Transatlantic Liners

207 items found relating to : Transatlantic Liners

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
  REMINISCENCES OF TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS
Charles Spedding
There are a great many fallacies in connection with the loss of the Titanic, the chief one being that she was trying to break the record. As a matter of fact, she had not averaged twenty-one knots up to the time she struck, three knots le...
1926
Chicago Tribune WIRELESS STORMS ISLAND
Sable Island, so long the terror of transatlantic seamen, is tonight, through the agency of the wireless, the storm center of a great battle for news of the missing passengers and crew of the Titanic. The wireless sta...
18th April 1912
LETTER POSTED BY BERTHE LEROY FROM THE LUSITANIA   LETTER POSTED BY BERTHE LEROY FROM THE LUSITANIA
One of Berthe's 19 transatlantic voyages was on the Lusitania sometime between 1912 and 1915. She wrote to her brother Samuel: "Another couple of days on board this ship. It is not too bad a trip but I cannot help feel...
New York Times LORD PIRRIE NOT RETIRING
Report That He is Quitting Harland & Wolff is Denied --- By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- LONDON, March 14---I am authorized to state that there is absolutely no truth in the statements...
15th March 1912
COMMANDER OF THE ILL FATED TITANIC Washington Herald COMMANDER OF THE ILL FATED TITANIC
Capt. Smith was known for years as "The grand old man of the sea" and was probably one of the oldest and one of the most reliable mariners or ocean liners on the Atlantic....
17th April 1912
New York Times ADRIATIC TO SAIL TO-DAY
Biggest Liner's Cabins Full on Her First Voyage Eastward --- With her saloon apartments filled, the White Star liner Adriatic, biggest and newest of transatlantic liners at present in commission, will sail for Southampton ...
22nd May 1907
New York Times BIG CROWD SAILS TO-DAY
Nine Hundred First Cabin Passengers on Olympic, Cedric, and Lapland --- More than 1,200 cabin passengers, of whom nearly 900 will be in the first cabin, will sail from New York for Europe to-day. This big crowd of travelers, in numbers ...
24th January 1912
New York Times LORD PIRRIE OPERATED UPON
Belfast Shipbuilder Has Recovered from the Immediate Effects --- By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- LONDON, Feb. 22---Lord Pirrie, head of the Belfast shipbuilding firm of Harland & Wolff...
23rd February 1912
  THE LAURENTIC/MEGANTIC EXPERIMENT
The Olympic-class liners were fitted with two triple expansion engines, which powered the port and starboard propellers, and a low-pressure turbine, which powered the center propeller. This propulsion system was first tested on the White Star sister...
New York Times MORGAN TO MEET KAISER
Report That Settlement of Italian-Turkish War Will Be Discussed --- By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- LONDON, April 5---According to a dispatch from Modena, sent out by the Ex...
6th April 1912
Newark Evening News GOVERNMENT TO SHIP BODY OF MARCH HERE
The government authorities are making arrangements to bring the body of John S. March, one of the three United States mail clerks who lost their lives on the Titanic, from Halifax to Newark, according to information received by Miss Antoinette A. Mar...
29th April 1912
New York Times SAY THEY HAVE "MONA LISA"
Two Men Go to Rome to See J. P. Morgan About It --- By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- PARIS, April 11---A newspaper whose artistic news is generally reliable says that two men le...
12th April 1912
New York Times FINDS TEMPLE FOR MORGAN
Prof. Leithgow Has Unearthed Huge Edifice in Egypt --- By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- ROME, March 22---J. Pierpont Morgan is delighted with his visit to Egypt and much plea...
23rd March 1912
New York Times ISMAY AIDS SAILORS' WIDOWS
Will Provide Pensions for Those Who Lose Husbands at Sea --- By Marconi Wireless Transatlantic Telegraph to The New York Times --- LONDON, May 14---Exact information was obtained to-day as to J. Bruce Ismay's intentions in...
15th May 1912
New York Times MR. MORGAN ANNOYED
Resents Intimation That He Would Deal with "Mona Lisa" Thieves --- By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- FLORENCE, April 12---J. Pierpont Morgan is much annoyed over the ...
13th April 1912
New York Times $100,000 GIFT FROM ISMAY
Thank Offering for His Escape---To Start Fund for Disabled Seamen --- By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- LIVERPOOL, May 13---The Liverpool Journal of Commerce states that J. Bruce Ismay h...
14th May 1912
WORLD'S LARGEST AND FASTEST LINER TO MAKE SPECIAL VOYAGE TO RIO DE JANEIRO   WORLD'S LARGEST AND FASTEST LINER TO MAKE SPECIAL VOYAGE TO RIO DE JANEIRO
S. S. "NORMANDIE" TO SAIL ON CRUISE World's largest and fastest liner to make special voyage to Rio de Janeiro FRENCH LINE AND RAYMOND-WHITCOMB ARRANGE REMARKABLE WINTER HOLIDAY If ever the announcement of a new Cruise dese...
1937 Gare Maritime
New York Times TITANIC TESTS HER SPEED
Then She Sails for Southampton to Prepare for Maiden Voyage by Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times LONDON, April 2.—The White Star liner Titanic, which has just been completed by Ha...
3rd April 1912
HANDSOME PUBLIC ROOMS - RIO CRUISE (PAGE 5)   HANDSOME PUBLIC ROOMS - RIO CRUISE (PAGE 5)
... it is an easy matter to meet every requirement. After these come several hundred other rooms. both single and double. Raymond-Whitcomb, however, have no intention of taking passengers to anywhere near the astounding capacity of the NORMANDIE o...
1937 Gare Maritime
New York Times MARCONI MAN HAD RECORD
Wireless operator on Titanic Young, but a Veteran in Service --- The man who sent out the wireless call for help from the damaged Titanic was J. G. Phillips, an Englishman, 24 years old, who had been in the employ of the Marconi Compan...
16th April 1912
SS MEXICO MENU   SS MEXICO MENU
Although the Mexico was not in a league with the Morro Castle and Oriente in terms of grandeur, her menus were in many ways an improvement over those offered aboard the larger liners in the early years of their service....
Gare Maritime
New York Times POMPEII CHARMS MR. MORGAN
He Is Especially Captivated by the Frescoes in New Excavations --- By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- NAPLES, March 17---When J. Pierpont Morgan went to Pompeii Friday he was a...
