenger list cover from August 1934. Less than a month later, Iroquois was pressed into Ward Line service to replace the lost Morro Castle on her outbound September 8th voyage. About 50 passengers c...
	TITANIC : HISTORY ON A PLATE To be opened by the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall on 18th February 2011 ...
Belfast Telegraph	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	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
Belfast Telegraph	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
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
The Scotsman	THE MAURETANIA'S SECOND VOYAGE article...	14th December 1907
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
Western Morning News	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...
New York Times	SIR ARTHUR ROSTRON TO RETIRE FROM SEA Commodore of Cunard Fleet and Captain of Berengaria 35 Years in Line's Service --- SAVED 706 FROM TITANIC --- Rescue by Carpathia Won for Him American Decoration and Plaudits of World --- Wireless to THE NEW ...	1st November 1930
Titanic Research	MASTER AND COMMANDER Senan Molony Titanic's Surviving Master-at-Arms Revealed...	5th September 2010
Unidentified Newspaper	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
Dictionary of National Biography (1901)	ISMAY, THOMAS HENRY Prof. Sir John Knox Laughton, Litt.D. 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 (...
New York Times	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
The Times	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
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
royalgazette.com	MARIE CELESTIA WRECK OFFERS UP CARGO OF PERFUME - ROYAL GAZETTE Perfume bottles are the latest treasure to have been recovered from Bermuda wreck Marie Celestia. Phillippe Rouja, conservator of historic wrecks, announced the discovery of the bottles this week. Five unopened bottles of wine were found stashed in the bow of the Marie Celestia this past June. UK perfume historian David Pybus, who has uncovered perfume from the Titanic, has begun his analysis on the bottle's contents. Early research has revealed that the bottle contains a sample from a posh London perfumery that has since gone out of business......	22nd August 2011
	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...
	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	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
New York Times	CAPTAIN ROSTRON, TITANIC RESCUER Raced Carpathia Through Icy Waters to Save 700 Persons---Dies in England at 71 --- WITH CUNARD 36 YEARS --- Commodore of Line, 1928-31, Commanded Mauretania and Berengaria During Career --- By Cable to The NE...	6th November 1940
New York Times	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
	TITANIC LAUNCH TICKET An extremely rare example of a ticket to the launch of the Titanic Launch of t...	31st May 1911
Sphere	INVENTOR OF THE LIFEBOAT The Lukin Grave in England...	21st December 1912
The Times	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
Daily Mining Gazette	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
Voyage	THE TUGS AT TITANIC'S DEPARTURE John P. Eaton 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
Washington Herald	NEWSPAPER MEN ALL MOURN MAJ. “ARCHIE” BUTT Memorial Services in Honor of Hero Who “Died Like a Man” Proposed by Members of Fourth Estate --- In little back offices, littered with paper and adorned principally by typewriters, in bustling news bureaus, in the press room of the Whi...	19th April 1912
Evening Times	PAWTUCKET VISITOR AMONG THE VICTIMS Arne Mjåland 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
Titanic Heritage Trust	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	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
Titanic Research	1914: MURDOCH SAVES LINER FROM ICEBERG Senan Molony Murdoch, in death, re-wrote the seamanship manual for best practice....	6th February 2004
Chorley Guardian	WIDOW OF TITANIC OFFICER VISITS CHORLEY Seeks Family Crest Motto - ''Let your light shine'' By a coincidence, a visitor to Chorley this week was Mrs. Sylvia Lightoller, widow of the late Cdr. C. H. Lightoller, who is played by Kenneth ...	18th July 1958
The Times	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
