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Titanic Deck Plans
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Films, pictures, and recordings of Titanic survivors and victims, and the only original film of Titanic herself
Coming to the Boyle
Board of trade surveyor, or his staff, annotated crucial Titanic inquiry transcripts...
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William Edward Minahan
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Kate Gilnagh in the 1960s
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Birth and Deaths
- DYER, Mr William Henry — 16th January 1879
- HAWLEY, Mr George Reginald Chalmers — 16th January 1888
- GUY, Mr Elgar John — 16th January 1922
- HERMAN, Mrs Jane — 16th January 1937
- CROSKERY, Mr Thomas — 16th January 1950
- CAVENDISH, Mrs Julia Florence — 16th January 1963
- MAUGÉ, Mr Paul Achille Maurice Germain — 16th January 1971
- CARGILL, Mr John Ritchie — 16th January 1981
Titanic Stories
Titanic Articles and Stories
- Ice on Deck
- Alexander Holverson
- Edith Russell, her lucky toy pig and her Titanic dress
- Memorial to Roger Bricoux
- Lookouts : The Human Perspective
- Mrs J. Murray Brown, of Belmont, Wreck Survivor
- Dorothy Gibson 1912 Publicity Portrait
- Berthe Leroy photographed with her husband Gaston Boulard
- The Mesaba File
- The Last Boat But One
Continuing Discussions
New and Continuing Discussions
- Murdoch and Moody on the bridge (Arun Vajpey)
- Lookout eye test (Michael H. Standart)
- A Titanic passenger research quest (Elliotrieg)
- Why Did The Titanic Snap? (Richard C Elliott)
- Coal bunker in the 1st and 2nd Class Galley (ivanpopov)
- Coal Bunker design (ivanpopov)
- Grade the Titanic crew on how well they did saving lives that night. (Arun Vajpey)
- Is it possible that the string band who continued to play was actually a bit annoying? (Thomas Krom)
- How Long? (Omar Hussieny)
- When was the iceberg spotted? (Arun Vajpey)