query: when did the last surviving passenger of the titanic die

pos: Millvina Dean Millvina Dean Eliza Gladys "Millvina" Dean (2 February 1912 – 31 May 2009) was a British civil servant, cartographer, and the last survivor of the sinking of the RMS "Titanic" on 15 April 1912. At two months old, she was also the youngest passenger aboard. Dean was born in Branscombe, England, on 2 February 1912 to Bertram Frank Dean (1886–1912) and Georgette Eva Light (1879–1975). She had an older brother, Bertram Vere Dean, born 21 May 1910. She never married and had no children. Her father died on the "Titanic"; her mother died on 16 September 1975, aged 96; and

pos: Millvina Dean Millvina Dean Eliza Gladys "Millvina" Dean (2 February 1912 – 31 May 2009) was a British civil servant, cartographer, and the last survivor of the sinking of the RMS "Titanic" on 15 April 1912. At two months old, she was also the youngest passenger aboard. Dean was born in Branscombe, England, on 2 February 1912 to Bertram Frank Dean (1886–1912) and Georgette Eva Light (1879–1975). She had an older brother, Bertram Vere Dean, born 21 May 1910. She never married and had no children. Her father died on the "Titanic"; her mother died on 16 September 1975, aged 96; and

pos: RMS Titanic at only nine weeks old was the youngest passenger on board, died aged 97 on 31 May 2009. Two special survivors were the stewardess Violet Jessop and the stoker Arthur John Priest, who survived the sinkings of both "Titanic" and "HMHS Britannic" and were aboard "RMS Olympic" when she was rammed in 1911. Once the massive loss of life became known, White Star Line chartered the cable ship CS "Mackay-Bennett" from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, to retrieve bodies. Three other Canadian ships followed in the search: the cable ship "Minia", lighthouse supply ship "Montmagny" and sealing vessel "Algerine". Each ship

neg: RMS Titanic shelters was provided by the Women's Relief Committee, the Travelers Aid Society of New York, and the Council of Jewish Women, among other organisations. Many of "Titanic"s surviving passengers did not linger in New York but headed onwards immediately to relatives' homes. Some of the wealthier survivors chartered private trains to take them home, and the Pennsylvania Railroad laid on a special train free of charge to take survivors to Philadelphia. "Titanic"s 214 surviving crew members were taken to the Red Star Line's steamer , where they were accommodated in passenger cabins. "Carpathia" was hurriedly restocked with food and provisions

neg: Ann Elizabeth Isham in the ocean and holding on to the body of a large dog. A memorial to her was erected by her family in Vermont. Ann Elizabeth Isham Ann Elizabeth Isham (January 25, 1862 – April 15, 1912) was a passenger aboard the "RMS Titanic". She was one of five female first-class passengers (four women and one child) to die when the ship sank. An undocumented legend states she probably died because she did not want to leave behind her Great Dane; a woman was reportedly sighted in the water with her arms frozen around a dog. Ann Elizabeth "Lizzie" Isham

neg: Ann Elizabeth Isham Ann Elizabeth Isham Ann Elizabeth Isham (January 25, 1862 – April 15, 1912) was a passenger aboard the "RMS Titanic". She was one of five female first-class passengers (four women and one child) to die when the ship sank. An undocumented legend states she probably died because she did not want to leave behind her Great Dane; a woman was reportedly sighted in the water with her arms frozen around a dog. Ann Elizabeth "Lizzie" Isham was born on January 25, 1862, in Chicago, Illinois, the first child and eldest daughter of Edward Swift Isham, an American lawyer and politician

neg: Passengers of the RMS Titanic and 333, who were among the original occupants of Collapsible A, which was swamped in the last moments of the sinking. Although several people managed to reach this lifeboat, three died during the night. When Fifth Officer Harold Lowe and six crewmen returned to the wreck site after the sinking with an empty lifeboat to pick up survivors, they rescued surviving passengers from Collapsible A, but left the three dead bodies in the boat: Thomson Beattie, a first-class passenger, and two crew members, a fireman and a seaman. After their retrieval from Collapsible A by "Oceanic", the bodies were buried

neg: Lifeboats of the RMS Titanic as the boat was being lowered and jumped in. Neshan Krekorian, an Armenian passenger from third class, is said to have jumped into Boat 10 as it was being lowered. Among the people on Boat 10 was the youngest "Titanic" passenger, nine-week-old Millvina Dean, who was also the last remaining survivor. She accompanied her mother, Mrs. Etta Dean, and her older brother Bertram. Two of those aboard were later transferred to another lifeboat, and it had 55 aboard when it met "Carpathia" a few hours later. It was the second to last lifeboat to be picked up, at 8:00 a.m.

neg: Wreck of the RMS Titanic one of "Titanic"s surviving crew members, who became the first relative of a "Titanic" passenger or crew member to visit the wreck. Cameron himself also returned to "Titanic" in 2001 to carry out filming for Walt Disney Pictures' "Ghosts of the Abyss", filmed in 3D. In 2003 and 2004, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration carried out two expeditions to "Titanic". The first, carried out between 22 June and 2 July 2003, performed four dives in two days. Its key aims were to assess the current condition of the wreck site and carry out scientific observations to support ongoing

neg: Renee Harris (producer) its stern and that the men would have an opportunity at them when the women had left the ship. She remained aboard "Titanic" until the last boat, a collapsible lifeboat, was filled. Five minutes after this last lifeboat was lowered, the great ship sank. Three "Titanic" crew members accompanied the passengers of the lifeboat, but only one man was able to do any work at rowing the boat. Most of the women aboard were also unable to help at rowing, so Harris and another female passenger had to work at rowing the lifeboat along with the "Titanic" crew member. Despite

neg: Sinking of the RMS Titanic sight the awful spectacle ... Then, with the deadened noise of the bursting of her last few gallant bulkheads, she slid quietly away from us into the sea." "Titanic"s surviving officers and some prominent survivors testified that the ship had sunk in one piece, a belief that was affirmed by the British and American inquiries into the disaster. Archibald Gracie, who was on the promenade deck with the band (by the second funnel), stated that ""Titanic"s decks were intact at the time she sank, and when I sank with her, there was over seven-sixteenths of the ship already under water,

neg: White Star Line "Titanic", had his office in the building. The White Star Line's London offices, named Oceanic House, still exist today. They are just a street off Trafalgar Square, and one can still see the name on the building over the entrances. The Southampton offices still exist, now known as Canute Chambers, they are situated in Canute Road. The French passenger tender "Nomadic", the last surviving vessel of the White Star Line, was purchased by the Northern Ireland Department for Social Development in January 2006. She has since been returned to Belfast, where she has been fully restored to her original and

neg: Titanic Belfast focus for the regeneration of the city. It forms part of the "Titanic"–related heritage sites in Titanic Quarter, including the disused headquarters and drawing offices of Harland & Wolff, the SS "Nomadic" – the last surviving White Star Line ship – and Hamilton Dock, "Titanic"s Dock and Pump house and the "Titanic" and "Olympic" slipways. First year visitor numbers significantly exceeded projections, with 807,340 visitors passing through its doors, of which 471,702 were from outside Northern Ireland, according to Titanic Belfast. The attraction has also sold 1,376 bottles of champagne and hosted over 350 conferences. In 2015 there were 625,000

