Undoubtedly the high-point of any day for the majority of the passengers aboard Titanic was the meals. First Class passengers enjoyed cuisine of the highest standards, and as the Second Class passengers’ food was prepared in the very same galley, which was situated on ‘D’ deck immediately above the engine room, it’s quite likely that much of their food was …
Titanic was now ready to travel. The crew were all aboard, save for a couple of thirsty firemen enjoying a last-minute pint in one of Southampton’s many public houses who would miss the departure. Luckily, there were spare members of crew on standby ready for this very situation, which obviously occurred on a regular basis, and they were duly ‘signed on’, the …
Although Titanic was the latest and greatest vessel afloat, boasting the latest equipment, and decorated in a style more lavish than any hotel of the era, its radio room was little more than a cupboard with a Morse Code transmitter and key, like the one pictured here on the left. Radio communications were not exactly …