18th March 1912
NIEUW AMSTERDAM ARTWORK   NIEUW AMSTERDAM ARTWORK
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM ARTWORK   NIEUW AMSTERDAM ARTWORK
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM ARTWORK   NIEUW AMSTERDAM ARTWORK
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM ARTWORK   NIEUW AMSTERDAM ARTWORK
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE   NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE
Gare Maritime
New York Times J. P. MORGAN IN ROME
Arrives There from Naples with His Sister, Mrs. Burns --- By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- ROME, March 16---J. P. Morgan and his sister, Mrs. Burns, arrived from Naples this...
17th March 1912
1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. PLAYROOM.   1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. PLAYROOM.
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : LIBRARY MURAL   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : LIBRARY MURAL
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : PALM COURT   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : PALM COURT
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM DECK VIEW   NIEUW AMSTERDAM DECK VIEW
Gare Maritime
1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. FIRST CLASS CABIN.   1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. FIRST CLASS CABIN.
Gare Maritime
1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. GRAND HALL.   1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. GRAND HALL.
Gare Maritime
1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. SPORTS DECK.   1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. SPORTS DECK.
Gare Maritime
1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. THIRD CLASS CABIN.   1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. THIRD CLASS CABIN.
Gare Maritime
1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. THIRD CLASS COCKTAIL BAR.   1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. THIRD CLASS COCKTAIL BAR.
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : GRAND HALL PANELS. 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : GRAND HALL PANELS. 1938.
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM CARD ROOM MURAL   NIEUW AMSTERDAM CARD ROOM MURAL
Gare Maritime
1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM.   1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM.
Gare Maritime
1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. FIRST CLASS SINGLE CABIN.   1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. FIRST CLASS SINGLE CABIN.
Gare Maritime
1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. NEW YORK HARBOR VIEW.   1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. NEW YORK HARBOR VIEW.
Gare Maritime
1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. TOURIST CLASS CABIN.   1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. TOURIST CLASS CABIN.
Gare Maritime
1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. TOURIST CLASS LOUNGE.   1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. TOURIST CLASS LOUNGE.
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM PANELS. 1938   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM PANELS. 1938
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : PLAYROOM: STAINED GLASS PANEL.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : PLAYROOM: STAINED GLASS PANEL.
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : SMOKING ROOM BAR. ARCHITECT'S RENDERING.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : SMOKING ROOM BAR. ARCHITECT'S RENDERING.
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM CABIN DE LUXE ARCHITECT'S RENDERING. 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM CABIN DE LUXE ARCHITECT'S RENDERING. 1938.
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM CABIN DE LUXE. ARCHITECT'S RENDERING.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM CABIN DE LUXE. ARCHITECT'S RENDERING.
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM CABIN DE LUXE. SURINAME SUITE. 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM CABIN DE LUXE. SURINAME SUITE. 1938.
Gare Maritime
1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. THIRD CLASS LIBRARY AND WRITING ROOM   1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. THIRD CLASS LIBRARY AND WRITING ROOM
Gare Maritime
1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM.   1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM.
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM ARTWORK. 2.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM ARTWORK. 2.
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM. ARTWORK.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM. ARTWORK.
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM. RELIEIF. 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM. RELIEIF. 1938.
Gare Maritime
New York Times THE BIGGEST LINER IS NOW IN PORT
Adriatic Arrives After a Very Successful Maiden Voyage --- NO JARS ON THE TRIP --- Passengers Give Praise for Smoothness of Voyage on New White Star Liner --- The Adriatic, the biggest of transatlantic ...
17th May 1907
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THIRD CLASS SMOKING ROOM AND COCKTAIL BAR. ARCHITECT'S RENDERING.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THIRD CLASS SMOKING ROOM AND COCKTAIL BAR. ARCHITECT'S RENDERING.
 ...
Gare Maritime
New York Times KING TO TITANIC SURVIVOR
Asks Stewardess He Meets About the Saving of Passengers --- By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- LONDON, July 11---The King and Queen paid Liverpool a visit to-day in the course of their La...
12th July 1913
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM ARTWORK, 1938   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM ARTWORK, 1938
This 1965 view shows the Joep Nicolas panels intact....
Gare Maritime
Chicago Examiner LA FRANCE, NEWEST LINER, HAS CONSORT
La Touraine Guards Her on Maiden Trip Special Cable to the Examiner Paris, April 21---La France, the newest and largest French transatlantic liner, left Havre today on her maiden voyage to...
22nd April 1912
GRAF ZEPPELIN. INTERIORS. DINING ROOM.   GRAF ZEPPELIN. INTERIORS. DINING ROOM.
The interiors of the Graf Zeppelin had the feel of First Class public rooms from the older generation of ocean liners, but on a  greatly reduced scale....
Gare Maritime
  RADIOS FROM NOTABLE PASSENGERS
Charles Spedding
"The next day, which was Sunday, we passed the Titanic, receiving many friendly radios from our friends on board. Personally, I exchanged messages with Mr. Isadore Strauss ( sp ) and Mr. John Jacob Astor. Captain Barr received a wirele...
1926
DAVID SARNOFF AT WORK L'Illustré, revue Hebdomadaire Suisse DAVID SARNOFF AT WORK
This picture of wireless operator David Sarnoff was published in 1956 by 'L'Illustré", a weekly magazine from Switzerland. Sarnoff was among the first to receive Titanic's distress call and for 72 hours stood at his post at the top of Wanamaker in Ne...
27th September 1956
OLYMPIC VS KRONPRINZESSIN CECILIE   OLYMPIC VS KRONPRINZESSIN CECILIE
The two giant liners were rivals...
New York Times MILLET MEMENTOS IN ROME
Friends Find a Pathetic Interest in Visiting the Future Academy --- By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- ROME, April 27---A visit to the Villa Aurelia on the top of the Janiculum, wh...
28th April 1912
New York Times MORGAN VISION OF ART
Wants America to Have Institution an Janiculum, in Rome --- By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- ROME, April 3---J. Pierpont Morgan spent the whole morning on the top of Janiculum, t...
4th April 1912
New York Times LINER CEDRIC IN PORT
The largest steamship ever constructed slowly made her way, last evening between 6 and 8 o'clock, up New York Bay and the North River to the White Star piers at the foot of Banks Street. The huge vessel was the new transatlant...
21st February 1903
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THIRD CLASS COCKTAIL BAR STAINED GLASS PANEL.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THIRD CLASS COCKTAIL BAR STAINED GLASS PANEL.
This panel survvied until 1961, when the entire complex of Third Class public rooms was removed and replaced by the Henry Hudson Lounge....