neg: Animals aboard the RMS Titanic in the water, a single passenger saw the body of what she thought was a woman tightly holding what could have been a large shaggy dog in her arms. Robert W. Daniel's bulldog Gamin de Pycombe was last seen in the water swimming for his life after the ship went down. After the sinking, several of the surviving animal owners made compensation claims for their lost pets and poultry. Daniel claimed $750 for the loss of his pedigree bulldog, while Carter claimed $300 for the loss of his two dogs. White claimed $207.87 for her lost chickens and Chow-Chow was

neg: Lifeboats of the RMS Titanic resolved when Navratil's wife recognised them from photographs that had been circulated around the world. The older of the two boys, Michel Marcel Navratil, was the last living male survivor of the disaster. First Class passenger Edith Evans gave up her place in the lifeboat to Caroline Brown, who became the last passenger to enter a lifeboat from the davits. Evans became one of only four First Class women to perish in the disaster. In the end, about 25 people were on board when it left the deck under the command of Quartermaster Arthur Bright. Two first class passengers, Hugh

neg: Titanic (magazine) and published an audio CD with a selection of the funniest of them, called ""BILD"-Leser beschimpfen "Titanic"" (""BILD"-readers insult "Titanic""). The German soccer association threatened Sonneborn with DM 600 million (approx €300 million) in damages, requiring him to swear never again to influence a FIFA decision. In November 2005, Sonneborn published a book about the affair, ""Ich tat es für mein Land" — Wie TITANIC einmal die Fußball-WM 2006 nach Deutschland holte. Protokoll einer erfolgreichen Bestechung" (""I did it for my country" — How "Titanic" once brought the Football World Cup 2006 to Germany. Story of a successful bribery"), Bombus

neg: Joseph Boxhall taciturn and quiet man, usually reluctant to speak about his experiences on the "Titanic". However, in 1958, he acted as a technical advisor for the film adaptation of Walter Lord's documentary-style novel, "A Night to Remember", and also gave a BBC interview in 1962. His health deteriorated rapidly in the 1960s, and he was eventually hospitalised. The last surviving deck officer of "Titanic", Boxhall died of a cerebral thrombosis on 25 April 1967 at the age of 83. According to his last wishes, his ashes were scattered to sea at 41°46N 50°14W – the position he had calculated as "Titanic"s

neg: Edward Arthur Dorking Edward Arthur Dorking Edward Arthur Dorking (June 18, 1893 – April 12, 1954) was a passenger on RMS "Titanic" and a survivor from the sinking. Originally from England, he toured the United States and Canada with a vaudeville show. He then fought in World War I and World War II, surviving both, and died in prison in 1954. Edward Arthur Dorking was born on June 18, 1893, in Stamford Hill, Middlesex, England, the son of Edward Arthur Dorkings (b. 1867), a policeman, and Florence Derby (b. 1876). Dorkings boarded the Titanic at Southampton on April 10, 1912, as a Third

neg: Moby Prince disaster returned to Livorno harbor, firemen found the body completely burned by the heat, suggesting that many people did not die quickly in the flames, but slowly from the intense heat and suffocation. This opinion was thoroughly discussed in the trial. Some experts asserted that the corpse on the deck was a passenger who, after surviving the fire and suffocation, tried to reach the rescue ship at dawn, but was overcome by heat from the deck's metal. In September 1992 a videotape filmed by a passenger shortly before the collision was found in good shape, confirming that the flames and heat

neg: Voyage on the Great Titanic they can get two cats. In the epilogue, Margaret continued to live with William, but dropped out of college when he was injured during World War I, and even though he did recover, she never went back to college. She wrote letters to Mrs. Carstairs (who left before William came to get Margaret), with her writing in return, but they never saw each other again. Margaret continued to suffer from survivor guilt, and has never forgiven herself for surviving the sinking of the "Titanic". She refuses to travel by boat ever since. She later marries, and has three children, with

neg: Legends and myths regarding RMS Titanic One of the most famous stories of "Titanic" is of the ship's band. On 15 April the eight-member band, led by Wallace Hartley, had assembled in the first-class lounge in an effort to keep passengers calm and upbeat. Later they moved on to the forward half of the boat deck. The band continued playing, even when it became apparent the ship was going to sink, and all members perished. There has been much speculation about what their last song was. A first-class Canadian passenger, Mrs. Vera Dick, and several other passengers, alleged that the final tune played was that of

neg: Saved from the Titanic as a lost film, as the last known prints were destroyed in an Éclair studio fire in March 1914. Only a few printed stills and promotional photos are known to survive. It is Gibson's penultimate film, as she reportedly suffered a mental breakdown after completing it. The 22-year-old Gibson was a passenger aboard "Titanic"s maiden voyage, joining the ship at Cherbourg in France on the evening of April 10. She had been on vacation in Europe with her mother when her employers, the Eclair Film Company, recalled her to New York City to participate in a new production. On the

neg: Lifeboats of the RMS Titanic women, plus one male Third Class passenger, Anton Kink, who joined his wife and young daughter in the boat. Fourth Officer Boxhall was given charge of the boat. When "Titanic" sank at 2:20 a.m., Boxhall suggested to the occupants that they should go back to pick people up from the water. However, they refused outright. Boxhall found this puzzling, as only a short time before the women had pleaded with Smith for their husbands to be allowed to accompany them, yet now they did not want to go back to save them (although actually only one woman, Mrs. Walter Douglas,

neg: Animals aboard the RMS Titanic worse on shipboard than anywhere. Many of them carry tiny dogs, and lead husbands around like pet lambs". The dog owners had planned to hold a dog show aboard the ship on the morning of 15 April, but the "Titanic" would sink the preceding night. The details of several of the dogs aboard "Titanic" were recorded and included: There were probably more dogs aboard, but their details (and owners) have not survived. Passenger Charles Moore of Washington, D.C. made a last-minute change to his plans to transport aboard "Titanic" 100 English foxhounds, which he intended to use to start an

neg: Titanic museum (Pigeon Forge, Tennessee) 1912 maiden voyage. As guests enter, they are given a passenger boarding ticket. On this ticket is the name of an actual "Titanic" passenger and the class they were traveling. Guests will learn the individual stories of several passengers. In the "Titanic" Memorial Room, they will find out whether their ticketed passenger survived. The structure cost $25 million to build. Titanic museum (Pigeon Forge, Tennessee) The Titanic Museum is a two-story museum shaped like the RMS "Titanic". It is located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee and opened on April 8, 2010. It is built half-scale to the original ship. Similar to

neg: Mary Allerton in November 1699, she was the last surviving "Mayflower" passenger. She was buried on Burial Hill in Plymouth. Mary Allerton Mary Allerton Cushman (c. 1616 – 28 November 1699) was a settler of Plymouth Colony in what is now Massachusetts. She was the last surviving passenger of the "Mayflower". She arrived at Plymouth on the "Mayflower" when she was about four years old and lived there the rest of her life; she died aged 83. Mary Allerton was born about 1616 (according to some sources, baptised in June 1616) in Leiden, The Netherlands to parents Isaac and Mary Norris Allerton.

