Laurentic I

Builder: Harland and Wolff Yard No.: 394 Launched: 1908 Maiden Voyage: 1909 Liverpool – Quebec – Montreal Gross Tonnage: 14,892 tons Length: 550.3 ft. Beam: 67.3 ft. Decks: 3 Funnels: 1 Masts: 2 Propellers: 3 Engines: 2 x 4 cylinder triple expansion + l.p. turbine driving centre prop Boilers: Speed: 17 knots Port of Registry: Liverpool Carrying Capacity: 230 first class, 430 second class, 1000 third class Sister Ships: Megantic When …

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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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SS Britannic

Work began on the third and final Olympic-class liner, Britannic, on the 30th November, 1911, on the same slipway that Olympic had vacated on the 20th October, 1910, just over one year earlier. But in April, 1912, work on the construction of yard No. 433 came to a dramatic halt: the sinking of Titanic caused the builders, Harland and Wolff, together …

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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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Discovery Of R.M.S. Carpathia

A U.S. expedition confirmed Friday it had located the wreck of RMS Carpathia, the ship that rescued 705 survivors from the Titanic and that was later torpedoed by a German U boat. American author Clive Cussler and founder of the National Underwater & Marine Agency said the wreck that was found last spring was confirmed as thec Carpathia last …

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