Titanic
Trans-atlantic passenger steamer built at the Harland & Wolff Shipyard for the
White Star Line. Registered dimensions: 852.5'×92.5'×59.5', 46.328
gross register tons (GRT). Equipped with two 6906 RHP triple-expansion steam
engines and low-pressure turbine.
- 1911 May 31
- Launched at the shipyard of Harland & Wolff, Belfast,
Northern Ireland.
- 1912 April 10
- Left Southampton for New York on her maiden voyage
under command of Captain E.J. Smith.
- 1912 April 14, c 23:40
- Struck an ice-berg and sunk at 02:15 with
the loss of 815 of the 1348 passengers and 688 of the 860 crew members.
- 1985
- A joint French-American expedition under Dr Robert Ballard
found the wreck of the Titanic.
When anyone asks me how I can best describe my experience in
nearly forty years at sea, I merely say, uneventful. Of course
there have been winter gales, and storms and fog and the like.
But in all my experience, I have never been in any accident ...
or any sort worth speaking about. I have seen but one vessel
in distress in all my years at sea. I never saw a wreck and
never have been wrecked nor was I ever in any predicament that
threatened to end in disaster of any sort.
E. J. Smith, 1907
Captain, RMS Titanic
Pictures
Links to other WWW-servers
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Titanic.
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The Titanic, from Encyclopedia Smithsonian.
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R.M.S. Titanic; international maritime memorial; findings and
purposes. US Congressional findings and recommendations.
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In Memoriam: RMS Titanic. Includes, among other information, a
complete crew and passenger list.
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R.M.S. Titanic - 83 Years later. An online exhibit highlighting
the potential of newspapers as sources for historical and cultural research.
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Frequently Asked Questions from the RMS Titanic Mailing List.
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The Story of the Titanic …, by Hanna Göransson,
Sweden.
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The Titanic in the classroom.
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The Titanic Project at the Exeter-West Greenwich Jr High School,
RI, USA.
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The Titanic Sinks into the Internet. By Rohan McCarthy, Ipswich,
Queensland, Australia.
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Titanic: An Interactive Exploration. A Phillips CD-I disc, which
according to the one page description contains the largest single source of
Titanic images.
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"Owning" the Titanic. An article from the Bangor Daily
News.
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Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, exhibits
artifacts from the Titanic.
- The Deathless Story of the Titanic.
Reprint of the Lloyd's Weekly News Special Edition 1912, 1985. 4to, 40 pp.
- anon.: Museum News: RMS Titanic Exhibition.
Model Shipwright Vol. 16, London, 1988. p 64:43.
- Olympic and Titanic
Patrick Stephens, Cambridge, 1983 (facsimile of The Shipbuilder,
Summer 1911).
- The Titanic Disaster - Report of the Committee on Commerce, U.S.
Senate.
7 C's Press, Riverside, 1975 (facsimile report of 1912 U.S.
Senate Hearings).
- The World's Largest and Finest Steamers - New Triple Screw S.S. Olympic
and Titanic
7 C's Press, Riverside, nd (facsimile reprint of White Star Line
brochure, October 1911).
- Ballard, Robert D.: The Discovery of the Titanic.
Warner/Madison Press, Toronto, 1987. 230 pp, ill.
- Ballard, Robert D. & Archbold, Rick: Vi fann Titanic.
Streiffert, Stockholm, 1991 (2nd). 29 cm, 238, [2] pp, ill.
Original title: The discovery of the Titanic.
- Beesley, Lawrence: The Loss of the SS Titanic. Its story and its
lessons.
Boston, 1912. 302 pp, ill. An account of the collision by one
of the survivors.
- Behe, G.: Titanic.
1988. 8vo, 176 pp, ill.
- Bowen, John: Miniature Merchantmen: R.M.S. Titanic.
Model Shipwright Vol. 15, London, 1986-87. pp 57:34-39, ill;
- Bulloch, S.F.: 'A Titanic Hero' Thomas Andrews Shipbuilder.
Mansell & Co., Dublin, 1912.
- Cussler, Clive: Lyft Titanic!
Norstedt, Stockholm 1977/1987. 22 cm, 372 pp.
Orginal title: Raise the Titanic!
- Davie, Michael: Titanic: The Death and Life of a Legend.
Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1987.
- Davie, Michael: The Titanic - The Full Story of a Tragedy.
Bodley Head, London, 1986.
- Davie, Michael: Titanic. Katastrofen som förändrade en värld.
Wahlström & Widstrand, Stockholm, 1988. 18 cm, 253, [1] pp, [16] plates.
- Eaton, John P. & Haas, Charles A.: Titanic - Destination
Disaster.
Norton, New York, 1987.
- Eaton, John P. & Haas, Charles A.: Titanic: Triumph and
Tragedy.
