Titanic’s Engines

As Titanic was the largest moving man-made object built to date when launched, she needed some rather powerful machinery to push her along. The White Star Line’s major rival, Cunard, was already operating the quadruple-screw, turbine-driven sister ships Lusitania and Mauritania, and the turbine-only propulsion system these vessels both employed was a great success, combining good speed with economy too, and embraced technology …

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Titanic’s Lifeboats

Titanic carried a total of 20 lifeboats, but Alexander Carlisle, one of the managing directors at Harland and Wolff, had suggested using a new type of larger davit, which could handle more boats, giving Titanic the potential of carrying 48 lifeboats, providing more than enough seats for everybody on board. But in a rare cost-cutting exercise, the White Star Line decided that only …

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Titanic Memorials: Wallace Hartley, Colne

Location: 67-75 Albert Rd, Colne, BB8 0BP, United Kingdom Almost two weeks after the Titanic disaster, Wallace Hartley’s body was recovered from the icy North Atlantic, still wearing his bandsman’s uniform, and with his music box and violin case reputedly strapped to his body. Wallace Hartley’s body arrived back in England at Liverpool on the 12th May, aboard the White Star liner Arabic. …

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Olympic

It took an incredibly short period of time, a mere six months, from the meeting in London between Bruce Ismay and Lord Pirrie to discuss the new Olympic-class liners, and the actual keel-laying in December 1907 of the first of the trio, Olympic, yard No. 400. On October 20th, 1910, Olympic was launched at Harland and Wolff’sBelfast yard, and she immediately entered the …

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Titanic First Class Passenger – ANDREWS, Mr Thomas

Age: 39 Date of Birth (D.O.B.): 7th February, 1873 Place of Residence: Belfast, Ireland Embarked at: Belfast, Ireland (Harland and Wolff Guarantee Group) Ticket Number: 112050 Price Of Ticket: Cabin Number: A-36 Class: First Class Passengers Destination: New York City, New York Survived: No Died: 15th April, 1912 at sea Thomas Andrews boarded the Titanic at Belfast, Ireland, traveling to New York City, New York. Thomas …

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