SS Cevic
Builder: Harland and Wolff Yard No.: 270 Launched: 23rd September, 1893 Maiden Voyage: 12th January, 1894 Liverpool – New York Gross Tonnage: 8,301 tons Length: 523 ft Beam: 60 ft Decks: 2 Funnels: 1 Masts: 4 Propellers: 2 Engines: 2 x triple expansion engines Boilers: Speed: 13 knots Port of Registry: Liverpool Carrying Capacity: 1,000 head of cattle Sister Ships: N/A Cevic was a livestock carrier built at the Belfast yard of Harland …
Titanic Articles: Obituary – Walter Lord
On Sunday, 19th May, 2002, the acclaimed author, historian and Titanic enthusiast Walter Lord passed away. He’d contracted Parkinson’s Disease, and although his death didn’t really come as a shock to many, the wave of affection that swept around the world in the hours and days and weeks soon after he died showed just how revered Walter Lord was, …
Titanic Memorials: Major Archibald Butt
Location: Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia, United States Major Archibald Willingham Butt was an aide to the then President of the U.S.A., William Howard Taft, and had previously held the same position under Theodore Roosevelt. He was considered to be a very influential figure, highly respected by all who knew him, and Butt travelled around the world in the …
