Teutonic

Builder: Harland and Wolff Yard No.: Launched: 1889 Maiden Voyage: 1889 Liverpool – New York Gross Tonnage: 9,984 tons Length: 565.7 ft. Beam: 57.7 ft. Decks: 3 Funnels: 2 Masts: 3 Propellers: 2 Engines: 2 x triple expansion Boilers: 12 double Speed: 16 knots Port of Registry: Liverpool Carrying Capacity: 300 first class, 190 second class, 1000 steerage Sister Ships: Majestic I In the March of 1887, the keel of the White …

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Fifth Officer Harold Godfrey Lowe of the Titanic

Harold Godfrey Lowe was born in Conwy, North Wales on November 21st, 1882. He went to sea at the age of fourteen, which may seem rather early to us now, but it was still acceptable in the late 1890s, and not at all unusual for even younger children to go to sea. Harold Godfrey Lowe had originally gone …

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