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Encyclopedia Titanica is an online reference work containing extensive and constantly updated information on the RMS Titanic. [1] The website, a nonprofit endeavor, is a database of passenger and crew biographies, deck plans, and articles submitted by historians or Titanic enthusiasts.
The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum also has a substantial exhibition called TITANICa. In England, artefacts relating to the disaster are preserved at the SeaCity Museum in Southampton and the Merseyside Maritime Museum in Liverpool, which has the original 20 feet (6.1 m) long builder's model of the ship. [29]
Bernice "Bernie" Palmer (January 10, 1893 – February 11, 1989) was a Canadian photographer known for taking the photographs of the Titanic disaster survivors and the iceberg believed to have caused the sinking of the ship in April 1912.
Negotiations between the United Kingdom, United States, France, and Canada began in 1997, and were concluded on 5 January 2000 producing an agreement. [5] [6] The UK signed the resulting agreement on 6 November 2003, [7] using a "definitive signature without reservation as to ratification", [8] and passed The Protection of Wrecks (RMS Titanic) Order 2003 under the Merchant Shipping Act to ...
The most noticeable exterior difference was that Titanic (and the third vessel in class, Britannic) had a steel screen with sliding windows installed along the forward half of the A Deck promenade. This was installed as a last-minute change at the personal request of Bruce Ismay and was intended to provide additional shelter to First Class ...
Peuchen boarded Titanic at Southampton, on April 10, 1912, as a first-class passenger on his 40th transatlantic voyage.He reportedly was concerned that Captain Smith was in command, because he thought Smith was a poor commander and too old.
Principal activities of the Titanic Historical Society include: . Quarterly publication of an online magazine, The Titanic Commutator. The Titanic Museum in Indian Orchard featuring an extensive collection of artifacts donated by Titanic survivors, called by the Tampa Tribune: "... the largest collection of non-salvaged Titanic artifacts and memorabilia in the world".
Lucian Philip and Eloise Hughes Smith boarded Titanic on Wednesday evening, 10 April 1912 in Cherbourg on their way home from their honeymoon. The couple had considered taking the older, smaller, and slightly faster Cunard liner RMS Lusitania home but ultimately decided to buy a ticket for the maiden voyage of the newest, and most luxurious ship in the White Star fleet, Titanic.