Titanic Memorials: Father Thomas Byles Ongar

Father Thomas Roussel Davids Byles’ place in history was assured by his acts of outright courage and heroism on 15th April, 1912. He was traveling from his parish church at Ongar, in Essex, to officiate at the wedding of his brother, William, in New York. On the morning of Sunday, 14th April, he had offered Mass …

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Titanic and Other Ships By Charles Herbert Lightoller

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Olympic Class Liners

Olympic’s keel, yard No. 400, was laid towards the end of 1908, and just over three months later, the keel of Titanic , No. 401, was laid alongside, under the massive Arrol Gantry at Harland & Wolff’s yard in Belfast.  With a construction period of about three years, the two liners’ massive hulls became almost a part of the skyline on the …

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Titanic First Class Passenger – BROWN, Mrs. Margaret ‘ Molly’

Age: 44 Date of Birth: 18th July, 1867 Place of Residence: Denver, Colorado Embarked at: Cherbourg, France ( List ) on Wednesday, 10th April, 1912 Ticket Number: 17613 Price Of Ticket: £27 14s 5d Cabin Number: B-4 Class: First Class Passengers Destination: Denver, Colorado Survived: Yes ( List ) Lifeboat Number: No. 6 Location Buried: Cemetery of the Holy Rood, Westbury, Nassau County, New York Biography Margaret ‘Molly’ Brown boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg, France on Wednesday, 10th …

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Icebergs

The Norse word ‘iceberg’ translates, not surprisingly, into ‘mountain of ice’. The mountain of ice that Titanic tragically encountered in April, 1912 was first formed over 5,000 years ago, when layer after layer of snow and ice were compressed and crushed by yet more falling snow to form part of the immense Greenland Glacier. These glaciers are …

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