One of the world’s most notorious liners departed from Southampton on April 10, 1912, but never made it to its destination in New York City. The Titanic sank in the ocean 5 days after its departure. An unforeseen clash with an iceberg during a passenger voyage resulted in around 1,500 deaths among both passengers and …
Almost all of us have watched “Titanic” at least once in our life, or we know a lot about it. We also know for people who watched it once and can’t do it again, those who simply stop the movie once the sad scenes begin so they won’t cry again. As we know, the team …
Charles Lightoller was born in Chorley, Lancashire, England on 30th March 1874, and a mere thirteen years later, he had already gone to sea. Lightoller’s early career at sea was packed with near-disaster and high-drama, which he came through unscathed, although it must have made a much better man of him. Charles Lightoller’s career with the White …
Titanic’s chief wireless officer John George Phillips, pictured here on the right, was remembered in his home town of Godalming, Surrey, by the construction of the biggest memorial to a single Titanic victim, the Phillips Memorial Cloister, pictured here on the left. Upon leaving school, Phillips worked at the Post Office in Godalming, where he developed his radio skills …
Undoubtedly the high-point of any day for the majority of the passengers aboard Titanic was the meals. First Class passengers enjoyed cuisine of the highest standards, and as the Second Class passengers’ food was prepared in the very same galley, which was situated on ‘D’ deck immediately above the engine room, it’s quite likely that much of their food was …