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The centre has held exhibits on life in Ireland through the 18th and 19th centuries, mass emigration, the Great Famine, Cork Harbour's defences, [4] on penal transportation to Australia, and on the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. [5] It also has displays on the history of the RMS Titanic, whose last
Map of Cobh. Cobh (/ ˈ k oʊ v / KOHV, Irish: An Cóbh), known from 1849 until 1920 as Queenstown, is a seaport town on the south coast of County Cork, Ireland.With a population of 14,418 inhabitants at the 2022 census, [2] Cobh is on the south side of Great Island in Cork Harbour and home to Ireland's only dedicated cruise terminal.
Titanic was 882 feet 9 inches (269.06 m) long with a maximum breadth of 92 feet 6 inches (28.19 m). The ship's total height, measured from the base of the keel to the top of the bridge, was 104 feet (32 m). [16] Titanic measured 46,329 GRT and 21,831 NRT [17] and with a draught of 34 feet 7 inches (10.54 m) and displaced 52,310 tonnes. [5]
Cobh (at the time named 'Queenstown') was the last stop of the RMS Titanic before it departed on its fated journey. Fota Wildlife Park, on Fota Island, is also a tourist attraction. [38] Nearby is Fota House and Gardens and the Fota Golf Club and Resort; a European Tour standard golf course which hosted the Irish Open in 2001, 2002 and 2014. [39]
The Georgia-based company, RMS Titanic Inc., wrote in a court filing that it won't visit the wreck in 2025 and is still considering the legal and financial implications of future salvage operations. The court-recognized steward of Titanic artifacts since 1994, RMST has recovered thousands of items from silverware to a piece of the ship’s hull ...
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The Titanic wreck site. ... But despite the reportedly scientific nature of the study, the US government filed a motion to stop the trip from happening last year, citing the site’s status as a ...
Shine boarded the RMS Titanic at Queenstown as a third-class passenger, to cross to the United States in order to live with her brother. There is confusion over the age of Shine when she boarded the Titanic, as sources have her being aged 20, [2] but in a 1959 article, her husband John Callaghan was quoted as stating she was 19. [1]