neg: Margaret Devaney Margaret Devaney Margaret Devaney was a third-class passenger on RMS Titanic, and one of the 706 survivors. Margaret Devaney was born on May 3, 1892 on Kilmacowen, Ireland. Margaret boarded RMS Titanic as a third-class passenger with her friends Mary Burns and Catherine "Kate" Hargadon at Queenstown, Ireland. When the "Titanic" hit an iceberg on the night of April 14, 1912, Margaret, Mary and Catherine climbed a ladder from the Aft Well deck to a deck of the second-class. One of Margaret's friends suffered from seasickness and stopped, along with the other friend. Margaret intended to come back for them

neg: Titanic Museum (Branson, Missouri) Titanic Museum (Branson, Missouri) The Titanic Museum Attraction is a museum located in Branson, Missouri on 76 Country Boulevard. It is one of two "Titanic"-themed museums owned by John Joslyn (who headed a 1987 expedition to "Titanic's" final resting place); the other is located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. The museum holds 400 pre-discovery artifacts in 20 galleries. Guests step through the artificial iceberg into the museum, and receive a passenger boarding ticket, featuring the name of an actual "Titanic" passenger and the class on which the passenger traveled. During the tour, guests learn the individual stories of several passengers. At

neg: French Bulldog HBO detective comedy series "Bored to Death" in October 2010. The only French Bulldog aboard the "Titanic" went down with the ship on 15 April 1912. First class passenger, Robert Williams Daniel, a 27-year-old banker, had purchased the dog, named Gamin de Pycombe, for £150 (the equivalent of $17,000 in today's prices). A surviving passenger was later quoted as having seen a French Bulldog swimming in the ocean after the ship sank. French Bulldog The French Bulldog is a small breed of domestic dog. They were the result in the 1800s of a cross between bulldog ancestors imported from England

neg: Ellen Shine Ellen Shine Ellen "Nellie" Shine was the last living survivor of the "RMS Titanic" who was an adult at the time of the sinking and the last living survivor of Irish background. Ellen "Nellie" Shine had been living in rural Ireland, near Newmarket, County Cork with her elder sister after their parents died. After her sister took in an orphaned infant, Shine was sent to the United States to live with her brother. Shine boarded the "RMS Titanic" at Queenstown as a Third-Class Passenger, to cross to the United States in order to live with her brother. There is confusion

neg: Memorials and monuments to the RMS Titanic victims from the city who had died in the disaster. Designed by Sir Thomas Brock RA, it was carved from Carrara marble and depicts a personification of Death holding a laurel wreath over the head of a drowned sailor. The Irish Free State (now the Republic of Ireland) had little interest in commemorating the disaster and it was not until 1998 that a "Titanic" memorial was erected in Cobh. It consists of a bas-relief depicting third-class passenger Margaret Rice and her five sons, all of whom died in the sinking, and bears the dedication: "Commemorating RMS "Titanic" and her last port

neg: Lifeboats of the RMS Titanic some of the lifeboats. As the half-filled boats rowed away from the ship, they were too far for other passengers to reach, and most lifeboats did not return to the wreck, due to protests from passengers or crewmen to prevent being swamped by drowning victims. Only two lifeboats returned to retrieve survivors from the water, some of whom later died. Although the sinking showed the number of lifeboats insufficient, "Titanic" was in compliance with maritime safety regulations of the time (albeit the "Titanic" disaster proved the regulations outdated for such large passenger ships). The Inquiry also revealed White Star Line

neg: Denderhoutem passenger on the R.M.S. Titanic in 1912, his last place of residence is listed as Denderhoutem. Mr. van de Velde did not survive the sinking and his body was not recovered. He left behind a wife, four children and siblings. Denderhoutem Denderhoutem is a village, located in the Denderstreek in the Flemish province of East Flanders (Belgium). Since 1977 it is part of the municipality of Haaltert. The arms show a garb, most likely a symbol for agriculture. The old seals of the local council, dating from the 15th and 16th century, showed a tree, with on the sides two

neg: West Sayville, New York Edith Corse Evans, heir to a hide-tanning and real estate fortune with a West Sayville summer home, was a passenger on the "Titanic". During the sinking of the "Titanic" on April 15, 1912, Edith Corse Evans gave up the last seat on the last lifeboat to save a mother of six children. Evans lost her life after the ocean liner sunk into the Atlantic Ocean, but her efforts saved Caroline Brown from Acton, Massachusetts. The West Sayville Radio Station at Cherry Avenue was a German Telefunken wireless transmitter built in 1912 to broadcast primarily to Germany. In 1915 the transmitter

neg: Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon disaster, at Christie's auction house, London, in 2007. The "Titanic" episode is one of the most prominent aspects of Lucy Duff-Gordon's life, thanks partly to motion pictures. The films, however, portrayed her without great attention to accuracy. She has been portrayed by Harriette Johns in "A Night to Remember" (1958); by Rosalind Ayres in James Cameron's epic "Titanic" (1997); and by Sylvestra Le Touzel in the British miniseries "Titanic" (2012). Lucy Duff-Gordon had another close call three years after surviving the "Titanic", when she booked passage aboard the final voyage of the RMS "Lusitania". It was reported in the press

neg: Jinx Titanic bass, and Timothy Ford aka Posey (t-mint) Parker drums. Artist/writer/video artist Kevin Evans contributed artwork, website and music videos based on several songs. In April 2008, on the eve of embarking on trip to Haiti, Titanic gave a farewell concert in his native Chicago. Promoted as "The Last Jinx Titanic Show Ever," the concert did not so much signify an end to Kamys performing as Jinx Titanic as much as it did a period of career expansion. The trip to Haiti, originally planned as a short get-away, inspired a second trip in May and laid the foundation for Kamys' foray

neg: Union Station (St. Louis) With the takeover of national rail passenger service by Amtrak in 1971, passenger train service to St. Louis was reduced to only three trains a day. Amtrak stopped using Union Station on October 31, 1978; the six daily trains did not justify such a large facility. The last train to leave Union Station was a Chicago-bound "Inter-American". Passenger service shifted to an "Amshack" one block east, now the site of the Gateway Multimodal Transportation Center. The station was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970, as an important surviving example of large-scale railroad architecture from the late 19th century. In

neg: Baron Dungannon Spanish aid in 1607, in the flight of the Earls; his son Hugh accompanied him, only to die in Rome in 1609. In 1608, King James I had attainted Hugh and his family, which deprived them of their lands and titles; the Irish Parliament confirmed this in 1614. Earl Hugh and his relatives continued to use the title of Earl of Tyrone while in exile; few of them had legitimate sons to be heirs apparent. When Earl Hugh's last surviving son made his will in 1641, he called himself Earl of Tyrone and Prince of Ulster; he did not call

