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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 …
NO BINOCULARS The story about the Titanic being without any binoculars for the look-outs and crew is almost correct. Titanic’s Second Officer had originally been David Blair, but when Henry Wilde was assigned to Titanic’s maiden voyage because of his experience as Chief Officer aboard Olympic, the remaining officers’ ranks were changed, and Blair was the one removed to make way for Wilde. The binoculars were actually aboard the vessel, …
As Titanic was the largest moving man-made object built to date when launched, she needed some rather powerful machinery to push her along. The White Star Line’s major rival, Cunard, was already operating the quadruple-screw, turbine-driven sister ships Lusitania and Mauritania, and the turbine-only propulsion system these vessels both employed was a great success, combining good speed with economy too, and embraced technology …
Titanic carried a total of 20 lifeboats, but Alexander Carlisle, one of the managing directors at Harland and Wolff, had suggested using a new type of larger davit, which could handle more boats, giving Titanic the potential of carrying 48 lifeboats, providing more than enough seats for everybody on board. But in a rare cost-cutting exercise, the White Star Line decided that only …
Location: 67-75 Albert Rd, Colne, BB8 0BP, United Kingdom Almost two weeks after the Titanic disaster, Wallace Hartley’s body was recovered from the icy North Atlantic, still wearing his bandsman’s uniform, and with his music box and violin case reputedly strapped to his body. Wallace Hartley’s body arrived back in England at Liverpool on the 12th May, aboard the White Star liner Arabic. …