Gare Maritime
New York Times REWARD CARPATHIA'S CREW
White Star Line Makes Gifts---Cunard to Claim No Damages --- By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- LONDON, June 10---The White Star Line has announced that the Cunard Company has acceded to ...
11th June 1912
ORIZABA PASSENGER LIST COVER   ORIZABA PASSENGER LIST COVER
A passenger list cover from peak season 1928. On board were three Reverends; one Priest, and at least 8 families traveling with children. When looking over Ward Line Passenger lists from the '20's and'30's it is hard to reconcile the family-friendly passenger makeup with the liners' reputations for rumrunning and smuggling, and with their nickname "The Floating Whorehouses."...
Gare Maritime
ORIZABA AND SIBONEY LOUNGE   ORIZABA AND SIBONEY LOUNGE
The Lounge and Music Room aboard the Siboney and Orizaba were refreshingly airy and uncluttered and-particularly in the window treatment in the central well- prefigured Art Deco by half a decade. However, to a generation conditioned to associate elegance with period design and an overabundance of furniture, the liners appeared less than Deluxe. ...
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : RITZ-CARLTON ROOM WALL DECORATION.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : RITZ-CARLTON ROOM WALL DECORATION.
A striking wall decoration here, by Wijdeveld, shows a large red hawk making havoc in a flock of silver and golden birds. Feathers, in silhouette, fly in all directions....
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : SOLARIUM. 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : SOLARIUM. 1938.
SOLARIUM: Located on the Sun Deck, adjoining the gymnasium. It is furnished with tables and reclining chairs and has a transparent glass ceiling. It is directly connected by elevator with the Turkish baths and swimming pool on E Deck....
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THIRD CLASS SMOKE ROOM- 1938   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THIRD CLASS SMOKE ROOM- 1938
THIRD CLASS SMOKING ROOM: Features walls of watered teakwood with green leather upholstery and matching curtains. Nearby, the intimate “Tourist” bar serves the needs of thirsty passengers. ...
Gare Maritime
New York Times AMERICANS IN ROME
Mr. And Mrs. Millet at Villa Aurelia, Which is Being Modernized --- By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- ROME, April 6---[Three paragraphs which are irrelevant for present purposes have bee...
7th April 1912
Southern Evening Echo UNTITLED
A Former White Star man who was a survivor of the Titanic disaster in April, 1912, 81-years-old Mr. John Hardy, left Southampton for New York last night in U.S. Lines America after his first home visit in 18 years. Mr. Hardy, who is now living...
14th May 1952
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : VESTIBULE AND A DECK FOYER. 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : VESTIBULE AND A DECK FOYER. 1938.
THE VESTIBULE AND A DECK FOYER: Glass, metal, wood and fabrics in the Nieuw Amsterdam’s decorative scheme have been put to some novel uses. New techniques have been applied to old methods and some entirely original ones have appeared. ...
Gare Maritime
WHITE STAR LINE TENDER GALLIC, CHERBOURG   WHITE STAR LINE TENDER GALLIC, CHERBOURG
The GALLIC was the White Star Line's first tender in Cherbourg. It was replaced in 1911 by the NOMADIC and the TRAFFIC, which better fitted the new giant liners OLYMPIC and TITANIC...
1910
New York Times BATHS ARE HELPING MORGAN
Aix-les-Bains Correspondent Tells of the Financier's Strenuous "Cure" --- By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- LONDON, May 3---An Aix-les-Bains correspondent says: ...
4th May 1912
New York Times AUTEUIL SOUNDS THE PANNIER'S DOOM
Smart Display of Summer Fashions at Paris Race Course Shows Radical Style Changes --- NOVEL ROBESPIERRE GOWNS --- Immense Crowd Out to See the French Grand National---Americans Less Numerous Than Usual...
24th June 1912
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THEATRE, 1938   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THEATRE, 1938
THE THEATRE: The theatre was designed by Cornelis J. Engelen in cooperation with Mrs. Elisabeth de Boer. It is built in the shape of half an eggshell; following the contours of the vessel, and of the visual and aural points of focus. The color scheme...
Gare Maritime
IROQUOIS GROUNDING   IROQUOIS GROUNDING
One of the most photographed liner mishaps of the pre-World War 2 years was the July 1927 stranding of the Clyde-Mallory Line's flagship Iroquois.  She and her sister Shawnee proved to be the largest vessels Clyde-Mallory ever produced, ...
Gare Maritime
POSTWAR 14. CABIN. CABIN CLASS.   POSTWAR 14. CABIN. CABIN CLASS.
CABINS: Attractive modern furnishings, pleasing color schemes, and plenty of living space characterize the comfortable Cabin class staterooms. Well over half have private bath or shower. All have luxurious beds, each equipped with individual reading ...
Gare Maritime
POSTWAR 11. STUYVESANT LOUNGE.   POSTWAR 11. STUYVESANT LOUNGE.
STUYVESANT CAFÉ: “Meet me at the Stuyvesant Cafe” You’ll hear this invitation repeated many times if you travel “Cabin” on the Nieuw Amsterdam. With its dance floor, well equipped bar and cheerful, modern furnishings, the Stuyvesant Café ...
Gare Maritime
POSTWAR 10. CABIN CLASS LOUNGE.   POSTWAR 10. CABIN CLASS LOUNGE.
CABIN CLASS LOUNGE: You’ll find plenty of space for dancing…plenty of comfortable chairs and tables for chatting at tea time in the cheerful Cabin Class Lounge. Not shown are two adjacent “sea view” verandahs, flanking the lounge, which exten...
Gare Maritime
CENTENARY OF RMS OLYMPIC'S LAUNCH Belfast Titanic Society CENTENARY OF RMS OLYMPIC'S LAUNCH
BELFAST TITANIC SOCIETY COMMEMORATES CENTENARY OF RMS OLYMPIC’S LAUNCH The Belfast Titanic Society will mark 100 years since the launch of Titanic’s sister ship, RMS Olympic with a short ceremony on ...
14th October 2010
POSTWAR 3. THE SMOKING ROOM.   POSTWAR 3. THE SMOKING ROOM.
THE SMOKING ROOM: Favorite rendez-vous of many Nieuw Amsterdam passengers is the handsome First Class Smoking Room with its rich Circassian walnut paneling and deep, luxurious armchairs and settees. Flanked by two enclosed sun verandahs exte...
Gare Maritime
POSTWAR 9. SOLARIUM.   POSTWAR 9. SOLARIUM.