neg: Saving the Titanic power systems running, even when they learned that all was lost. The engineering crew consisted of fireman and stokers, who shoveled coal into the ship’s 29 boilers that powered its two massive steam engines, and engineers who made sure the engines and other mechanical equipment functioned smoothly. A memorial to commemorate their bravery was erected in Liverpool, England and unveiled in 1916." Saving the Titanic Saving The Titanic, aired in Germany as Die Helden der Titanic, is 2012 Irish-German television docudrama directed by Maurice Sweeney, and written by Colin Herber-Percy and Lyall Watson. Unlike most films and series depicting the

neg: Alfred Nourney He settled in Bad Honnef, Germany where he became an honour member of the "Rot-Weiss" Tennis Club. He married and had two daughters. Nourney died on November 15, 1972. Alfred Nourney Alfred Nourney, also known as Baron Alfred von Drachstedt (February 26, 1892 — November 15, 1972) was a Dutch-born German gentleman who survived the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912. Nourney was 20 when he travelled as a first-class passenger on board . Travelling under the false name and title of Baron Alfred von Drachstedt, Nourney boarded the "Titanic" in Cherbourg, France, as a second-class passenger. His request

neg: Alfred Nourney Alfred Nourney Alfred Nourney, also known as Baron Alfred von Drachstedt (February 26, 1892 — November 15, 1972) was a Dutch-born German gentleman who survived the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912. Nourney was 20 when he travelled as a first-class passenger on board . Travelling under the false name and title of Baron Alfred von Drachstedt, Nourney boarded the "Titanic" in Cherbourg, France, as a second-class passenger. His request to a purser to be transferred to a first-class cabin was granted, largely because of his supposedly aristocratic status. He had purchased expensive items including clothes, jewellery, walking sticks,

neg: Timeline of United States discoveries exhaustive searching, it was in 1984 that world headlines were made when American archeological explorer Barry Clifford found the only solidly-identified pirate shipwreck ever discovered, the "Whydah". Two-hundred thousand artifacts and sunken treasures were discovered in the shipwreck as well. 1985 Puck 1985 RMS "Titanic" wreckage The RMS "Titanic" was an "Olympic" class passenger liner owned by the White Star Line and was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, in what is now Northern Ireland. At the time of her construction, she was the largest passenger steamship in the world. Shortly before midnight on April 14, 1912,

neg: RMS Titanic MBE, the only deck officer who was not a member of the Royal Naval Reserve. Pitman was the second to last surviving officer. "Titanic"s crew were divided into three principal departments: Deck, with 66 crew; Engine, with 325; and Victualling (pronounced "vi-tal-ling"), with 494. The vast majority of the crew were thus not seamen, but were either engineers, firemen, or stokers, responsible for looking after the engines, or stewards and galley staff, responsible for the passengers. Of these, over 97% were male; just 23 of the crew were female, mainly stewardesses. The rest represented a great variety of professions—bakers, chefs,

neg: Frederick Dent Ray Frederick Dent Ray Frederick Dent Ray (June 20, 1879 - January 15, 1977) was one of the last remaining male survivors of the "RMS Titanic" and was one of the longest living among the surviving crew. Frederick Dent Ray was born in Southwark, London, England on June 20, 1879. He was the son of Charles Adolphus Hopson Ray (1847-1913) and Sarah Newport (1848-1919). In 1908, he was married in Berkshire to Annie Beatrice Burt (b.1855) and they remained childless. Aged 32, Ray boarded the "RMS Titanic" on April 10, 1912 as a first-class saloon steward for a monthly wage of

neg: Robert Blackbourn the final two survivors; Bernardi, who died in Newgate in 1736 aged over eighty, is usually stated to be the final surviving prisoner. However, Bernardi's contemporary death notice stated that Blackbourn was still in Newgate at this time. The Irish mercenary soldier Captain Peter Drake, who had spent time in Newgate and often visited the surviving plotters in the Pressyard there, states in his memoirs that "Blackburn I last saw in April, 1745, he was then in the Press-yard, and well and as hearty as ever." It appears that Blackbourn did not die until as late as 1748, by which

neg: Lifeboats of the RMS Titanic of what was the most heavily loaded boat at launching, with about 65 people aboard. It was so heavily loaded that the gunwales were reported to be far down in the water; one female passenger later said that when she leaned against the gunwale her hair trailed in the water. The boat was one of the last to be recovered by "Carpathia", at about 7:30 a.m. Occupants of Boat 15 included: The lowering of Boat 2, the second of the two cutters, with an occupancy of 25 people was overseen by Wilde and Smith at about 1:45 a.m. When Lightoller

neg: RMS Titanic set out to render assistance. She arrived well after "Carpathia" had already picked up all the survivors. The inquiries found that the ship seen by "Californian" was in fact "Titanic" and that it would have been possible for "Californian" to come to her rescue; therefore, Captain Lord had acted improperly in failing to do so. The number of casualties of the sinking is unclear, due to a number of factors. These include confusion over the passenger list, which included some names of people who cancelled their trip at the last minute, and the fact that several passengers travelled under aliases

neg: Marian Thayer brochure about the "Titanic" which contained information about the ship and included a list of First Class Passengers. The cover of the brochure and the first page of the passenger list are shown on the right. It still bears the mark of being folded. Unlike many of the widows of the "Titanic" disaster, Marian did not remarry but remained in her house, Redwood, in Haverford. Soon after the tragedy, Marian joined Madeleine Astor in a luncheon to thank Arthur Rostron, captain of the "Carpathia", and Dr. Frank McGee, the ship’s surgeon, for their assistance in their rescue. After this, Marian

neg: Margaret Bechstein Hays perished). Mr. Hays' party was in a different group of cabins on B Deck. Margaret Bechstein Hays Margaret Bechstein Hays (December 6, 1887– August 21, 1956) was a passenger on the RMS "Titanic". She and her dog survived the ship's sinking, escaping on lifeboat no. 7. Following the disaster, she cared for two small children known as the "Titanic Orphans" in her New York City home until their mother claimed them. Margaret Bechstein Hays was born on December 6, 1887 to Frank and Mary A. Hays. She was 24 years old when she boarded the "Titanic" at Cherbourg, France. She

neg: RMS Mauretania (1906) of only three coal bunkers on one side could result in negative metacentric height. On the other hand, "Titanic" was given ample stability and sank with only a few degrees list, the design being such that there was very little risk of unequal flooding and possible capsize. "Lusitania" did not carry enough lifeboats for all her passengers, officers and crew on board at the time of her maiden voyage (actually carrying four lifeboats fewer than "Titanic" would carry in 1912). This was a common practice for large passenger ships at the time, since the belief was that in busy shipping

neg: RMS Lusitania stability was insufficient for the bulkhead arrangement used: flooding of only three coal bunkers on one side could result in negative metacentric height. On the other hand, "Titanic" was given ample stability and sank with only a few degrees list, the design being such that there was very little risk of unequal flooding and possible capsize. "Lusitania" did not carry enough lifeboats for all her passengers, officers and crew on board at the time of her maiden voyage (carrying four lifeboats fewer than "Titanic" would carry in 1912). This was a common practice for large passenger ships at the time,

