recovered artefacts

  1. Dave Gittins

    You may find this BBC article interesting.

    The BBC has an article about the artifacts recovered and their secret storage. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1vd9k33r00o
  2. Duck_Dur

    Bostwick gates in the wreck

    Does anyone know if there is an bostwick gates or are they “lost in time” like many other items?
  3. J

    My experience with Titanic

    In 2000 the "Big Piece" of Titanic was shipped to Front Royal, VA for preservation. I was there when the 20-ton sheet of riveted steel and framing was lowered off the truck. It was stood up for inspection, cleaning and preservation. The whole event made the local Front Royal newspaper. I was...
  4. Jason D. Tiller

    News Titanic's historical artifacts to be preserved as NFTs

    Feb. 21 (UPI) -- RMS Titanic, Inc., which holds the exclusive rights to recover artifacts from the ill-fated ocean liner, is partnering with NFT and virtual asset management companies to preserve Titanic's assets as immutable NFTs. Hong Kong-based Venture Smart Financial Holdings Ltd. is...
  5. Jason D. Tiller

    News Titanic caretakers in court battle to stop artifacts from being sold

    The caretakers of the Titanic are battening down the hatches for a court battle to prevent four artifacts recovered from its wreckage site from going up for auction. A British gold coin, two US bank notes and a block of coal retrieved decades ago from the detritus of the doomed passenger liner...
  6. Jason D. Tiller

    News 4 Titanic Artifacts That Didn’t Go Down With the Ship

    In April 1912, the RMS Titanic was on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic from England to New York City when it struck an iceberg and sunk within hours. Only about 700 [sic] of the ship’s 2,224 [sic] passengers survived. For many decades, the location of the ill-fated ship was a mystery. In...
  7. Jason D. Tiller

    News Historical Society brings Titanic artifacts to Townsend

    In its first in-person event since the start of the pandemic, the Townsend Historical Society hosted a retrospective on the RMS Titanic, the “unsinkable” luxury ship that went down on its maiden voyage over a century ago...
  8. Jason D. Tiller

    News The Titanic sank 110 years ago. Here are some rare photos of the ship and artifacts.

    It has been 110 years since Titanic sank into the Atlantic on its maiden voyage. Just four days into its journey from Southampton, England, to New York City, the British luxury passenger liner collided with an iceberg off Newfoundland on the night of April 14, 1912. In the early hours of April...
  9. Jason D. Tiller

    News 12 Artifacts Brought Up From the 'Titanic'

    Since 1987—two years after the Titanic wreck was discovered—seven trips have been made to the ship's debris field, and more than 5500 artifacts have been salvaged. Here are a few of them. https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/titanic-shipwreck-recovered-artifacts
  10. Encyclopedia Titanica

    Other Ships Lusitania survivor saved diamond tiara but not children...

    https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/jan/28/tiara-saved-from-lusitania-to-go-on-show-at-va-in-london
  11. Steven Christian

    Looting the wreck...?

    I guess this is the right spot for this. I recently read an article about the galleon San Jose. And like most shipwreck articles eventually they will get compared to Titanic somehow. In the article it says that Titanic's wreck site has been plundered illegally of thousands of artifacts that are...
  12. Encyclopedia Titanica

    Artefacts from Carpathia wreck to be sold at auction

    Artefacts with significance to the story of the Titanic rescue recovered from the wreck of the Carpathia will be auctioned.... Mon, 12 Apr 2021 https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/artefacts-from-carpathia-wreck.html
  13. Encyclopedia Titanica

    Artefacts from Carpathia wreck to be sold at auction

    Artefacts with significance to the story of the Titanic rescue recovered from the wreck of the Carpathia will be auctioned.... Mon, 12 Apr 2021 http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/artefacts-from-carpathia-wreck.html
  14. Peter Kyhl

    Full list of items recovered from Titanic

    Hi Does a full list of items recovered from Titanic exists online? Peter Kyhl
  15. J

    Hull & Bollard Fragments being sold.

    Apologies if there is a previous related thread - I could not find one. Recently, I ordered a collection that included a fragment of one of Titanic's bollards and a hull fragment. The site I ordered it off of is called White Star Lines (White Star Lines | Titanic Gifts, Merchandise...
  16. H

    Titanic and Britannic Artefacts and Fittings sold at Auction (News Links)

    Nothing big or major, but recently these two articles have appeared on the BBC Website: Titanic brandy flask sells for £76,000 Titanic sister ship items up for auction Just posting them here for anyone to read. Hopefully all the items find a good home to any historians or whoever buys...
  17. B

    Did this make it off the ship?

    Hello. I have a wanted luggage label filled in by a passenger (survivor) of the Titanic, Miss Ed Appleton. Acompnying the label is a picture, lock of hair and a half penny. My understanding is that these labels were afixed to luggage that was needed on the crossing? I thought that only one...
  18. R

    Could a camera & its photos ever be recovered?

    Presumably there were passengers with cameras who continued taking photographs on the ship after Francis Browne left at Queenstown. If these cameras were ever recovered from the debris field, is it possible that the images might've survived? It's a long shot, admittedly, but some of the...
  19. JJAstorII

    Titanic Gothic Arch Plate

    I just thought you all would enjoy seeing this. I recently went to a UK auction and got this plate. It’s marked 3/1912 which all of us Titanic nuts know is believed to have been the markings for Titanic. As a vast collector I have much from the Olympic but this is quite the crown jewel to...
  20. S

    How do I find authentic Titanic artifacts to buy?

    anyone know where i can find artifacts for a decent price?
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