SOLARIUM: Located on one of the highest decks of the ship, the Nieuw Amsterdam’s twin solaria offer perfect spots for “toasting” in the brilliant ocean sunlight while enjoying restful vistas of the ever changing sea far below. Adjoinin...
Gare Maritime
POSTWAR 4. ELEVATORS.   POSTWAR 4. ELEVATORS.
ELEVATORS: Numerous elevators, conveniently located are at your service throughout every class in the Nieuw Amsterdam, supplementing the numerous broad stairways which link the passenger decks. Tastefully decorated and lighted, they are of t...
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS SMOKING ROOM STATUE. 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS SMOKING ROOM STATUE. 1938.
Suriname Negro. This statue, and its mate, Suriname Negress, stood in the Tourist Class Smoking Room, prewar. The room, which served as the liner's Music Room on one-class cruises, was replaced by a new Cabin Class theatre postwar....
Gare Maritime
POSTWAR 2. THE  NEW GRAND HALL   POSTWAR 2. THE NEW GRAND HALL
THE GRAND HALL: Breathtaking in size and beauty, the Grand Hall boasts a dual personality. A restful lounge by day, it is equally effective as a brilliant setting for gala evening festivities. Its colors selected to form a perfect foil for exquisi...
Gare Maritime
POSTWAR 7. THEATRE.   POSTWAR 7. THEATRE.
THEATER: It is difficult to believe that you are at sea when you enter this air-conditioned theater seating three hundred and fifty passengers. Each of the deeply cushioned seats commands an unobstructed view of the stage, and the egg shaped contour ...
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : VESTIBULE AND A DECK FOYER, OIL PAINTING.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : VESTIBULE AND A DECK FOYER, OIL PAINTING.
THE VESTIBULE AND A DECK FOYER: Two large oils of New York in the A Deck Foyer, outside the Cabin class dining room are recent works of Adriaan Lubbers, whose first hand knowledge of the city is apparent from his bold treatment of its complex topog...
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : VESTIBULE AND A DECK FOYER. OIL PAINTING.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : VESTIBULE AND A DECK FOYER. OIL PAINTING.
THE VESTIBULE AND A DECK FOYER: Two large oils of New York in the A Deck Foyer, outside the Cabin class dining room are recent works of Adriaan Lubbers, whose first hand knowledge of the city is apparent from his bold treatment of its complex topog...
Gare Maritime
  NEAR TRAGEDY ON THE SEAS FOR STRAUS FAMILY
Charles Spedding
The following year both Captain Barr and myself were transferred to the Caronia for a voyage down to Alexandria from New York.  Mr. and Mrs. Isadore Strauss ( sp ) were on board, and occupying one of the suites on the upper deck. ...
1926
POSTWAR 1   POSTWAR 1
EXQUISITE DÉCOR; in boldness of concept and beauty of design, the ebony and bronze stairway shown symbolizes the manner in which art and function have been blended in the Nieuw Amsterdam. Working hand-in-hand, Holland’s leading designe...
Gare Maritime
New York Times MORGAN MAY ACT AS A PEACE ENVOY
Berlin Thinks That, Unofficially, He Will Try to End the Turkish-Italian Conflict --- TO VISIT CONSTANTINOPLE --- After Seeing Kaiser at Venice---Belief That Turkish Officials Will Listen to Him Respectful...
9th April 1912
New York Times BUILDING OF GIANT LINERS
BUILDING OF GIANT LINERS --- Work on the White Star's Olympic and Titanic Proceeds Rapidly --- Special Correspondence THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, July 2---The rise and progress of the leviathan liners n...
10th July 1910
New York Times MONEY LOSS NOTHING---MORGAN
But He Is Upset by Loss of Life, Due to Faith in Boat --- By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- PARIS, April 21---An interesting interview was obtained by a correspondent at Aix w...
22nd April 1912
Southern Evening Echo ARTICLE
Titanic survivor 77-year-old Mr Lee James Hyland, of Sarnia Court, Boniface Crescent, Lordshill, Southampton who recalls Fred Allen a boy crew member mentioned in reference the playing of the Titanic Hymn. Allen, who lost his life in the disaster was...
24th November 1970
MEXICO CRUISE BROCHURE (INTERIORS)   MEXICO CRUISE BROCHURE (INTERIORS)
"Upper - The main lounges of the big Ward Liners are cool, restful, graciously inviting. Left Center - There's a rich, serene, masculine atmosphere to the smoking rooms.  Center - A Tea Room - bright, breezy, with long vistas of sea and sky throu...
Gare Maritime
POSTWAR 13. THEATRE. CABIN CLASS.   POSTWAR 13. THEATRE. CABIN CLASS.
THEATER: If you book Cabin or Tourist class on the Nieuw Amsterdam, you’ll enjoy many a first-run film in this comfortable , air conditioned motion picture theater on the Promenade Deck. Installed since the war, this theater seats 166 p...
Gare Maritime
New York Times ISMAY IS TO QUIT
Will Retire June 30---Harold Sanderson to Take His Place --- by Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- LONDON, Dec. 31.---J. Bruce Ismay will retire from the Presidency of the International ...
1st January 1913
NIEUW AMSTERDAM CARD ROOM. 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM CARD ROOM. 1938.
LIBRARY and CARD ROOM: Abaft the Grand Hall are the Library and Card Room, which flank the connecting glass paneled corridor leading to the Smoking and Ritz-Carlton rooms. Decorated in black and silver, with a note of maroon here and there, Wijdevel...
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS LOUNGE. 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS LOUNGE. 1938.
TOURIST CLASS LOUNGE: The Tourist Class Lounge is on the Lower Promenade Deck. Has a large figured red carpet, extending wall to wall with motifs of Holland and America. Walls paneled in satinwood, and furniture upholster in beige. The room has lar...
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THIRD CLASS SMOKING ROOM- 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THIRD CLASS SMOKING ROOM- 1938.
THIRD CLASS SMOKING ROOM: Main Deck. Has a brightly decorated cocktail bar just inside its entrance. The room is extremely cozy and luxurious. The walls are watered teakwood, finished with transparent lacquer. The color scheme is light brown and gree...
Gare Maritime
Chicago Record-Herald LLOYDS NEAR TO PANIC
Exciting scenes were witnessed at Lloyds underwriting rooms yesterday.  Insurance losses in the last six months have been unparalleled in the history of Lloyds in liners of the biggest class.  Since the Olympic collision, both the Del...
16th April 1912
POSTWAR 17. TOURIST CLASS CABIN.   POSTWAR 17. TOURIST CLASS CABIN.
