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please can anyone tell me where to find a crew list for the voyage out from liverpool to new york?? I have Sydney Dewrance dying on the lusitania due to enemy action in may 1915. The spelling of his name is wrong. it should be Durand, pronounce Dewrand. Sydney was only 18 when he died and I am...

Does anyone have any information regarding Titanic's future? -When was she due to leave NYC for Southampton, how full was she and were there prominent people booked for the return? -What changes did Thomas Andrews want to make to make her better? -Do you think she would have been used...

Coinciding with the April 14 anniversery of Titanic, Bonhams is auctioning an Important Maritime Collection...paintings and shipbuilders models. Lot 116 is intended for Eric Longo :-) Even more impressive is lot #126, a cut-away model of Cunard's "Ascania" circa 1925 (est. $50,000 - $70.00)...

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The New York Times, 20 February 1910 NEW CHELSEA PIERS OPEN TO-MORROW --- American and Atlantic Lines Gave Up Their Old Quarters When Their Ships Sailed Yesterday --- ALL LINES TOGETHER NOW --- Cunard and White Star Liners Already Using Their Piers at the Great Transatlantic...

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Hello everyone, In this photo of the crew in NY, it looks to me like there is a quartermaster sitting in the second row, about 3 or 4 from the left. Can anyone identify him? He reminds me of Quartermaster Perkis...?

Memorial services, from what I understand, took place around the world after the sinking of the Titanic. They took place in London, Southampton, Paris, and New York. However, I have a question about the services that took place in New York. I have read the recollection of certain facts in the...

The New York Times, 25 December 1922 TO CELEBRATE ABOARD THE OLYMPIC TODAY --- Dinner and Games for Officers and Crew---American Line Men Have Holiday Ashore --- The only big foreign flag liner that will celebrate Christmas in this port today is the White Star Olympic, which carries...

From TravelVideo.tv: Memories of the Titanic, Old Hollywood celebrity-filled cruises lives on with an auction in New York For the rest, go to travelvideo.tv/news/more.php?id=14242_0_1_0_M

The New York Times, 12 February 1899 TERRIFIC WEATHER AT SEA --- Overdue Steamships Struggle In Heavily Sheathed in Ice --- SEVERAL VESSELS GO ASHORE --- Craft Dragged About the Harbor by Tide-Impelled Ice Floes---Ship Unable to Leave Port --- Three large vessels, besides some minor...

The New York Times, 1 September 1921 Olympic Passenger Leaps Overboard After Bidding His Fiancee Farewell --- Family troubles in England and the fear of being detained and sent to Eills Island were believed to be the cause of Thomas Brassington of Newcastle-under-Lyme, England, jumping...

Here’s another vintage source http://www.mcny.org . Select “NYC Images”, “Byron Collection Online”, “Selected topics”, “Ship[s]”. Has a perhaps known shot of the Normandie’s kennels amongst others of interest...

Blue Bloods and Grand Hotels in a Gilded Age This book by Justin Kaplan was recently published and its well worth reading. It begins with a chapter about Titanic and gives lots of background information on the family. If you look for it in a bookstore, you can't miss it. It has a picture of...

This is two questions really. One: what day/time was Titanic expected in New York? And two: what did the stewardesses and crew do while the ship they were working on was docked in a foreign city? Did they still have jobs to do or could they go on shore? Violet Jessop's autobiography suggests...

I acquired a photo album with many photos of ships in the New York harbor and docked. Date is around 1912-1914. Last photo in album is if a NORE wooden lightship with a revolving light on top of mast. I believe the cruise ended back in England (mouth of the Thames). I know they were not used...

Mr. Layton, over on the TRMA board you asked for some old nautical charts. A good source is the US NOAA administration. The historical map overview page is http://chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/csdl/ctp/abstract.htm From there the image catalogue link goes to...

Is there any record of where the Titanic was supposed to go after New York? Or any record of which ships those passengers who were to embark on the Titanic in New York did eventually go on? My grandparents were to board the Titanic in New York and I am trying to find out which ship they...

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The New-York Times, 6 September 1893 STRUCK BY THE BIG RUNIC --- NARROW ESCAPE OF THE ORD­NANCE FROM BEING SUNK --- The Pilot Taking Out the Huge White Star Freighter Swung Her Abruptly Across the Bows of the Government's Boat in the Lower Bay, Causing a Collision---No Signal of Any...