A list of important events in the story of the Titanic, from the early days of the White Star Line, right through to current day salvage operations. Year Details 1867 Thomas Henry Ismay purchases the struggling White Star Line, which operated traditional sailing vessels centred mainly on the diminishing Australian gold rush trade. 1869 Thomas Henry Ismay creates …
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 …
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 …
Builder: Harland and Wolff Yard No.: Launched: 1889 Maiden Voyage: 1889 Liverpool – New York Gross Tonnage: 9,984 tons Length: 565.7 ft. Beam: 57.7 ft. Decks: 3 Funnels: 2 Masts: 3 Propellers: 2 Engines: 2 x triple expansion Boilers: 12 double Speed: 16 knots Port of Registry: Liverpool Carrying Capacity: 300 first class, 190 second class, 1000 steerage Sister Ships: Majestic I In the March of 1887, the keel of the White …
Harold Godfrey Lowe was born in Conwy, North Wales on November 21st, 1882. He went to sea at the age of fourteen, which may seem rather early to us now, but it was still acceptable in the late 1890s, and not at all unusual for even younger children to go to sea. Harold Godfrey Lowe had originally gone …