neg: RMS Olympic and sold at auction before she was scrapped, and now adorn buildings and a cruise ship. By contrast with "Olympic", the other two ships in the class, "Titanic" and , did not have long service lives. "Titanic" collided with an iceberg in the North Atlantic on her maiden voyage and sank, while "Britannic" struck a mine and sank in the Kea Channel in Greece in 1916. "Britannic" never served her intended role as a passenger ship. Built in Belfast, Ireland, "Olympic" was the first of the three s – the others were and . They were by far the largest

neg: RMS Titanic in the same position". Lord Mersey did however find fault with the "extremely high speed (twenty-two knots) which was maintained" following numerous ice warnings, noting that without hindsight, "what was a mistake in the case of the "Titanic" would without doubt be negligence in any similar case in the future". The recommendations included strong suggestions for major changes in maritime regulations to implement new safety measures, such as ensuring that more lifeboats were provided, that lifeboat drills were properly carried out and that wireless equipment on passenger ships was manned around the clock. An International Ice Patrol was set up

neg: Margaret Bechstein Hays Margaret Bechstein Hays Margaret Bechstein Hays (December 6, 1887– August 21, 1956) was a passenger on the RMS "Titanic". She and her dog survived the ship's sinking, escaping on lifeboat no. 7. Following the disaster, she cared for two small children known as the "Titanic Orphans" in her New York City home until their mother claimed them. Margaret Bechstein Hays was born on December 6, 1887 to Frank and Mary A. Hays. She was 24 years old when she boarded the "Titanic" at Cherbourg, France. She was accompanied by two friends, Olive Earnshaw and Lily Potter. Earnshaw and Hays occupied

neg: A House Divided (Upstairs, Downstairs) I tried to make them [the life boat] go back! I tried to save my Lady." A House Divided (Upstairs, Downstairs) "A House Divided" was the second episode of the third series of the British television series, "Upstairs, Downstairs". The episode is set in 1913. Lady Marjorie Bellamy, her brother Hugo Talbot-Carey (the Earl of Southwold), and his new wife (widow Marion Worsley) die in the sinking of the RMS "Titanic". Her lady's maid, Miss Roberts survives the sinking of the "Titanic" while travelling to America with Lady Marjorie, who perishes. Her last known words being uttered to her maid—"Keep

neg: A House Divided (Upstairs, Downstairs) A House Divided (Upstairs, Downstairs) "A House Divided" was the second episode of the third series of the British television series, "Upstairs, Downstairs". The episode is set in 1913. Lady Marjorie Bellamy, her brother Hugo Talbot-Carey (the Earl of Southwold), and his new wife (widow Marion Worsley) die in the sinking of the RMS "Titanic". Her lady's maid, Miss Roberts survives the sinking of the "Titanic" while travelling to America with Lady Marjorie, who perishes. Her last known words being uttered to her maid—"Keep this for me, Roberts"—as she hands over her jewellery box. After a week being listed as

neg: Passengers of the RMS Titanic the last survivor of the "Titanic" disaster to die. In order to compete with rival shipping company Cunard, the White Star Line offered their steerage passengers modest luxuries, in the hopes that emigrants would write to relatives back home and encourage them to travel on White Star Line ships. Third class passengers had their own dining facilities, with chairs instead of benches, and meals prepared by the third class kitchen staff. On other liners, the steerage passengers would have been expected to bring their own food. Rather than dormitory-style sleeping areas, third class passengers had their own cabins. The single

neg: Titanic (magazine) Verlag, . In 2006, the year the World Cup took place in Germany, "Titanic" arranged an exhibition called "Wie "Titanic" einmal die Fußball-WM 2006 nach Deutschland holte" ("How "Titanic" once brought the Football World Cup 2006 to Germany") in the Historical Museum of Frankfurt am Main, which displayed the events surrounding "Titanic"s bribery faxes. Titanic (magazine) Titanic is a German monthly satirical magazine based in Frankfurt. It has a circulation of approximately 100,000. "Titanic" was founded in 1979 by former contributors and editors of "Pardon", a satirical monthly, which the group had left after conflicts with its publisher. ("Pardon" ceased

neg: Sinking of the RMS Titanic the passenger list, which included some names of people who cancelled their trip at the last minute, and the fact that several passengers travelled under aliases for various reasons and were double-counted on the casualty lists. The death toll has been put at between 1,490 and 1,635 people. The figures below are from the British Board of Trade report on the disaster. Less than a third of those aboard "Titanic" survived the disaster. Some survivors died shortly afterwards; injuries and the effects of exposure caused the deaths of several of those brought aboard "Carpathia". Of the groups shown in the

neg: Animals aboard the RMS Titanic with the turning of a blind eye, as they were not supposed to do so. The ship's carpenter, John Hutchison, was responsible for the dogs' welfare. The kennel dogs were exercised daily on the poop deck by a steward or one of the bellboys. As for the lapdogs, the American painter Francis Davis Millet wrote disapprovingly in a letter sent from "Titanic"s last stop, Queenstown in Ireland, "Looking over the [passenger] list I only find three or four people I know but there are ... a number of obnoxious, ostentatious American women, the scourge of any place they infest, and

neg: Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway with his fireman, leapt off the locomotive after reversing it, surviving with serious bruising. Since the passenger car was the last on the first train, it hit the locomotive at full speed and was split in half. The destroyed passenger car was immediately struck by the coal cars; seven people died, and eight were injured. Even well-run railroads have accidents, and the BR&P had its share. In the final analysis, all accidents result from someone's failure, whether in design, manufacture, construction, operation, or maintenance. The company set its standards higher than most did, but the risks of railroading still took

neg: Victor L. Berger the District of Columbia and also more radical proposals, including eliminating the President's veto, abolishing the Senate, and the social takeover of major industries. Berger gained national publicity for his old-age pension bill, the first of its kind introduced into Congress. Less than two weeks after the "Titanic" passenger ship disaster, Berger introduced a bill in Congress providing for the nationalization of the radio-wireless systems. A practical socialist, Berger argued that the wireless chaos which was one of the features of the "Titanic" disaster has demonstrated the need for a government-owned wireless system. Although he did not win re-election in

neg: Taff Vale Railway line from the point of divergence to Aberdare TVR was closed. The Eirw branch closed in 1977 when the last colliery finished operation. The Rhondda Fach branch also lost its freight service in 1987. The main routes of the Taff Vale Railway are in action today with passenger operation dominant. Merthyr, Aberdare, and Treherbert have train services to Cardiff Queen Street. The Cardiff Bay branch operates the majority of the former Cardiff Docks branch. The Penarth branch and the Radyr to Ninian Park line complete the surviving passenger routes. In 2018 the passenger operation is under the management of Transport

neg: GELF after the host body for them is found and that polymorphs often die after this exhaustive process is complete, ending their life cycle. The Grant Naylor novel "Better Than Life" (1990) provides a slightly different origin to the polymorphs. According to that book, the surviving GELFs of a great war were dumped on Earth and left to die. Most did die, except for those specifically suited to survive in such an environment. The polymorphs evolved from these organisms. When it arrives on board the mining ship "Red Dwarf" in "Polymorph", the Polymorph attacks the crew by turning into a ruthless

