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Titanic’s Aft Lifeboats

How Boats 9-16 saved lives in the sinking.

New research article added: 2nd June 2023
Titanic’s Aft Lifeboats

Ghostly Tales from the Titanic

Spooky tales related to the Titanic and her people.

New research article added: 27th May 2023
Ghostly Tales from the Titanic

Virginia Martin in her Rosengart car

The child survivor photographed at Cannes, France

New image added: 26th May 2023
Virginia Martin in her Rosengart car

Sidney Clarence Stuart Collett

Second Class Passenger

Biography updated: 24th May 2023

Sarah Agnes Stap

RMS Titanic Stewardess

Biography updated: 23rd May 2023
Sarah Agnes Stap

Alfred Charles Shiers

RMS Titanic Fireman

Biography updated: 23rd May 2023
Alfred Charles Shiers

Kate Elizabeth Smith

Stewardess

Biography updated: 23rd May 2023

Leila Meyer

First Class Passenger

Biography updated: 23rd May 2023
Leila Meyer

Charles Cresson Jones

First class passenger

Biography updated: 23rd May 2023
Charles Cresson Jones

Mary Natalie Wick

Biography updated: 23rd May 2023
Mary Natalie Wick

James Lester

Biography updated: 21st May 2023

Henry Sutehall

Third Class Passenger

Biography updated: 21st May 2023
Henry Sutehall

Samuel Ackerley

RMS Carpathia, Ship's Cook

Biography updated: 21st May 2023

Henry Baldwin

RMS Carpathia Steward

Biography updated: 21st May 2023

Walter Edward Bull

RMS Titanic Scullion

Biography updated: 19th May 2023

Henry Parkinson Hill

Third Class Steward

Biography updated: 18th May 2023
Henry Parkinson Hill

Incredible new 3d scan of entire Titanic wreck

Newly released images show the wreck of the Titanic as never before...

New item added: 18th May 2023
Incredible new 3d scan of entire Titanic wreck

Augustus Henry Aldworth

Biography updated: 18th May 2023

Percy William Fletcher

RMS Titanic Bugler

Biography updated: 18th May 2023

Joseph Abraham Hyman

Biography updated: 17th May 2023

How "Abe" Hyman escaped

New item added: 16th May 2023

Joseph Brown

Fireman

Biography updated: 14th May 2023

Herbert Klein

Second Class Barber

Biography updated: 12th May 2023

Ellen Mary Barber

First Class Ladies Maid

Biography updated: 12th May 2023
Ellen Mary Barber

Karl Jonsson

Swedish Titanic Survivor

Biography updated: 12th May 2023
Karl Jonsson

A Titanic Upgrade

Which second class Titanic passengers upgraded to first class?

New research article added: 8th May 2023
A Titanic Upgrade

George Achilles Harder

Biography updated: 2nd May 2023
George Achilles Harder

Titanic: Plan of First Class Accommodation

Unique plan of titanic first class cabins and public spaces saved by a First Class Passenger.

New item added: 21st April 2023
Titanic: Plan of First Class Accommodation

Beesley (et al) and the Aft Port Side Boats

Highly-observant Second Class passenger Lawrence Beesley helps to re-write the Titanic’s lifeboat departure story.

New research article added: 19th April 2023
Beesley (et al) and the Aft Port Side Boats

‘Unsinkable Lucile’ by Hugh Brewster

This small but beautiful book about a famous Edwardian lady proves she was more than a survivor of the Titanic but a courageous and inspiring figure in the evolving status of women at the turn of the 20th century.

New item added: 27th March 2023
‘Unsinkable Lucile’ by Hugh Brewster

Lifeboats, Launch Times, List and Trim: Part 2

Quantifying the angle of list and the angle of trim that Titanic took on as a function of time and how that impacted launch times of the lifeboats and other related events.

New research article added: 22nd March 2023
Lifeboats, Launch Times, List and Trim: Part 2

Lifeboats, Launch Times, List and Trim: Part 1

A detailed exploration of the available evidence for the sequence and launch times of the Titanic Lifeboats.

New research article added: 19th March 2023
Lifeboats, Launch Times, List and Trim: Part 1

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