Encyclopedia Titanica

Captain Charles B. Weeks

Member and Contributor since August 2002

Titanic Citation Catalog
I created this document to assist Titanic researchers. I have found it maddening to have to thumb through numerous books to find a particular citation on a certain subject. Using this document you can more easily locate the citation you’re l...
TITANIC CITATION CATALOG
Titanic's Cargo Gear
How Titanic's cargo equipment worked. Description of cranes, winches, holds etc....
TITANIC'S CARGO GEAR
True Course
An explanation of the use of magnetic compasses, how to plot courses and how these procedures on the Titanic compared to their use other ships in 1912...
TRUE COURSE
Lookouts : The Human Perspective
The role of the lookouts on the Titanic from the eye of an experienced seaman....
LOOKOUTS : THE HUMAN PERSPECTIVE
Why the Titanic did not list
Eqab S Al-Otaibi NS 415 Titanic Supervised by Captain C. Weeks The list of any ship is due to either a negative initial stability (GM, metacentric height) or off center weight. So the list is due to internal force. Off center weight is d...
WHY THE TITANIC DID NOT LIST
Titanic Passenger Ticket Revenues
On (p. 58) of The Great Liners Melvin Maddocks says with regard to Steerage passengers ”… they represented one third of the revenues of the shipping companies, and accounted for more than half the profits.” John Malcolm...
TITANIC PASSENGER TICKET REVENUES
Was the Titanic's Rudder Large Enough?
There have been several times when the question has been raised about whether the Titanic's rudder was large enough. It has been suggested that if the rudder had been larger she would have turned more quickly and thus missed the iceberg. ...
WAS THE TITANIC'S RUDDER LARGE ENOUGH?
Joseph Groves Boxhall - Radio Interview
[Listen to the recording] I went on watch at 8 o'cl...
JOSEPH GROVES BOXHALL - RADIO INTERVIEW

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