The Evening Post (Wellington, New Zealand)	ROUND-THE-WORLD RESEARCH Nowadays there seems to be no dearth in the number of adventurers to remote parts of the earth. The latest ambitious project in the sailing line, says an Australian paper, is a cruise round the world in a 3000-ton yacht named...	25th October 1924
Liverpool Echo	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
Chicago Tribune	BATTLESHIP IN CRASH LIKE TITANIC'S; DAMAGE IS SLIGHT. BATTLESHIP IN CRASH LIKE TITANIC'S; DAMAGE IS SLIGHT. Value of Subdivision of the Hull Into Large Number of Small Compartments Demonstrated ...	5th June 1912
Titanic Research	GEORGES KRINS - THE LOST MEMORIAL Philippe Delaunoy Some years ag...	25th May 2006
The Times	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
The Times	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
Washington Times	DEATH OF MAJOR BUTT MOURNED BY WASHINGTONIANS Persons in Official and Private Life Speak Eulogistically of the President’s Military Aide Who Died---A Soldier --- Men of the United States army and navy, men who lived under the same roof---the men who knew Major Butt most intimately-...	19th April 1912
New York Times	PRESIDENT TAFT STUNNED Wires White Star Line for News of Major Butt --- Special to The New York Times --- WASHINGTON, April 15---President Taft did not know of the sinking of the Titanic or of the danger of his old friend, Major Archibald Butt, ...	16th April 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
New York Times	VINCENT ASTOR DIES IN HIS HOME AT 67 Vincent Astor, millionaire real estate owner and head of the American branch of the famous family, died yesterday in his apartment at 120 East End Avenue. Mr. Astor, who was 67 years old, succumbed to a heart attack at 1 A. M. A spokes...	4th February 1959
Washington Times	NATION MAY RAISE GREAT MEMORIAL TO DISASTER'S HERO Whole Country Likely to Be Asked to Contribute to Fund for Monument to Major Butt, Who Gave Life for Others --- An agitation has been started at the White House among the friends of Major Archibald Butt for the erection of a memorial mo...	20th April 1912
	INFORMATION FOR CRUISE MEMBERS An outside double room with bath. Rooms decorated in this fashion may be found on the Main, B and C Decks. INFORMATION FOR CRUISE-MEMBERS Membership in the Cruise includes accommodations in the Normandie from New Y...	1937
New York Times	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
New York Times	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
The Times	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
Washington Times	MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR MAJ. BUTT TO BE HELD MAY 5TH President and Senators Pay High Tributes to Dead Hero --- Memorial services for Major Archibald Butt, whose name is one of the most prominent among the Titanic’s heroic dead, will be held in this city on May 5 under the auspices of Temp...	19th April 1912
New York Times	PASSENGERS FROM EUROPE GRIEVED [Note: U.S. President William McKinley was shot by an assassin on 6 September 1901, and died on 14 September.] Heard with Amazement About the Shooting of the President ---------- News Casts Gloom Over Big Liner...	8th September 1901
Washington Herald	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
Unidentified Newspaper	UNTITLED EXTRACT Mrs. Mary Davies Wilburn, the oldest known living survivor of the Titanic disaster. Mrs. Wilburn, who was 104, died on July 29, 1987 at the Community General Hospital in Syracuse, New York. For the past eight years, she was a resident at the Loretto ...	1987
New York Times	J. J. ASTOR MARRIES GERTRUDE GRETSCH Son of the Late Colonel John Jacob Astor Weds Alumna of Finch at Her Home --- The marriage of Miss Gertrude Gretsch, daughter of Mrs. Walter Gretsch of 3 East Seventy-seventh Street and the late Mr. Gretsch, to John Jacob Astor of 998 F...	19th August 1944
The Times	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
	FAMILY INFORMATION ABOUT ARTHUR PAINTIN, HIS WIFE AND CHILD Alice and Arthur courted for four years before they married. Arthur had intended to come out of the merchant Navy in 1912 because Alice was pregnant, Titanic being his last planned voyage. He and Alice wanted to buy a small hotel in Ox...
