1932

Hello all, i recently learned that Olympics Grand Staircase was painted green in her 1932-1933 refit, but what i do not know is was the aft grand staircase also painted green to match the main grand staircase? Thanks, Noah

Hi Does anyone know the date of the Olympic's 12 hour 'bedding in' sea trials following the repairs made around her engines? I have the date recorded as 22nd Feb 1933 but I now can't find my source material to confirm this date. I think it came from a newspaper article. Any help would be...

The New York Times, 7 April 1932 TOPPIN WILL RETIRE FROM ROOSEVELT LINE --- To Return to His Home in Northern England---No Successor Expected to be Appointed --- The resignation of Frederick Toppin as vice president of the Roosevelt International Mercantile Marine Company was announced...

The Evening Post, Wellington, 10 June 1932 Retrieved from the National Library of New Zealand web site, http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=p&p=home PERSONAL ITEMS *** Captain W. S. Hodgson, late commander of the White Star liner Ionic, having retired from the White...

Over the past couple of days I've come across a some newspaper articles from all parts of the world about a 1932 BBC radio play about Titanic's sinking which was apparently never produced and protests by, among others, Arthur Rostron, to such a broadcast. I've added four of those articles to...

MAB Note: This article is presented not for what it says about Laurentic's 1932 cruise schedule, but for what it says about Capt. Jackson, about whom I've seen very little. The Montreal Gazette, 6 July 1932 Capt. Jackson Makes Cruises --- Captain W. H. P. Jackson, who is at present...

The Times, 1 April 1932 THE MAJESTIC AND BERENGARIA --- Included in the list of vessels owned by the Cunard Steam Ship Company which is attached to the present annual report is the name of the Majestic. The gross tonnage of the liner is 56,621, but it is shown that the Cunard own...

The Times, 14 June 1932 NEW WHITE STAR LINER --- THE GEORGIC AT LIVERPOOL --- MAIDEN VOYAGE ON JUNE 25 --- FROM OUR SHIPPING CORRESPONDENT Early yesterday morning the White Star motor-liner Britannic, a beautiful ship of 27,000 tons gross and just two years old, passed up the...

The Times (London), 5 August 1932 COMMODORE OF WHITE STAR FLEET --- CAPT. E. L. TRANT'S NEW POST --- Captain E. L. Trant, of Liverpool, commander of the White Star liner Majestic, has been appointed commodore of the White Star fleet. He entered the company's service in 1898 as junior...

The New York Times, 19 April 1932 Liner Georgic to House Radio In Interference-Proof Funnel --- Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, April 18---A dummy funnel will be used to house the wireless equipment of the White Star liner Georgic, which is rapidly nearing completion at...

Hi! Those of you who know my obsession with technical details which I only partially understand might be groaning, but I thought I'd post this 'theory' anyway. :-) I haven't bothered yet to look into it further, so this is a really *rough* set of ideas. My idea stems from the 1932-33...