Matthew R. Boswell
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C83. It had a private bathroom-good enough for me.
Which Cabin Would You Choose
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Matthew R. Boswell
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By the way, does anyone know how C83 would have been decorated?
Colter Addington
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I would have chose B-60 in a heartbeat, but since it was already occupied, I think C-63, with the private bathroom, would be a good alternative.
Mick Molloy
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Can somebody please help me with a question. If I were travelling 3rd Class, boarded at Queenstown along with 13 others; ten women and four men; two of whom were man and wife, what kind of a cabin would I be likely to be in? Local folklore has it that the group were billetted together, if that helps.
Many thanks
Many thanks
Lester Mitcham
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Hello Mick,
My understanding is single women and families aft, single men and married couples forward. So I would think the 9 single ladies might be in say a 4 and 6-berth room aft. You and the other two single men in a 4-berth room forward, perhaps with another man, and the married couple would have had their own 2-berth room.
My understanding is single women and families aft, single men and married couples forward. So I would think the 9 single ladies might be in say a 4 and 6-berth room aft. You and the other two single men in a 4-berth room forward, perhaps with another man, and the married couple would have had their own 2-berth room.
Mick Molloy
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Lester thank you for your reply.
An article appeared in the Connaught Telegraph on 25th May 1912 telling the story of the 14 Addergoole passengers. It said “…. They were asleep when the Titanic, rushing along at 23 knots an hour, tore a hole in her hull against an iceberg. The jag did not disturb the third cabin. It was half an hour or more after the Titanic struck when a steward roused the Mayo travellers and told them the ship had struck something, but that there was no danger. Although they believed the stewards, they did not go to sleep again. There was apprehension in the hearts of the lads and colleens from Mayo, and when Mrs Burke suggested prayer, they all knelt…….”
A similar article appeared in Chicago Record-Herald in April 1912. Would the sleeping arrangements have been rigidly enforced by stewards? The article gives the impression that the 14 were all together in the “third cabin”. The night the Titanic sank was one of the passengers, Honora Fleming's 22nd birthday. Perhaps they were having a party.
Can you Lester, or anyone else, throw any light on why they were not in the kind of arrangements you outlined?
Again many thanks
An article appeared in the Connaught Telegraph on 25th May 1912 telling the story of the 14 Addergoole passengers. It said “…. They were asleep when the Titanic, rushing along at 23 knots an hour, tore a hole in her hull against an iceberg. The jag did not disturb the third cabin. It was half an hour or more after the Titanic struck when a steward roused the Mayo travellers and told them the ship had struck something, but that there was no danger. Although they believed the stewards, they did not go to sleep again. There was apprehension in the hearts of the lads and colleens from Mayo, and when Mrs Burke suggested prayer, they all knelt…….”
A similar article appeared in Chicago Record-Herald in April 1912. Would the sleeping arrangements have been rigidly enforced by stewards? The article gives the impression that the 14 were all together in the “third cabin”. The night the Titanic sank was one of the passengers, Honora Fleming's 22nd birthday. Perhaps they were having a party.
Can you Lester, or anyone else, throw any light on why they were not in the kind of arrangements you outlined?
Again many thanks
Bob Godfrey
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Hallo, Mick. The phrase 'third cabin' was an alternative term for 'third class' in general and did not refer to any specific location. It is, however, possible that the group were all berthed in the same or nearby sections, as there is evidence that a few of the cabins at the stern (possibly those furthest forward) were allocated to single men and certainly the married couple could have been berthed at the stern. Whatever the arrangement, there was nothing to stop the men moving aft to join the women very soon after the collision and long before anybody made a move for the boat deck.
Lester Mitcham
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Mick,
To start with there were no rooms in 3rd Class large enough for 14 passengers. I think there were two 10-berth rooms. The rules on single men and single women were very strict. You will find that in all WS ships they were at opposite ends of the ship. [see the quote from ANTR] - They might well have all been in "Third-Cabin" but that does not imply one room. There were nearly 260 rooms in 3rd Class, plus another 40 on G-deck that could be let to either 2nd or 3rd Class. Those 257 rooms were in 11 sections; 5 near the stern and 6 near the bow. They were on 4 decks.
To start with there were no rooms in 3rd Class large enough for 14 passengers. I think there were two 10-berth rooms. The rules on single men and single women were very strict. You will find that in all WS ships they were at opposite ends of the ship. [see the quote from ANTR] - They might well have all been in "Third-Cabin" but that does not imply one room. There were nearly 260 rooms in 3rd Class, plus another 40 on G-deck that could be let to either 2nd or 3rd Class. Those 257 rooms were in 11 sections; 5 near the stern and 6 near the bow. They were on 4 decks.
I think I would pick B-97 to have always breakfast in the Cafe Parisien and to have dinner in the restaurant. This, if I travelled with company.
If I travelled alone, a single berth in A-Deck would be sufficient, perhaps A-17 to wake with the Sun's shinning in my face and I think it would be amazing to sea the ocean by the magnific windows of the promenade deck.
Another case is that if I travelled with my valet and a cat (or a dog, but I've a wonderful female cat), then I would pick a parlor suite on C-Deck, maybe C-55/57, because I would have a luxurious living-room with fireplace, a private bathroom and a two windows stateroom. Well, they are all good.
Regards, João
If I travelled alone, a single berth in A-Deck would be sufficient, perhaps A-17 to wake with the Sun's shinning in my face and I think it would be amazing to sea the ocean by the magnific windows of the promenade deck.
Another case is that if I travelled with my valet and a cat (or a dog, but I've a wonderful female cat), then I would pick a parlor suite on C-Deck, maybe C-55/57, because I would have a luxurious living-room with fireplace, a private bathroom and a two windows stateroom. Well, they are all good.
Regards, João
Carla Velterop
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I'd pick a big, comfortable cabin on B deck or, if I was given the option, I'd pick the cabin in the Marconi room. Not much privacy or silence, but, hey, if that's what it takes to be by the people I consider my heroes, then it's worth it '-) I'm just joking - I'll just stick with my very expensive cabin/suite on B deck and visit the Marconi room
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George Pastarmatzis
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If one chose a boat deck, cabin wouldn't he be visible by everyone on deck at all times? Could a female passenger book such a cabin? thanks...
Ryan McKeefery
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If one chose a boat deck, cabin wouldn't he be visible by everyone on deck at all times? Could a female passenger book such a cabin?
I don't believe there were any boat deck cabins other than those occupied by the senior crew, and I'd also like to know the precise nature of this question...
If there were any passenger cabins on the boat deck, I thing they'd have rippling glass windows and thick curtains.
I don't believe there were any boat deck cabins other than those occupied by the senior crew, and I'd also like to know the precise nature of this question...
If there were any passenger cabins on the boat deck, I thing they'd have rippling glass windows and thick curtains.
Michael H. Standart
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>>I don't believe there were any boat deck cabins other than those occupied by the senior crew,<<
Oh yes there were. If you click on https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/plans.php?angle=Boat+Deck you'll see the five cabins located on the starboard side just aft of the 4th Officer's cabin. One of them...Cabin T...was occupied by Stephen Blackwell.
Oh yes there were. If you click on https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/plans.php?angle=Boat+Deck you'll see the five cabins located on the starboard side just aft of the 4th Officer's cabin. One of them...Cabin T...was occupied by Stephen Blackwell.
Peter Spielvogel
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