	AN ECHO OF A PAST TRAGEDY The Diary of Frederick Hamilton (Cable Engineer: MacKay Bennett) The White Star Line, owners of the SS Titanic chatered two cable-laying steamers Mackay-Bennett and Minia to locate and identify bodies, including. Two...	April 1912
	RADIO INTERVIEW WITH ALBERT HORSWILL ...	10th May 1934
	TITANIC LIFEBOATS Roger L. Williams I have recently seen a new film about the sinking of the Titanic on the TV and have been reading about Titanic lifeboats on. http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org It seems there is no real record of what happened to those lifeboats....	1st August 2011
New York Times	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
Gare Maritime	THE LEAVING OF LIVERPOOL A family sets sail for Canada in the 1930s....	10th July 2007
The Evening Post	HOLDING BACK FACTS OF DISASTER STIRS CRITICISM Charges ranging from indifference to deliberate suppression of news are being made against the White Star officials on both sides of the Atlantic . As ground for these charges one needs to go back only to the rapid sequ...	18th April 1912
New York Times	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 His Case Before Father's Executor...	19th August 1922
New York Times	TITANIC SURVIVORS HONOR CAPT. ROSTRON They Present Silver Loving Cup to Him and Medals to His Officers and Men --- GIVES CREDIT TO HIS CREW --- Modest Skipper Praises and Thanks His Men for Them Loyalty and Committee for Its Gifts --- When the Cu...	30th May 1912
Acton-The Beacon	ACTON LIBRARY TO HOST 'TITANIC SINKS' ACTON, 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....	29th April 2009
Elizabeth Daily Journal	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
New York Times	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	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	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 Herald	BRAVERY OF TITANIC SURGEON DR. WILLIAM FRANCIS NORMAN O'LOUGHLIN In accounts printed about the Titanic and the bravery of her officers little has been said of one who probably was the most widely known and best beloved of all classes....	22nd April 1912
	THE WHITE STAR LINE George Henry Preble THE WHITE STAR LINE, 1870.-The White Star Line was originally composed of a fleet of fast-sailing American clipper-ships, by the "Champion of the Seas," "Blue Jacket," "White Star,"...
New York Times	CAPT. ROSTRON GUEST OF MRS. J. J. ASTOR Rescuer of Titanic Survivors Meets Again Mrs. Thayer and Mrs. Cumings --- GOES TO SEE MRS. WIDENER --- With the Crew of the Carpathia He Will Attend Concert for Musicians' Families --- Capt. Arthur Henry Ros...	1st June 1912
Encyclopaedia of Ships and Shipping (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
TDN	TITANIC'S HISTORY LIVES ON THROUGH LOCAL MAN Stuart's interest in the Titanic began when he encountered A Night to Remember as a freshman at West Bremerton High School. ...	5th June 2009
Titanic Review	THE MAN WHO SANK TITANIC Stanley C. Jenkins Sally Nilsson, Hichen's great-granddaughter, attempts to set the record straight and reveal the true character of the man her family knew....	2nd November 2011
Daily Home News	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
New York Times	THE NIGHTMARE OF APRIL 14, 1912 Review...	20th November 1955
The Times	MRS. PIRRIE AWARDED FREEDOM OF THE CITY OF BELFAST BELFAST, APRIL 20 The freedom of the city of Belfast, unanimously voted by the council some weeks ago, was formally presented to Mrs. Pirrie at the town-hall to-day in the presence of a large and distinguished company. The mu...	21st April 1904
Transactions of the Devonshire Association	HENRY FORBES JULIAN 'Mr Julian, one of the noble band of heroes who sacrificed their lives in the Titanic disaster on 14 April 1912, so that the women and children might be saved, was the son of Mr Henry Julian, of Cork and Bolton, and belonged to a mixed...	1912
Washington Times	FRANCIS D. MILLET, SOLDIER, PAINTER, AND CONNOISSEUR Francis D. Millet, while comparatively unknown even to Washingtonians, despite the fact that he has made this city his home for years, and has given the best of his artistic life toward the beautification of Washington, was one of the city’s most pic...	16th March 1912