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Titanic Deck Plans
Explore the Titanic deck by deck, with these detailed deck plans.
Titanic Pictures and Films
Films, pictures, and recordings of Titanic survivors and victims, and the only original film of Titanic herself
Madeleine Astor : Titanic First Class Passenger (Survivor) : Wife of Colonel John Jacob Astor
After her honeymoon in Egypt and Paris Mrs Astor was returning to America as a First Class Passenger aboard RMS Titanic.
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Learn More...Eva Hart : Second Class Passengers (Titanic Survivor)
Eva Hart was 7 when she boarded the Titanic with her parents, bound for a new life in Winnipeg. She would become one of the best-known Titanic survivors.
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Birth and Deaths
- STEELE, Miss Kate — 14th December 1861
- WITT, Mr Henry Dennis — 14th December 1874
- CASSWILL, Mr Charles — 14th December 1877
- MOSS, Mr Albert Johan — 14th December 1882
- CLARKE, Mrs Ada Maria — 14th December 1883
- BERTOLDO, Mr Fioravante Giuseppe — 14th December 1888
- MADIGAN, Miss Margaret — 14th December 1968
Titanic Stories
Titanic Articles and Stories
- William Thomas Stead: The Biofix Pictures
- Interviews with Titanic survivors
- Sinai Kantor's Pocket Watch
- Titanic's Band: Killing Them Softly.
- R.M.S. Oceanic finds Collapsible Lifeboat A adrift
- A Night to Remember Movie Poster
- Rubáiyát reflections on Titanic
- Watch recovered from John Jacob Astor's body
- Slade Brothers: The Real Story?
- Titanic's Violinist and a Villainous Murder
Continuing Discussions
New and Continuing Discussions
- When and where did Smith know the ship was doomed? (Luca Gelmetti)
- New book: 'The Break-up of Titanic' (2023) (Eugene Nesmeyanov)
- Engineer Shepherd (Richard C Elliott)
- HELP IDENTIFYING STATUE OF CAPTAIN SMITH (William Oakes)
- "Mrs John Jacob Astor thought it was some mishap in the kitchen" (Arun Vajpey)
- Oceanliner Designs' Grand Voyage - Upcoming virtual museum Experience (Milos Grkovic)
- Dr C A M Bernard, RMS Carpathia Passenger (Alexandre Fortier)
- Albert George Ervine Assistant Electrician (Kyle James Ervine)
- Was Lifeboat #11 overloaded? (Luca Gelmetti)
- Survivors Norman and Bertha Chambers's 1929 Stutz - found (Antichrysler)