neg: United States Senate inquiry into the sinking of the RMS Titanic who sounded the alarm, Frederick Fleet; the surviving wireless operator, Harold Bride; and first-class passenger Archibald Gracie IV. Those that testified from among the captains and crew of other ships included Arthur Rostron (Captain of "Carpathia"), Harold Cottam (wireless operator on "Carpathia"), Stanley Lord (Captain of ), and Herbert Haddock (Captain of ). Expert witnesses, speaking or corresponding on subjects such as radio communications, iceberg formation, and newspaper reporting, included Guglielmo Marconi (Chairman of the Marconi Company), George Otis Smith (Director of the United States Geological Survey), and Melville Elijah Stone (General Manager of the Associated Press). Others called to

neg: United States Senate inquiry into the sinking of the RMS Titanic and various officials and others involved in receiving and transmitting the news of the disaster. The evidence submitted varied from spoken testimony and questioning, to the deposition of correspondence and affidavits. Subjects covered included the ice warnings received, the inadequate (but legal) number of lifeboats, the handling of the ship and its speed, "Titanic"s distress calls, and the handling of the evacuation of the ship. Surviving officials, crew and passengers who were questioned or provided evidence included J. Bruce Ismay (who was the first to be questioned); the most senior surviving officer, Charles Lightoller (Second Officer on "Titanic"); the lookout

neg: Edward Kamuda the names of two Springfield residents who died on the Titanic: Jane Carr, 47, a third class passenger and Milton C. Long, 29, a first class passenger and son of a Springfield mayor and judge. Ed Kamuda died from a long illness at his home on April 13, 2014, at the age of 74. He was survived by his wife, Karen Kamuda. Kamuda was buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in Springfield, Massachusetts. Edward Kamuda Edward Stephen Kamuda (November 10, 1939 – April 13, 2014) was an American historian who specialized in the study of the RMS Titanic. The Titanic sank

neg: RMS Titanic was 500 kHz (600 m wavelength), however the equipment could also operate on the "short" wavelength of 1,000 kHz (300 m wavelength) that was employed by smaller vessels with shorter antennas. The passenger facilities aboard "Titanic" aimed to meet the highest standards of luxury. According to "Titanic"s general arrangement plans, the ship could accommodate 833 First Class Passengers, 614 in Second Class and 1,006 in Third Class, for a total passenger capacity of 2,453. In addition, her capacity for crew members exceeded 900, as most documents of her original configuration have stated that her full carrying capacity for both passengers

neg: Sinking of the RMS Titanic No. 4 iron rivets, and more prone to snapping when put under stress, particularly in extreme cold. But Tom McCluskie, a retired archivist of Harland & Wolff, pointed out that "Olympic", "Titanic"s sister ship, was riveted with the same iron and served without incident for nearly 25 years, surviving several major collisions, including being rammed by a British cruiser. When "Olympic" rammed and sank the U-boat with her bow, the stem was twisted and hull plates on the starboard side were buckled without impairing the hull's integrity. Above the waterline, there was little evidence of the collision. The stewards in

neg: Titanic museum (Pigeon Forge, Tennessee) Titanic museum (Pigeon Forge, Tennessee) The Titanic Museum is a two-story museum shaped like the RMS "Titanic". It is located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee and opened on April 8, 2010. It is built half-scale to the original ship. Similar to the one in Branson, Missouri, the museum holds 400 pre-discovery artifacts in twenty galleries. It is the largest permanent "Titanic" museum in the world. The structure is built in a pool to create the illusion of the "Titanic" at sea, and the 2-hour, self-guided tour is designed to give guests the sensation of being an original passenger on the "Titanic"s

neg: Henry S. Harper Henry S. Harper Henry Sleeper Harper (11 March 1864 – 1 March 1944) was an American businessman. He was an "incorporator of Harper & Brothers when the firm became a corporation in 1896." Harper is remembered as a passenger on the RMS "Titanic" when it sank on April 15, 1912, and also for his work to save the Adirondack forests from logging, and for the fact that his Pekingese was one of three dogs to survive the sinking of the Titanic. The son of Joseph Wesley Harper, Jr. (1839–1896) and Abigail Payson Sleeper (1829–1866), Henry graduated from Columbia University. Henry

neg: Tiloukaikt June 3, 1850, Tiloukaikt accepted Catholic last rites while refusing to deal with the Presbyterian missionaries. Defiant and angry, Tiloukaikt spoke on the gallows, ""Did not your missionaries teach us that Christ died to save his people? So we die to save our people."" The death of the five Cayuse did not significantly reduce tensions in the area. Raids, initiated by both whites and natives, continued. Eventually, most surviving Cayuse left the Walla Walla area and joined neighboring tribes including the Nez Perce, Umatilla and Yakama. Tiloukaikt Tiloukaikt (also Tilokaikt or Teelonkike) ( unknown - 1850) was a Native American

neg: Avatar (2009 film) because "Today's films flame out much faster than they did when "Titanic" was released." Brandon Gray, president of Box Office Mojo, believed in the film's chances of becoming the highest-grossing film of all time, though he also believed it was too early to surmise because it had only played during the holidays. He said, "While "Avatar" may beat "Titanic"s record, it will be tough, and the film is unlikely to surpass "Titanic" in attendance. Ticket prices were about $3 cheaper in the late 1990s." Cameron said he did not think it was realistic to "try to topple "Titanic" off its

neg: Edward Kamuda The society was originally called the "Titanic Enthusiasts of America", but Kamuda changed its name after a widow of a Titanic passenger questioned their "enthusiasm" for the disaster which killed 1,517 people, including her husband. Kamuda, who served as the president of the Titanic Historical Society, saw the society's membership grow to thousands during his lifetime. Under his leadership, the Titanic Historical Society became one of the world's leading centers for the research of the RMS Titanic, as well as its passengers and crew. Kamuda and other members of the society served as consultants for the 1997 film, "Titanic", directed

neg: Wreck of the RMS Titanic and displays of the ship, her passengers and crew and the disaster itself. In a similar fashion to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., visitors are given a "boarding pass" in the name of an individual passenger at the start of the exhibition. They do not discover the fate of their assigned passenger until the end. The vast majority of the relics retrieved by various groups from the Titanic were owned by Premier Exhibitions which operated RMS Titanic Inc. and filed for bankruptcy in 2016. In late August 2018, the groups vying to purchase the 5,500 relics

neg: Hindenburg disaster surviving crew member when he died at the age of 92 on August 13, 2014. The last surviving passenger is Werner G. Doehner (b. 1928), a retired electrical engineer who was an eight-year-old child traveling with his parents, brother, and sister at the time of the accident. His father and sister died in the disaster. When the control car crashed onto the ground, most of the officers leapt through the windows, but became separated. First Officer Captain Albert Sammt found Captain Max Pruss trying to re-enter the wreckage to look for survivors. Pruss's face was badly burned, and he required

