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Titanic Deck Plans
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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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Grave of James McGrady
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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)