Medic

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Builder: Harland and Wolff Yard No.: 323 Launched: 1898 Maiden Voyage: 1899 Liverpool – Cape Town – Sydney Gross Tonnage: 11,985 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: 320 passengers, 100,000 refrigerated carcasses Sister Ships: Afric, Persic, Runic II , Suevic (Jubilee Class Liners) Medic was the second of …

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Titanic Articles: The Saga Of The Gibson Women

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BY PHILLIP GOWAN AND BRIAN MEISTER During the boyhood years of James Peter Boesen in Copenhagen, Denmark, a dazed, plain Hausfrau in a remote area of Austria gave birth to an illegitimate son, Alois. Maria Schicklgruber was an ungainly creature of 42 when her only child arrived in the summer of 1837, and those that knew her …

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Adriatic I

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Builder: Harland and Wolff Yard No.: 77 Launched: October 17th, 1871 Maiden Voyage: 1872 Liverpool – New York Gross Tonnage: 3,888 tons Length: 437.2 ft. Beam: 40.9ft. Decks: 2 Funnels: 1 Masts: 4 Propellers: 1 Engines: 2 x 2 cylinder compound Boilers: 12 Speed: 14.5 knots Port of Registry: Liverpool Carrying Capacity: 50 first class, 800 third class Sister Ships: Celtic I Adriatic I was one of two liners, the other being her …

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Titanic Memorials: Womens Titanic Memorial

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The statue here on the left is the Titanic Women’s Memorial, and it was erected in Washington, D.C. in Rock Creek Park. The statue was designed by Mrs. Gertrude Vanderbuilt Whitney, and depicts a partially-clad male figure, facing East. The face is said to resemble her brother, who coincidentally died on the Lusitania. It was unveiled on 26th May …

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Titanic Memorials: Musicians Southampton

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The original Titanic Musicians Memorial was unveiled on 19th April, 1913, and was located in Southampton library. It bore the dedication, but the library, along with the memorial, were destroyed during World War Two, and for over forty years, Southampton was without a tribute to the heroic members of the ship’s band. The replica Memorial that now sits on the same site …

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