CABINS: Bright, modern, and immaculately clean are the trim Tourist class staterooms. All feature deep-sprung beds, draftless Zephyr-louver ventilation, illuminated shaving and make-up mirrors, individual reading lamps over the beds, and numerous ...
Gare Maritime
Oxford Times LOCAL PASSENGERS ON THE TITANIC
Among those it is feared have lost their lives on the ill-fated vessel, is Mr. Wesley Woodward, of Oxford. Mr. Woodward was the youngest son of Mr. Woodward, of Headington, and a brother of Mr. T. W. Woodward, the well-known tenor singer of Magdalen ...
20th April 1912
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM. 1938   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM. 1938
FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM: In the Dining Room, a very satisfactory sense of balance has been achieved by the architect, Jac. F. Semey, between the blue, gold and ivory color scheme, and the lighting and mural decorations. Ornamented gold shaded M...
Gare Maritime
CAP ARCONA FIRST CLASS PUBLIC ROOMS SUITE   CAP ARCONA FIRST CLASS PUBLIC ROOMS SUITE
Although the Cap Arcona did not have divided funnel uptakes as some earlier German liners did, her interiors mananged to convey the same feeling of procession that the Normandie's famed promenade deck suite did. Dividing walls be...
Gare Maritime
New York Times ANCESTOR OF ROTHES SAVED A PRINCESS
Bit of Ancient Family History May Have Inspired the Countess-Oarswoman. --- "GRIP FAST," SAID RESCUER --- "Gin the Buckles Bide," Replied the Princess--Coat of Arms and Motto Derived from Incident --- By Marc...
23rd April 1912
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : ENGRAVED GLASS PANELS   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : ENGRAVED GLASS PANELS
Vestibule and A Deck Foyer: Elevator shafts are embellished in a new and exciting manner with panels of engraved glass created by Andreas D. Copier in collaboration with Jaap Gidding. Softly diffused with turquoise blue light, the various undersea m...
Gare Maritime
  THE MILLER'S SON
Albert Barker was born in the village of King's Worthy on the River Itchen in Hampshire, just a few miles upstream from the dock where Titanic would begin its voyage 19 years later. His father was a miller at nearby Abbot's W...
POSTWAR 12. JUNGLE BAR. CABIN CLASS.   POSTWAR 12. JUNGLE BAR. CABIN CLASS.
JUNGLE BAR: One of the most delightful spots on the entire ship is the exquisitely appointed Jungle Bar. Its dark walls, sophisticated decorations and subdued lighting provide the intimate charm of your favorite rendez-vous at home. Here you will ...
Gare Maritime
New York Times AIDS FIGHT FOR LONGER PIERS
Isidor Straus Points Out Their Commercial Advantage to New York --- Isidor Straus, in an interview yesterday, urged that the Government permit the lengthening of the existing piers of the Port of New York, in order to accommodate the ne...
9th January 1911
POSTWAR 8. FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM.   POSTWAR 8. FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM.
DINING ROOM: Every detail of the First Class Dining Room is calculated to enhance your enjoyment of the lavish meals served aboard ship. The golden, padded ceiling, tinted mirrors and soft, diffused lighting lend an air of quiet distinction. On cruis...
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : LIBRARY. 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : LIBRARY. 1938.
LIBRARY and CARD ROOM: Abaft the Grand Hall are the Library and Card Room, which flank the connecting glass paneled corridor leading to the Smoking and Ritz-Carlton rooms. Decorated in black and silver, with a note of maroon here and there, Wijdevel...
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM. 1938   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM. 1938
TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM: Located on A Deck, air conditioned and connected with the First Class Dining Room by doors, enabling both rooms to be used as one when required. Seating capacity 292. Carpeted in grey in large squares of alternating nap. Wa...
Gare Maritime
Cumberland News LOCAL VICTIMS OF THE DISASTER
Carlisle and Border men among the Crew Mr. Joseph Bell left the district when a youth to serve his apprenticeship as an engineer at the works of Mr. Robert Stephenson, on Tyneside, which were founded by the famous engineer of that name who inv...
20th April 1912
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : STUYVESANT CAFE VERANDAH. 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : STUYVESANT CAFE VERANDAH. 1938.
CAFÉ VERANDAH: As an added attraction, the Stuyvesant Café features this sunny adjoining verandah with picture windows overlooking the Cabin Class Sports Deck and, beyond it, the creamy wake of the ship streaming back towards the horizon. The ver...
Gare Maritime
  THE VIEW FROM THE CARONIA
Charles Spedding
At 10:30 that night we received a message from the Titanic to say that she had struck an iceberg. She would then be about two hundred and forty miles away. We established communication with the German steamer Breslau, about fo...
1926
POSTWAR 6. CABIN DE LUXE.   POSTWAR 6. CABIN DE LUXE.
CABIN DE LUXE: As gracious and inviting as the living room of your own home is this colorful cabin de luxe. There are twelve such apartments, each distinctively different in color scheme and furnishings, and each consisting of bedroom, sitting roo...
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM
First Class Dining Room: The Dining Room on A Deck is an exquisitely delicate setting of ivory walls, pale gold ceiling, gold leaf columns, tinted mirrors, satinwood furniture, two toned blue carpet and handmade frosty Murano glass lighting fixtures....
Gare Maritime
Chicago Tribune SKIPPER PREDICTS FATE OF TITANIC
SKIPPER PREDICTS FATE OF TITANIC Wreck of Liner Fulfills Prophecy Made by a Veteran Steamship Captain ...
18th April 1912
New York Times IRISH M. P.'S PROTEST
Want White Star Liners to Continue Calling at Queenstown --- LONDON, March 7---The Postmaster General, Mr. Buxton, to-day received an influential deputation of Irish members of Parliament and representatives of the com...
8th March 1907
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THEATRE, ARTWORK.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THEATRE, ARTWORK.
In front of the theatre, forward, there is a striking panel, 25 feet long, by Reyer Stolk. It is executed in solid masses of gold, black, red and maroon, and its theme the spread of the theatre’s influence over the world by ships. Greek and Dutch E...
Gare Maritime
POSTWAR 16. TOURIST CLASS COCKTAIL BAR.   POSTWAR 16. TOURIST CLASS COCKTAIL BAR.
COCKTAIL BAR: The gay canary yellow and buff décor of the Nieuw Amsterdam’s Tourist Class Bar is designed to give spirits a lift…even without the benefits of alcohol. But there’s no denying that the fine liquors and smooth mixed dr...