neg: From Time to Time (novel) his mission incomplete. Butt sailed on the Titanic and did not survive. At first, Morley refuses to make another attempt to complete his mission. He is motivated to try again when Prien informs him of the precise date that Morley and Julia's son, Willy, will die in World War I, killed in action. In an epilogue, Morley has returned to 1887, or, by now, 1888. He is emotionally torn up not only by his responsibility for the ship's loss, but also by his attraction to the Jotta Girl, who presumably survived and returned to the 1970s. As the book concludes,

neg: Frederick Dent Ray later cremated. Aged 97 years, 6 months and 26 days, he became the longest living among the surviving crew and his death left only two remaining crewmen, Frank Prentice and Sidney Daniels. Frederick Dent Ray Frederick Dent Ray (June 20, 1879 - January 15, 1977) was one of the last remaining male survivors of the "RMS Titanic" and was one of the longest living among the surviving crew. Frederick Dent Ray was born in Southwark, London, England on June 20, 1879. He was the son of Charles Adolphus Hopson Ray (1847-1913) and Sarah Newport (1848-1919). In 1908, he was married

neg: Did Six Million Really Die? Canadian Supreme Court's landmark decision "R v Zundel", when it declared that the law under which he had been charged, "reporting false news", was unconstitutional. "Did Six Million Really Die?" was banned in Germany and South Africa. In 2017 Amazon.com removed the book along with other holocaust-denying books from its US and UK sites. Did Six Million Really Die? Did Six Million Really Die? The Truth At Last is a Holocaust denial pamphlet allegedly written by British National Front member Richard Verrall under the pseudonym "Richard E. Harwood" and published in 1974 by neo-Nazi propagandist Ernst Zündel, another Holocaust denier

neg: Sinking of the RMS Titanic were greatly under-filled. No. 5 left with 41 aboard, No. 3 had 32 aboard, No. 8 left with 39 and No. 1 left with just 12 out of a capacity of 40. The evacuation did not go smoothly and passengers suffered accidents and injuries as it progressed. One woman fell between lifeboat No. 10 and the side of the ship but someone caught her by the ankle and hauled her back onto the promenade deck, where she made a second successful attempt at boarding. First-class passenger Annie Stengel broke several ribs when an overweight German-American doctor and his brother jumped

neg: Saving the Titanic Saving the Titanic Saving The Titanic, aired in Germany as Die Helden der Titanic, is 2012 Irish-German television docudrama directed by Maurice Sweeney, and written by Colin Herber-Percy and Lyall Watson. Unlike most films and series depicting the ship's passengers and senior crew, "Saving the Titanic" dramatizes the engineers and the boiler room crew who kept the furnaces and generators running as the "Titanic" sank, facilitating the survival of others. "Based on eyewitness accounts, this is the remarkable story of nine men from the engineering crew who fought courageously to hold back the power of the sea and keep the

neg: Werner Klingler Klingler was assistant director at "SOS Eisberg" (1933) and "The Prodigal Son (1934 film)". He directed "The Last Four on Santa Cruz" (1936). Klingler regressed to Germany. His new titles included "Condottieri (1937 film)", "Love Letters from Engadin" (1938), "Die letzte Runde" (1940), and "Wetterleuchten um Barbara" (1941). Klingler replaced the allegedly executed director, Herbert Selpin, for "Titanic". After the epic film was banned, Klingler's "Die Degenhardts" (1944) was banned the following year. Klingler was unable to complete "The Man in the Saddle" due to the Battle of Berlin. His postwar credits include "Raid" (1947) and "Nora's Ark" (1948). He

neg: SS Pisa (1896) SS Pisa (1896) SS "Pisa" was a transatlantic passenger steamship built by Alexander Stephen and Sons in Glasgow. "Pisa" began her maiden voyage in 1897 and was at sea during the sinking of RMS "Titanic" after she hit an iceberg and sank on 15 April 1912. SS "Pisa" was built as a transatlantic passenger liner by Alexander Stephen and Sons for the Sloman Line. She was the last ship built for the Sloman Line. She was launched on 2 November 1896, and departed on her maiden voyage from Hamburg to New York City on 20 May 1897. In 1903, she

neg: Lifeboats of the RMS Titanic original lifeboats, some surviving fittings can still be seen, such as a bronze White Star Line burgee removed from the hull of one lifeboat by a souvenir hunter and now displayed in the museum of the "Titanic" Historical Society. A full-size replica lifeboat is on display in Belfast at the "Titanic" Belfast visitor attraction. Books Online sources Lifeboats of the RMS Titanic The lifeboats of the RMS "Titanic" played a crucial role in the disaster of 14–15 April 1912. One of the ship's legacies was that she had too few lifeboats to evacuate all those on board. The 20 lifeboats

neg: American Eagle (schooner) is fir, and the decking is pine. She currently has a schooner rigging, although she did not for much of her fishing career. The hold has been fitted with fourteen double-occupancy passenger cabins. American Eagle (schooner) The American Eagle, originally Andrew and Rosalie, is a two-masted schooner serving the tourist trade out of Rockland, Maine. Launched in 1930 at Gloucester, Massachusetts, she was the last auxiliary schooner (powered by both sail and engine) to be built in that port, and one of Gloucester's last sail-powered fishing vessels. A National Historic Landmark, she is also the oldest known surviving vessel of

neg: Titanic Memorial, Belfast of those victims are recorded on the memorial. Subsequent research has established that in fact 28 victims of the disaster were from Northern Ireland, out of 36 people with Ulster connections aboard the ship. The remaining six victims were all men and comprised four crew members, one Second Class passenger and one Third Class passenger. Their names are not listed on the memorial. The memorial was originally located in the middle of the road on Donegall Square North. However, this caused multiple accidents, as drivers travelling around the square often did not see it or could not change lanes in

neg: RMS Titanic in popular culture an album by the singer Kirsty MacColl. The Belgian dance company Plan K performed a work called "Titanic" at the 1994 Belfast Festival in which a flotilla of refrigerators – in real life part of the cargo aboard "Titanic" – stands in for the drifting mass of ice that ultimately destroys the ship. The British composer Gavin Bryars created a multimedia work called "The Sinking of the Titanic" (1969), based on the conceit that "sounds never completely die but merely grow fainter and fainter. What if the music of the "Titanic"s band might still be playing 2,500 fathoms under the

neg: Titanic (magazine) Gaby is shown holding a large peeled cucumber. "Zone" refers to the GDR's informal name "sowjetische Besatzungs"zone"" (soviet-occupied area). To make light of the prevailing public sentiment that strongly favoured German reunification, "Titanic" purported to oppose it. This culminated in the founding of the Titanic party "Die PARTEI" ("The Party"), whose sole agenda is to revoke reunification and to reconstruct the inner German border. The former editor-in-chief Martin Sonneborn is the party leader. In addition, "Titanic" changed its mission to "The ultimate division of Germany — our commitment". "Titanic" staff members have frequently engaged in activities that took aim at

