cargo

Hello all, Was reading a bit the other day about the operation of liners serving as troopships/hospital ships in WW1, and a discussion came up about the possibility of sending them south around Cape Horn, then up along the east coast of Africa to reach the Central theatre. It was decided that...

When Titanic was lost, did she lose her RMS designation? I know ships could lose and regain this designation for various reasons, and I would assume loss of mail would be one. This was something I always wondered about but was scared to ask. LOL

Hello, Out of curiosity, did Billy Carter’s Renault car survive? I presume it should have because unlike other areas of the ship, the cargo holds and the boiler rooms had a “slow flooding affect” just like the Turkish Baths (if it had a “fast flooding affect” I would presume the items would have...

Article says rubber, copper, tin, cobalt. Wonder what the cobalt was for..hardening steel...working on the bomb? https://news.yahoo.com/cargo-nazi-ship-sunk-america-185740264.html

Many years ago, I was an assistant manager at a bookstore and, when we would take a deposit to the bank, we had to bring a second employee with us. It was May 3rd and the employee I was bringing with me asked me what I was going to do for Cinco de Mayo. I said I was not going to party on what...

Hello, I have a question concerning the cargo hatches in the bow section of Titanic. How were the respective cargo openings into each hold covered? I have seen interchangeable references to tarapin covers, wooden grates, and water-tight seals. Was the covering different depending on what hatch...

What cargo might have the Carpathia had in her hold that fateful night? Does a manifest exist? My understanding is that she was a refrigerated ship and had meat (hanging beef), but I could be wrong.

Is there a list of cargo and other freight did the Titanic transport?

Two frames below are from a video I filmed during recent fires. As you see it was very, very hazy. That ship's load looks unusual IMO. It looked unusual all the time I was watching, but the appearance did not change for a few minutes, and then something strange happened to some of her containers...

I noticed the crane doors are different on the Olympic. Was there a reason for the difference? Titanic (left) Olympic (right) The Olympic in 1922. Was it necessary to have so many door handles on the Olympic? .

Hello everyone, Sorry if this is in the wrong place- I've tried to find somewhere to discuss wreck details, but this seems the most likely forum to get an answer. I've been analyzing wreck footage for the past 8 months. I've never had a problem identifying a location or a piece of wreckage...

Hi everybody. Can anyone tell me what Titanic's cargo capacity was, in tons? I've looked in my books and through ET's archives for the answer but can't seem to find it anywhere. Thanks!

Hi, I have a 1-page passenger manifest for an 1895 western crossing by Cevic: 5 passengers, known to me, plus 3 stowaways. I know that there were 100 rams aboard from a different source, and there's a hint elsewhere that the Cevic was full of sheep for the same owner. Certainly this fine large...

Hi all, Can someone help me visualize the lay out of the access to the cargo holds, in particular the three forward holds. Obviously they were initially accessed from the focsle via grated hatches which were then covered with canvas and batons. What I would like to know is were the subsequent...

https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/cargo-manifest.html

In case anyone is interested, there is an interesting article about the Chrysler Norseman (that went down with the Andrea Doria) in the Aug 2009 issue of 'Hemmings Classic Car' . There are some photos of the car taken before she was crated up for shipment

Although the Lusitania might not have been carrying any ammunitions as such, would not rifle shells, cartridges etc be considered as contributory to the British war effort in the eyes of the Germans irrespective of what Washington said? Those things could not be classified as supplies and the...