Gare Maritime
CAP ARCONA DINING ROOM   CAP ARCONA DINING ROOM
The principal feature of the Cap Arcona's dining room was ten pairs of large windows, arranged five per side, which allowed natural light into the room and gave it a less confined feel was achieved in the (mostly) enclosed dining rooms ab...
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : GRAND HALL CEILING, 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : GRAND HALL CEILING, 1938.
WHAT BECAME OF THE GRAND HALL: The Grand Hall was destined to become the only room in First class to be entirely remodeled after the war. Evidently the daring , predominantly gray, color scheme worked better on paper as a means of “feminine enhan...
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : GRAND HALL, 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : GRAND HALL, 1938.
The Grand Hall has been intelligently decorated in tones of gray to enhance fully the glamorous effect of exquisitely gowned women and their escorts in evening dress. It extends two decks high and measuring seventy three feet long and fifty two feet ...
Gare Maritime
MORRO CASTLE - DINING ROOM   MORRO CASTLE - DINING ROOM
The First Class Dining Saloon was similar in layout and design to those aboard the Siboney and Orizaba, but while those rooms were austere almost to the point of being minimalist, those of the new ships were elaborate. The domina...
Gare Maritime
New York Times J. P. MORGAN SAILS
Has Six Staterooms on the Adriatic---Mrs. Waldorf Astor Also Departs --- Many passengers sailed yesterday in the outgoing liners for Europe. On the Adriatic went J. Pierpont Morgan and his daughter, Mrs. Herbert Satterl...
27th February 1908
New York Times THREE BRAVE OFFICERS
In telling the story of the loss of the Titanic more light is being shed upon the conduct of the ship's officers....
23rd April 1912
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : SMOKING ROOM FOYER.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : SMOKING ROOM FOYER.
SMOKING ROOM FOYER: Piet van der Wilt is responsible for a fine tapestry-like painting on wood, which traces, in a well balanced composition, the development of shipping from early times. Commencing at the upper left, it shows the coracles of the ...
Gare Maritime
POSTWAR 15. TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM.   POSTWAR 15. TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM.
TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM: The air conditioned comfort of the “Tourist” Dining Room will add extra zest to your enjoyment of the famed Holland-America cuisine. Menus offer a tempting array of the same fine food served in “First” and “Cab...
Gare Maritime
OLYMPIC FIND AT PITY ME Gare Maritime OLYMPIC FIND AT PITY ME
Gavin Murphy
RMS Olympic's cocktail bar in a Durham public house...
22nd January 2003 Gare Maritime
New York Times CARLISLE, DESIGNER OF TITANIC, IS DEAD
Member of Privy Council and Noted Engineer Stricken at 72 --- DISASTER BROKE HIS HEART --- Recently Visited Old Friend, Ex-Kaiser---Wanted “Merry Widow Waltz” Played at Funeral --- ...
6th March 1926
Chicago Examiner VANDERBILTS ESCAPE WRECK ON THE FRANCE
Liners Near Collision in Heavy Mist; Passengers Thrown About Decks      New York,  March 22---Mr. and Mrs. Alfred G. Vanderbilt were among the passengers on th...
23rd March 1913
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM. ARTWORK   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM. ARTWORK
First Class Dining Room. Artwork: The room is dominated by the work of Joep Nicolas. Arcadian scenes adorn the huge burned glass panels just within the entrance, and eight smaller ones with fishing, hunting, agriculture and kindred themes are placed ...
Gare Maritime
Oxford Illustrated JOHN WESLEY WOODWARD
MR WOODWARD was the youngest son of Mrs Woodward of Headington, and a brother of Mr. T. W. Woodward, the well-known tenor singer of Magdalen College Choir, living in Oakthorpe Road, Oxford. Mr. Wesley Woodward left Oxford about a fortnight ago to joi...
24th April 1912
The Witney Gazette GAMBLERS ON TITANIC ESCAPE BY DRESSING AS WOMEN
An extraordinary story is reported in New York of the escape from the sinking Titanic of two well-known gamblers who, for some years, have frequented the Atlantic liners, and against whose card-sharking tricks notices have been posted on ...
11th May 1912
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THIRD CLASS LIBRARY   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THIRD CLASS LIBRARY
THIRD CLASS WRITING ROOM and LIBRARY: A quiet and distinguished room on the Main Deck. Walls are of gray ash, and floor covered with speckled gray carpet. The furniture is gray ash with brown and white upholstery, and the curtains are of deep blue ha...
Gare Maritime
New York Times MORGAN BUSY IN ROME
Wishes the Papers Would Stop Saying He Is Ill --- By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- ROME, April 6---This year J. Pierpont Morgan has not had his usual luck in regard to the wea...
7th April 1912
New York Times BUILDING OF GIANT LINERS
Work on the White Star's Olympic and Titanic Proceeds Rapidly The rise and progress of the leviathan liners now building is an absorbing topic of conversation at Belfast, where the rapid advance in their constructio...
10th July 1910
Gettysburg Complier REACH HEIGHTS OF LUXURY
Good Reasons Why the Newest Ocean Liners are Referred to as Floating Palaces While the first photograph of the new steamship Titanic received in New York shows a ship in most respects like the Olympic there is a pronounced diff...
19th June 1912
The Times SIR ARTHUR ROSTRON
Captain Sir Arthur Rostron, K.B.E., R.D., R.N.R., for many years Commodore of the Cunard Fleet and one of the most famous of the commanders of the Mauretania, died at the Cottage Hospital, Chippenham, on Monday, after a ...
6th November 1940
Outlook THE RACE FOR OCEAN SUPREMACY
Earl Mayo
A little more than ten years ago I crossed the Atlantic on the first trip of what was then the largest ocean liner in the world. A distinguished ship-builder who made the voyage at the same time expressed the opinion that this steamship marked the...
24th June 1911
New York Times LORD ROTHES AWAITS WIFE
Was to Have Met Her at Pier When Titanic Arrived --- An intimate friend of Capt. Smith, a prominent shipping man, who was seen at the Plaza last night, said that Capt. Smith had been informed by the White Star Company that he was to ret...
16th April 1912
New York Times NEW WHITE STAR SERVICE TO TAP CHERBOURG TRADE
Adriatic, Biggest Ship Yet Built, to Start It in May --- SHE WILL CARRY 3,000 SOULS --- And Have a Turkish Bath, Plunge, and Orchestra Aboard---Line to Liverpool to Stay. --- With the putting in commis...