Patrick Stephens, Wellingborough, 1986. 320 pp, ill.
- Eaton, John P. & Haas, Charles A.: Titanic: Triumph and Tragedy.
Patrick Stephens, 1994 (2nd). 352 pp, ill.
Reviewed in Sea Breezes, Vol. 69 (1995), p 239.
- Enzensberger, Hans Magnus: Der Untergang der Titanic.
Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main, 1978 (1st). 114 pp.
- Everett, Marshall ed.: Wreck and Sinking of the Titanic, the ocean's greatest disaster …
1912. 8vo, 320 pp, plates.
- Falkman, Ivar J.: Titanic's undergång.
TiS årg. 76, Karlskrona, 1913. pp 162-168, ill.
- Gardiner, Robin & Van der Vat, Dan: The Riddle of The Titanic.
ISBN 0-75280-167-8.
- Gibbs, Philip: The Deathless Story of the Titanic.
7 C's Press, Riverside, no date (facsimile reprint).
- Gracie, Archibald: Sanningen om Titanic.
Bonniers, Stockholm, 1913. 318 pp.
Translation.
- Haas, Charles: Disappointment Awaits Titanic Treasure Hunters.
Sea Breezes Vol. 60, Liverpool, 1986. pp 687-688.
Research for a new version of the Titanic disaster, to be
published in November 1986, has led the author to believe that
tales of treasure aboard the liner are nothing but myth.
- Harrison, Leslie: A Titanic Myth: The Californian
Incident.
William Kimber, London, 1986. 281 pp.
- Harrison, Leslie: Defending Capt Lord: A Titanic Myth, Part II.
ImagesPublishing, Malvern, 1996, 191 pages ISBN 1 897817 74 6.
- Holmstedt, Robin: Vykortshörnan..
Länspumpen Vol. 16 (19??).
Provtursfoto av Titanic.
- Hutchinson, Gilian: The Wreck of the Titanic.
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, 1994. 4to, 48 pp, ill.
- Johannesson, Tomas: Dystert 70-årsminne - Titanic.
Båtologen årg. 20, Viken, 1982. pp 35-40, ill;
- Leonard, A.G.K.: Southampton's Maritime Memorials.
Sea Breezes Vol. 63, Liverpool, 1989. pp 22-29, ill.
- Lord, W.: A Night to Remember.
1955.
- Lord, Walter: The Night Lives On - New Thoughts, Theories and Revelations
About the Titanic.
William Morrow and Co., New York, 1986. 272 pp.
- Lynch, Don. Titanic - An Illustrated History.
Hyperion, New York, 1992.
- Martens, B.: My Model of the Titanic.
Model Shipwright vol. 1, London, 1972. p 243, ill.
- Menke, Luthard: Die Titanic. Rückschau auf eine Katastrophe.
Das Logbuch 22. Jg, Heidesheim, 1986. pp 22-24, ill.
- Milsom, C.H.: Capt Lord: The Man Behind the Myth.
Sea Breezes Vol. 61, Liverpool, 1987. pp 125-127, ill.
In the light of a new book about the Titanic disaster, Sea Breezes editor
Harry Milsom recalls how he became the only reporter in recent years to
interview the late Capt Stanley Lord of the Californian.
- Myers, Peter: The Biggest Disaster Since the Titanic.
Sea Breezes Vol. 63, Liverpool, 1989. pp 251-254, ill;
- McRobert, G.: A Mystery Monument on the Mersey.
Sea Breezes Vol. 65, Liverpool, 1991. pp 128-129, ill.
A monument commemorating the sinking of the Titanic.
- Rivett, Norman C.: Some Aspects of R.M.S. Titanic (1912) and her
sister ships.
The Naval Historical Society of Australia, Sydney, 1993. 4to, 26 pp.
- Wade, Wyn Craig: The Titanic: End of a
Dream.
Rawson Wade, New York, 1979. 338 pp.
- Walter, L.H.: Sinking of the Titanic: The World's Greatest
Sea-Disaster.
1912.
- Wetterholm, Claes-Göran: Titanic.
Skärhamn Båtdokumentationsgruppen, Uddevalla, 1988. 26 cm, 295, (1) pp. ill.
- Wetterholm, Claes-Göran: Titanic. Minnesutställning på
Sjöhistoriska museet 10 april-2 november 1987.
Stockholm Sjöhistoriska museet, Stockholm, 1987. 23 cm, 32 pp, ill.
- White, Alma: The Titanic Tragedy — God Speaking ro the
Nations.
Pentecostal Union, Bound Brook, 1913. 211 pp + [12] pp adv.
- Winocour, Jack, ed.: The Story of the Titanic as Told by its
Survivors.
Dover, New York, 1960.
Updated 1997-07-17 by
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