Kane Dane, Author at Titanic-Titanic.com

Suevic

June 18, 2019 by Kane Dane

Builder: Harland and Wolff Yard No.: 333 Launched: 1900 Maiden Voyage: 1901 Liverpool – Cape Town – Sydney Gross Tonnage: 12,531 tons Length: 550.2ft Beam: 63.3ft Decks: 3 Funnels: 1 Masts: 4 Propellers: 2 Engines: 2 x four cylinder quadruple expansion Boilers: 4 double ended + 1 single Speed: 14 knots Port of Registry: Liverpool Carrying Capacity: 400 passengers, 100,000 refrigerated carcasses Sister Ships: Afric, Medic, Persic, Runic II (Jubilee Class Liners) Suevic was the fifth, and …

Chief Officer Henry Tingle Wilde of the Titanic

June 26, 2019June 18, 2019 by Kane Dane

Henry Tingle Wilde was born in Liverpool on 21st September, 1872. He had begun his career at sea in his teens aboard traditional old-fashioned sailing vessels. But once Wilde had gained his all-important masters certificate, he had joined the White Star Line, and left the old square-rigged ships far behind. Henry Wilde rose steadily, as all good …

Third Officer Herbert John Pitman of the Titanic

June 26, 2019June 18, 2019 by Kane Dane

Herbert John Pitman was Titanic’s Third Officer. He had been at sea for almost nine years, and the last five of those had been with the White Star Line. He received a telegram, as did all the junior officers, informing him to report to the White Star Line’s Liverpool offices at 9a.m. on 26th March, in order to pick up their …

Titanic’s Valiant Musicians; Wallace Hartley and the Titanic Ship’s Orchestra

June 23, 2022June 18, 2019 by Kane Dane

BY JACK KOPSTEIN Introduction Countless books and articles have been written about one of the greatest maritime disasters in world history, the sinking of the Titanic on the evening of 15 April 1912. The White Star Line ship struck an iceberg and sank on it’s maiden voyage from Southampton to New York with a loss of two-thirds of the more than 2,200 people aboard, claiming …

Olympic II

June 26, 2019June 18, 2019 by Kane Dane

Builder: Harland and Wolff Yard No.: 400 Launched: October 20th, 1910 Maiden Voyage: 14th June, 1911 Gross Tonnage: 45,324 tons Length: 852.4 ft. Beam: 92.5ft. Decks: 5 Funnels: 4 Masts: 2 Propellers: 3 Engines: 2 x four cylinder triple expansion engines + 1 l.p. turbine to center propeller Boilers: 25 double ended, 4 single ended Speed: 21 knots Port of Registry: Liverpool Carrying Capacity: 1.054 first class, 510 second class, 1,020 …