neg: Sinking of the RMS Titanic that distress signals could be sent. They remained at their posts until the very end, thus ensuring that "Titanic"s electrics functioned until the final minutes of the sinking. None of the ship's 35 engineers and electricians survived. Neither did any of the "Titanic"s five postal clerks, who were last seen struggling to save the mail bags they had rescued from the flooded mail room. They were caught by the rising water somewhere on D deck. Many of the third-class passengers were also confronted with the sight of water pouring into their quarters on E, F and G decks. Carl Jansson,

neg: Lifeboats of the RMS Titanic hulls, with each person corresponding to of tank capacity. In reality, the given capacity was quite nominal, as filling the boats to their indicated capacity would have required some passengers to stand. This did in fact happen to some of the last boats to leave "Titanic"; at the subsequent British enquiry, "Titanic"s Second Officer Charles Lightoller testified that the nominal capacity could only have applied "in absolutely smooth water, under the most favourable conditions." The proper capacity would have been more like 40 people per boat under typical conditions. Few officers and crew were aware that steel beam reinforcements had

neg: Titanic (2012 miniseries) Titanic (2012 miniseries) Titanic is a four-part television miniseries period drama written by Julian Fellowes based on the sinking of the RMS "Titanic", a passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from , United Kingdom, to New York City, United States. It was released in at least 86 countries in March and April 2012 for the disaster's 100th anniversary, 15 April 2012, one of two such productions, the other was "" (April 2012). "Titanic" is a four-part television costume drama created by producer Nigel Stafford-Clark

neg: Arthur Halestrap a clear and strong voice, recited Laurence Binyon's poem ""For the Fallen"". Along with Harry Patch and a few others, he was featured in the 2003 television series "World War 1 in Colour" as well as "The Last Tommy" on BBC 1 in 2005. Arthur Halestrap died in Kings Sutton, Northamptonshire, where he had moved to in the 1960s. Arthur Halestrap Arthur Halestrap MBE (8 September 1898 – 1 April 2004) was one of the last surviving British soldiers of the First World War. He was born in Southampton, Hampshire. In his youth he walked the decks of the "Titanic"

neg: RMS Tayleur sank to the bottom with only the tops of her masts showing. A surviving passenger alerted the coastguard station on the island. This passenger and four coast guards launched the coastguard galley. When they reached the wreck they found the last survivor, William Vivers, who had climbed to the tops of the rigging, and had spent 14 hours there. He was rescued by the coastguards. On 2 March 1854, George Finlay, the chief boatman, was awarded a silver medal for this rescue. Newspaper accounts blamed the crew for negligence, but the official Coroner's Inquest absolved Captain Noble and placed the

neg: Big Four (White Star Line) career was divided into transatlantic crossings and cruises. When the Titanic sank, the "Cedric" was docked in New York. After the sinking it was reported that J. Bruce Ismay, managing director of the White Star line, had attempted arranged by wireless code with the New York offices of his company to delay the sailing of "Cedric" until the "Carpathia" arrived in port so that he and the surviving crew members of the "Titanic" could return to England without setting foot on United States soil, however the "Cedric" sailed on schedule. During the war, the "Cedric" was transformed into an auxiliary

neg: Titanic Historical Society wreck is a gravesite to those that died that night and should be treated as a memorial" to the lives lost. The "Titanic" Historical Society participates with the U.S. Coast Guard and the International Ice Patrol in the annual April 15th wreath-drop ceremony over the Atlantic Ocean where the "Titanic" now rests. Since its founding in 1963, the Society has regularly distributed a journal to members. Over the years the publication has steadily increased in scope and depth. "The Titanic Commutator" is now published quarterly as a full-color illustrated magazine reporting on "Titanic" research and passenger stories, along with other

neg: Thomas Byles in ministry and his final hours on board the RMS Titanic. Thomas Byles Thomas Roussel Davids Byles (26 February 1870 – 15 April 1912) was an English Catholic priest who was a passenger aboard the "RMS Titanic" on its maiden voyage when it sank after striking an iceberg during the night of 15 April 1912. He was reported as being amidst the throng of trapped passengers on the ship's rear deck in its final moments of descent, audibly praying. Thomas Byles was born Roussel Davids Byles in Leeds, Yorkshire, the eldest of seven children of the Reverend Alfred Holden Byles,

neg: Joseph Zupicich Joseph Zupicich Joseph Zupicich (October 1893 – April 11, 1987) was a crewmember on the RMS "Carpathia" when RMS "Titanic" survivors boarded the liner after being rescued on April 15, 1912 from lifeboats by the Carpathia crew. Zupicich was born in 1893 in Istria Austria-Hungary. Zupicich worked as a steward foreman on the RMS Carpathia, a Cunard passenger liner that sailed the North Atlantic. "The Morning Call" quoted a 1982 interview of Zupicich with the "Shamokin News" on the 70th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Zupicich and other stewards were playing cards on the night of April 14,

neg: John Jacob Astor IV John Jacob Astor IV John Jacob "Jack" Astor IV (July 13, 1864 – April 15, 1912) was an American businessman, real estate builder, investor, inventor, writer, lieutenant colonel in the Spanish–American War, and a prominent member of the Astor family. Astor died in the sinking of RMS "Titanic" during the early hours of April 15, 1912. Astor was the richest passenger aboard the RMS "Titanic" and was thought to be among the richest people in the world at that time, with a net worth of nearly $87 million when he died (equivalent to $ billion in ). John Jacob Astor

neg: Olympic-class ocean liner saved. Thirty men lost their lives in the disaster. One survivor, nurse Violet Jessop was notable as having also survived the sinking of RMS "Titanic" in 1912, and had also been on board RMS "Olympic", when it collided with HMS "Hawke" in 1911. "Britannic" was the largest ship lost during World War I, but her sinking did not receive the same attention as the sinking of her sister, "Titanic", or the sinking of the Cunard superliner , when she was sunk by a torpedo in the Irish Sea. When "Titanic" sank in 1912 and "Britannic" sank in 1916, their sinkings

neg: William Thomson Sloper Lindenberg on February 26, 1915 in Columbus, Ohio and brought up her three daughters from a previous marriage. William Sloper died on 1 May 1955. William Thomson Sloper William Thomson Sloper (December 13, 1883 − May 1, 1955) was an American stockbroker and survivor of the sinking of the RMS "Titanic". Sloper, who was 28 when the "Titanic" sank, traveled as a first-class passenger and was saved after boarding lifeboat #7, the first to be launched from the vessel. Sloper was born in New Britain, Connecticut, son of Andrew Jackson Sloper and Ella Thomson Sloper. In April 1912, he was

neg: Marie Grice Young class to leave the "Titanic". She was covered by "The Washington Post" as one of the several women on the lifeboats that took charge to ensure more lives were saved by taking more passengers from the waters into the lifeboats. Historian Jonathan Ned Katz suggested that she was intimately related to her travel partner Ella Holmes White, making her an LGBT passenger aboard "Titanic". When White died in 1942, she was living at the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan with Young. White's will bequeathed to Young "personal effects and life estate in a trust to yield $250 per month for life"