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 …
After her delayed but highly successful sea trials, Titanic immediately made her way to her port of departure, Southampton, arriving just before midnight on the 3rd April. However, there was still much, much work to be done before the ship could depart on April 10th, and the majority of this work involved stocking the vessel with ton after ton …
Location: Donegall Square, Belfast, Antrim, BT1 5GS, United Kingdom The Titanic disaster hit the people of Belfast particularly hard. Not only had she been built in Belfast, she had spent the largest part of her life there too, and to many people of the city, she was a ‘Belfast ship. Between the 3rd and the 25th of May, a memorial …
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 …
To the crew of the Mackay-Bennet, a cable laying vessel chartered by the White Star Line immediately after the disaster, went the horrific job of recovering as many bodies as was possible from the North Atlantic. All of them volunteering for the harrowing task ahead, they would be paid double for the voyage that lay before them. This …