7th January 1907
The Times MR. BRUCE ISMAY
AN ABLE SHIPOWNER --- Mr. Bruce Ismay, who died yesterday at his residence, 15, Hill Street, Mayfair, at the age of 74, was well known, particularly in Liverpool, as an able shipowner. His grandfather, Joseph Ismay, was a...
18th October 1937
MEXICO CRUISE BROCHURE (PAGE 1)   MEXICO CRUISE BROCHURE (PAGE 1)
T H E   S E A   V O Y A G E ...
Gare Maritime
The Toronto World WIRELESS FLASHES HEARD BY TWO TORONTO OPERATORS
------------------------- Messages Sent by Ports Along the Atlantic Seaboard Are Often Caught at (sic) Local Station if the Night is Clear---Tapping of the Instrument Decipherable at T...
17th April 1912
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THIRD CLASS DINING ROOM. ARCHITECT'S RENDERING. 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THIRD CLASS DINING ROOM. ARCHITECT'S RENDERING. 1938.
THIRD CLASS DINING ROOM: The only Third class public room to survive the 1961 refit, the dining room was located on B Deck, directly below the First and Second class dining rooms. To reach the room, Third class passengers descended a staircase from A...
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THIRD CLASS LOUNGE, 1938   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THIRD CLASS LOUNGE, 1938
THIRD CLASS LOUNGE: Main Deck. A striking room of reds, whites and blues. Walls, partly satinwood, partly of Hasco-relief. Ceiling white, with dropped sides. Floor covered with soft, speckled, light gray carpet. Chairs satinwood, some upholstered in ...
Gare Maritime
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
MAURETANIA HISTORY COMES ALIVE IN BRISTOL Gare Maritime MAURETANIA HISTORY COMES ALIVE IN BRISTOL
Gavin Murphy
Relics of the Cunard four-stacker now grace a Bristol bar...
8th November 2001 Gare Maritime
The Times HARLAND, SIR EDWARD J.
OBITUARY --- SIR EDWARD HARLAND, M.P. Sir Edward James Harland, Bart., M. P. for North Belfast, died suddenly yesterday morning at his residence, Glenfarne-hall, Enniskillen. He was found dead in bed. Except for a chill...
25th December 1895
Southampton Times and Hampshire Express MR. C. H. LIGHTOLLER, THE SECOND OFFICER
Mr. C. H. Lightoller, the second officer on the ill-fated Titanic, who is reported to be among the survivors, lived at Netley Abbey, and on Wednesday one of our representatives called on his wife at their residence at Hound to convey congratula...
20th April 1912
New York Times SEEK THE CHILDREN OF TITANIC VICTIM
John M. Smart's Son and Daughter at School in Europe, Ignorant of Father's Fate --- HE HAD JUST VISITED THEM --- But Said Nothing of His Personal Affairs to His New York Business Associates --- By Marconi Tra...
5th June 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 YACHTS AND YACHTSMEN
From present indications, John Jacob Astor's large steam yacht, the Nourmahal, will not be put in commission this year, at least not during the early Summer months. No orders have yet been received for her refitting, and as Mr. Astor is e...
29th April 1900
New York Times GAMBLERS ON THE TITANIC
Many Planned to Cross on the First Trip---"Doc" Owen Not Aboard --- Broadway inhabitants were discussing last night the report that a number of well-known professional gamblers had gone to their death on the Titanic. It was said that t...
18th April 1912
NIEUW AMSTERDAM CABIN DE LUXE 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM CABIN DE LUXE 1938.
CABINS DE LUXE: The cabins De Luxe, located on the Lower Promenade Deck, were #49; Groningen; 51: Friesland; 59: Drenthe; 61: Overijssel; 71: Geldeland and 73; Utrecht (Port) and #50: Holland; 52:Zeeland; 60 Noordbrabant; 62: Limburg; 72: Anti...
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM CABIN DE LUXE 1938. 2.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM CABIN DE LUXE 1938. 2.
CABINS DE LUXE: The cabins De Luxe, located on the Lower Promenade Deck, were #49; Groningen; 51: Friesland; 59: Drenthe; 61: Overijssel; 71: Geldeland and 73; Utrecht (Port) and #50: Holland; 52:Zeeland; 60 Noordbrabant; 62: Limburg; 72: Anti...
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM CABIN DE LUXE 1938. 3.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM CABIN DE LUXE 1938. 3.
CABINS DE LUXE: The cabins De Luxe, located on the Lower Promenade Deck, were #49; Groningen; 51: Friesland; 59: Drenthe; 61: Overijssel; 71: Geldeland and 73; Utrecht (Port) and #50: Holland; 52:Zeeland; 60 Noordbrabant; 62: Limburg; 72: Anti...
Gare Maritime
Newark Evening News NEWARKER IN CHARGE OF THE TITANIC'S MAILS
John S. March, a Newark man, was in charge of the mails on board the Titanic. With his daughter, Miss Nettie March, he lived at 59 Emmett street. For nine years Mr. March has been crossing the ocean in charge of the mails on many liners. ...
16th April 1912
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : FIRST CLASS PLAYROOM. 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : FIRST CLASS PLAYROOM. 1938.
THE PLAYROOM: A playroom, where the real children may also have a good time, is on the same deck. Designed by Fritz Spanjaard, it is decorated with leaded glass windows and a humorous frieze, by Ruscha Wijdeveld. An electric train, a juvenile stage...
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : STUYVESANT CAFE, TOURIST CLASS. 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : STUYVESANT CAFE, TOURIST CLASS. 1938.
STUYVESANT CAFÉ AND VERANDAH: Tourist Class. Overlooks the Sports Deck; has a dance floor and a large coriander bar upholster in artificial beige leather. Ceilings lacquered in Naples yellow; walls light pale green; pillars polished gold leaf; carp...
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : VESTIBULE AND A DECK FOYER, ARCHITECT'S RENDERING.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : VESTIBULE AND A DECK FOYER, ARCHITECT'S RENDERING.
Vestibule and A Deck Foyer: One of the most striking examples is that of the four bronze statuettes on a huge oxidized copper panel, located in the well of the Main Deck Vestibule. The work of Jan Eloy and Leo Brom, it represents the seasons f...
Gare Maritime
Daily Telegraph TITANIC FOR MONTAUK, LONG ISLAND - 1910 VISION
Passengers to take railway connection to New York...
27th October 1910
NEW YORK 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
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
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : SMOKING ROOM. 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : SMOKING ROOM. 1938.
SMOKING ROOM: Outstanding features of the Smoking Room, which Frits A. Eschauzier designed, are the ingenious manner in which the light and airy raised side verandahs relieve the dark panel work of the room proper. These “sun wings” are a gallant...
