The Norse word ‘iceberg’ translates, not surprisingly, into ‘mountain of ice’. The mountain of ice that Titanic tragically encountered in April, 1912 was first formed over 5,000 years ago, when layer after layer of snow and ice were compressed and crushed by yet more falling snow to form part of the immense Greenland Glacier. These glaciers are …
Location: Swan Rd, Lichfield, WS13 6QZ, United Kingdom Titanic’s Master, Captain Edward John Smith, RD, RNR, was born in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent in England, but his memorial was erected in Beacon Park, Lichfield. The memorial is a life-sized statue to remember his heroics by. It was designed by Kathleen Scott, and unveiled by Captain Edward John Smith’s daughter, Helen Melville …
The Olympic-class liners were designed to rival the Cunard Line’s greyhound steamers Mauretania and Lusitania, however, there was one vital area where the Olympic-class liners lagged far behind the state-of-the-art Cunard sisters – speed. Cunard had borrowed money at very favourable rates from the U.K. Government to enable them to design and build the two …
On 1st July, 1985, a combined collection of scientists from Woods Hole Deep Submergence Lab (D.S.L.), Massachusetts, led by Dr. Robert Ballard and the French Institute Francais de Recherche pour l’Exploitation des Mers (I.F.R.E.M.E.R.), led by Jean Jarry, prepared to locate the wreck of Titanic. Armed with practically the most sophisticated equipment ever to set …
Titanic’s popular and well-respected bandleader, Wallace Hartley, was no stranger to the oceans, or the big liners that crossed them, having previously been the bandleader on the rival Cunard line’s quadruple-funneled sister ships Lusitania and Mauretania, but the lure of playing on the biggest and most decadent ship in the world, and playing to the richest and …