Titanic’s Sea Trials

Titanic’s fitting out at Harland and Wolff was now complete, and the next stage in her tragically-short life would be her sea trials. These were actually scheduled for 10.00am on Monday, 1st April, a mere 9 days before she was due to leave Southampton on her maiden voyage, but due to the adverse weather conditions which would have made sailing her down the narrow …

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Titanic Memorials: Major Archibald Butt

Location: Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia, United States Major Archibald Willingham Butt was an aide to the then President of the U.S.A., William Howard Taft, and had previously held the same position under Theodore Roosevelt. He was considered to be a very influential figure, highly respected by all who knew him, and Butt travelled around the world in the …

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