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : GRAND HALL 1938   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : GRAND HALL 1938
THE GRAND HALL: The Grand Hall is an excellent interpretation of the ship’s predominating theme. Hendrik T. Wijdeveld conceived it as a subdued setting for the play of life that is continuously enacted here. The room is a symphony in gray that pro...
Gare Maritime
Unidentified Newspaper DIGBY COUNTY AND THE TITANIC DISASTER...
Question: What do the sinking of the Titanic and Digby County have in common? Answer: The rescue ship, Carpathia's Chief Officer was Thomas W. Hankinson. Thomas William Hankinson, born 1857, was ...
Chicago Tribune TITANIC STRUCK ON CLEAR NIGHT
Story of Parisian Operator Deepens Mystery of Disaster to White Star Line Warning Was Repeated Secrecy of Wireless Messages Pertaining to Wreck Maintained by Capt. Haines Halifax, N. S., April 17—...
18th April 1912
1914: MURDOCH SAVES LINER FROM ICEBERG Titanic Research 1914: MURDOCH SAVES LINER FROM ICEBERG
Senan Molony
Murdoch, in death, re-wrote the seamanship manual for best practice....
6th February 2004
New York Times WHITE STAR LINE AFTER CONTINENTAL TRAFFIC
Service to Channel Ports Also to be Installed by Cunard Line --- WILL RIVAL GERMAN BOATS --- Mails to Two-thirds of England and All Scotland and Ireland Will Be Delayed by This Action --- The announcem...
8th January 1907
ARMENIAN 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
Washington Times MRS. CANDEE TELLS OF TRAGIC SCENES AS STEAMER SANK
Washington Woman Says Officers Demanded That Women Go First --- By GORDON MACKAY, Staff Correspondent --- NEW YORK, April 19---From the feeble, trembling lips of an aged woman comes the story that tears away the veil of my...
19th April 1912
Washington Times CAPITAL RESIDENTS IN NEW YORK FOR CARPATHIA'S COMING
Anxious for News From Friends Aboard the Titanic --- With barely one thread of hope that three of the Washingtonians who sailed from Southampton on the ill-fated Titanic a week ago yesterday are still alive, a party of Washingtonians to...
18th April 1912
The Scotsman STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER
In the House of Commons yesterday Lord Charles Beresford (U, Portsmouth) asked the President of the Board of Trade whether there was any later news as to the Titanic. The Prime Minister, who replied, said the news received by th...
17th April 1912
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
Town and Country MASTERS OF THE SEA
A. I. M.
The Personal Side of Some of the Popular Captains of Atlantic Liners "I suppose Captain V— is still in command of the A?" asked a woman, as she was about to engage her passage on one of the fleet trans...
19th April 1902
The Sun (New York) SMITH THOUGHT HIS SHIP UNSINKABLE
Titanic's Skipper Was Never in an Accident on High Seas Before This One --- LOVED OCEAN LIKE A BOY --- Grew Up With White Star Line and Had Its Confidence---Junior Officers on Board --- ...
16th April 1912
OLYMPIC AND TITANIC : MAIDEN VOYAGE MYSTERIES Voyage OLYMPIC AND TITANIC : MAIDEN VOYAGE MYSTERIES
Mark Chirnside and Sam Halpern
ROUTES ACROSS THE ATLANTIC The new White Star liner Olympic, the first of three gigantic liners ordered by the White Star Line for the highly competitive transatlantic service, was launched from the Queen’s Island ya...
29th April 2007
TITANIC CITATION CATALOG Titanic Research TITANIC CITATION CATALOG
Captain Charles B. Weeks
Titanic Citation Catalogby Captain Charles WeeksI created this document to assist Titanic researchers. I have found it maddening to have to thumb through numerous books to find a particular citation on a certain subject. Using this...
21st October 2006
TITANIC CAPTAIN: THE LIFE OF EDWARD JOHN SMITH Titanic Review TITANIC CAPTAIN: THE LIFE OF EDWARD JOHN SMITH
Inger Sheil
Inger Sheil reviews a fully revised biography of Titanic's Captain...
18th January 2012
Nomadic Preservation Society PROGRAMME FOR NOMADIC CENTENERY CELEBRATIONS REVEALED
Celebrating a century of maritime history Outline programme Friday 3rd June 2011 13:30 ~ 17:00. Delegate registration at Holiday Inn, Belfast. 13:30 ~ 17:00. Exclusive opening tour...
5th November 2010
Cleveland Plain Dealer FOUR ON BIG LINER CLEVELAND BOUND
Page 1 Three Men and One Woman on Way to This City May Have Gone Down Many Parts of Ohio Represented in Lists of Victims When the news of the greatest sea distater ina century was flashed to Cleveland ye...
17th April 1912
 

 
What's NewNews HeadlinesTitanic Anniversay EventsRMS Titanic LinksSitemapA-Z IndexOn this dayEmail UpdatesContact Us
1st Class Passengers 2nd Class Passengers 3rd Class Passengers more...
Deck Crew and Officers Engine Crew Victualling Crew Restaurant Staff Postal Clerks The Guarantee Group Ships Orchestra more...
Survivors of the Titanic Disaster Titanic Survivors by Boat:
List of Titanic Victims Recovered Bodies List of Unidentified Bodies more...
Boat Deck A-Deck B-Deck C-Deck D-Deck E-Deck F-Deck G-Deck Orlop Deck Tank Top
Titanic Research ArticlesThe Titanic ReviewGare MaritimeVoyage
Cathy Akers-Jordan Randy Bryan Bigham Robert L. Bracken Art Braunschweiger David G. Brown Joe Carvalho Mark Chirnside Captain Lewis Marmaduke Collins Roy Cullimore Jim Currie Philippe Delaunoy Shelley Dziedzic John P. Eaton Peter Engberg Michael A. Findlay Tad Fitch Dave Gittins David Gleicher Charles A. Haas David Haisman Monica Hall Samuel Halpern Mike Herbold Lori Johnston Jim Kalafus Daniel Klistorner Olivier Mendez Lester Mitcham Senan Molony Gavin Murphy Henning Pfeifer Michael Poirier Alan Ruffman Inger Sheil Brian J. Ticehurst Captain Charles B. Weeks Bill Wormstedt
Topics Most Recent Posts Search Register Instructions Contact Moderators
Books and Gifts Titanic Auctions
Become an Editor How to Contribute Add a Story Manage Contributions
Register Lost Password Login Logout