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Critically examining the evidence for there having been a single paying passenger on Titanic's delivery trip from Belfast to Southampton.
Why was Titanic's call sign changed from MUC to the now-familiar MGY?
Captain Smith's ring is seen in this detail from a famous portrait of Titanic's captain.
A rare original deckplan indicates the cabins intended for use by Colonel John Jacob Astor and his wife Madeleine.
The watch recovered from the body of Titanic Victim John Jacob Astor was repaired and worn by his son and later given to a close colleague.
Classic 1935 Rosengart cabriolet once belonged to Titanic survivor Virginia Ethel Emanuel
A beautifully created and intelligently curated selection of objects that explain or add colour to one particular facet of the Titanic story.
Critically examining the evidence for there having been a single paying passenger on Titanic's delivery trip from Belfast to Southampton.
Why was Titanic's call sign changed from MUC to the now-familiar MGY?
Captain Smith's ring is seen in this detail from a famous portrait of Titanic's captain.
A rare original deckplan indicates the cabins intended for use by Colonel John Jacob Astor and his wife Madeleine.
The watch recovered from the body of Titanic Victim John Jacob Astor was repaired and worn by his son and later given to a close colleague.
Classic 1935 Rosengart cabriolet once belonged to Titanic survivor Virginia Ethel Emanuel
A beautifully created and intelligently curated selection of objects that explain or add colour to one particular facet of the Titanic story.
Titanic Pictures and Films
Films, pictures, and recordings of Titanic survivors and victims, and the only original film of Titanic herself
Titanic Disaster (Gaumont, 1912)
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Ida Hippach
The Hippach Family in a family portrait Published in 1912 in Sinking of the Titanic: the World's Greatest Sea Disaster
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John Cervin Johnson
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The Triumvirate
Captain Edward J. Smith, Bruce Ismay, Thomas Andrews and the Sinking of Titanic
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Titanic On this Day...
Birth and Deaths
- FORTUNE, Mrs Mary — 6th May 1851
- DAVIES, Mr Gordon Raleigh — 6th May 1879
- JUPE, Mr Boylett Herbert — 6th May 1881
- KILGANNON, Mr Thomas — 6th May 1890
- MCGOUGH, Mr George Francis 'Paddy' — 6th May 1940
- ASPLUND, Miss Lillian Gertrud — 6th May 2006
Titanic Stories
Titanic Articles and Stories
- The Day I Met a Titanic Survivor
- Rubáiyát reflections on Titanic
- Who occupied the finest suite on the Titanic?
- Surviving Titanic became grounds for divorce
- Surviving Titanic stewards in Washington DC
- Identifying Titanic stewardesses
- Vinolia 'OTTO' Toilet Soap
- The Staircase at Crakemarsh Hall
- The New York Incident
- Six Seconds to Disaster: The Death of Titanic
Continuing Discussions
New and Continuing Discussions
- do we know why smith gave ice warning to ismay? (Julian Atkins)
- question about circuit breakers during sinking. (Gordon Mooneyhan)
- Lusitania: The Greyhound's Wake (Milos Grkovic)
- Side lights/ceilings (ivanpopov)
- Bill Harder and Harold Phillimore (MartinHarder)
- Rest in Peace, Bernard Hill (William Oakes)
- Drachinifel (J Sheehan)
- Some Like It Hot (Arun Vajpey)
- South Park (Lloyd Penfold)
- I find it interesting how some are harsher than other on smith and his action (lobo)
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Encyclopedia Titanica tells the stories of the real people that designed, built and sailed on RMS Titanic.
There is a individual biography for every Titanic passenger and Crew Member and articles, deck plans, pictures and movies to help you discover the truth about the greatest shipwreck in history.
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