conception

Was the Titanic conceived during an afterdinner chat in Belgravia or could there be another explanation?... Titanica! Fri, 04 Nov 2022 https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-conceiving-a-legend.html

Hello Im doing some research on the construction of the Titanic and I was having a hard time coming across how Bruce Ismay and Lord Wiliam James Pirrie's meeting came about in the first place to even begin talks on the Olympic class? If anyone knows or has a source Id truely appreciate it.

Hello, I recently came across some articles claiming Pirrie was the one who headed the deal between the White Star Line and the IMMC. It also suggested it was because Pirrie was skeptical of J. Bruce Ismay's capabilities as Chairman. This would align with a claim (I admittedly can't recall...

Hello, Got to wonder how many were considered before they chosed 2,I heard 1 and some concept of 3 funnel itanic got between 3 and 4 mast,why? is it because it was like that on previous white star line ship? Thanks for your answer!

Who was the designer of the Titanic?

Who's idea was it to build the Titanic and why?

Hi everybody, I've been away from the boards for over a year...unfortunately, crushed by the pressures of high school ending, haha. But I am back and the passionate interest I've had in the Titanic has never left. As it happens I have another small mystery, that to my knowledge has...

As I write this, in this part of the world there are still 21 minutes left of the 100th anniversary of the formal creation of the International Mercantile Marine Company, which owned the White Star Line from 1902 until 1926. These two articles appeared the next day. The various lists of names...

If you believe the book "Shipbuilders to the World" , Titanic's designer Alexander Carlisle resigned from his post at Harland and Wolff because of personal problems with his brother-in-law Lord William James Pirrie and was then replaced by Pirrie's nephew Thomas Andrews. It's also stated that...

I know that Mrs. Astor was pregnant on the ship. What happened to her baby. Were any of the other women pregnant and what happened to their babies? [See The unborn babies of the Titanic for a list of those Titanic passengers that were pregnant on the Titanic and Titanic victims who became...