Titanic
The most celebrated ocean liner of its time even before it first sailed, Titanic was an incredible feat of engineering and ambition. Its maiden voyage ended in tragedy when it struck an iceberg and ...
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The True Story Of Edward John Smith, The Captain Of The Ill-Fated Titanic
When the RMS Titanic set off on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York in 1912, many believed it was practically ...
Why Was The Titanic Called RMS?
Just about everyone has heard of the ill-fated Titanic, but there's a set of letters associated with it that are often ...
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The Surprising Fates of the 'Titanic's' Sister Ships
The Titanic, which sank in the North Atlantic on April 15, 1912, had two sister ships almost identical in size and luxury: the Olympic and the Britannic. The White Star Line hoped to conquer its ...
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Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast during the early 1900s. He brought the idea of 'Olympic class' ocean liners to life, ...
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Inside the Britannic: Uncovering the Wreck of the Titanic's Sister Ship
The Olympic Class ships were intended to be the greatest liners to ever sail the oceans, but the Britannic sank only four ...
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Ghostwalking in Titanic
I had entered the elegant spa on the most luxurious ship of its time ... once as inviting as a similar deck on the Olympic (right). Before the Titanic sank, the windows were opened, probably ...
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An Unsinkable Ship?
Although it may not be very comforting, the truth is there is no such thing as an unsinkable ship. No matter how sophisticated ... In the days of the Titanic and Britannic, few fire regulations ...
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Lit Hits: After the Titanic sank, a survivor rose—and to Olympic glory
That year, the one who claimed the prize was actually a survivor of the Titanic disaster at sea in 1912. Little did Dick Williams know that he would board that cursed ship, meet his new ally and ...
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In One Ear: Saving survivors
Herbert Haddock of the RMS Olympic, Titanic’s sister ship, asking for the names of every survivor of the Titanic disaster who was picked up by the ship Carpathia. As it turned out, the Olympic ...
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Raising The Titanic’s Radio Room
Few ships have been as unlucky as the RMS Titanic, sinking as she did on the night of April 15, 1912 after raking across an iceberg on her maiden voyage, and no ship has grabbed as much popular ...
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How was Titanic built?
You can still visit it today. The architect of Titanic and its sister ships Olympic and Britannic was Alexander Carlisle. The designer was born in Ballymena and is generally thought to have been ...