RMS Titanic facts - Royal Museums Greenwich
2019年4月15日 · The Titanic carried post. The reason the titanic is often referred to as ‘RMS Titanic’ is because the RMS stands for Royal Mail Ship. There were only enough lifeboats for a third of the people on board. There were 20 life boats on board, which would have held a capacity of 1178 people. Meanwhile the capacity of Titanic was 3320 people.
Titanic - Royal Museums Greenwich
2017年4月10日 · The sinking of the passenger ship Titanic in 1912 is one of history's most tragic and well-documented events. From the building of the ship and the compelling personal accounts of its survivors, to examining its place in popular culture, we explore the history of the Titani
The Titanic in our collection | Royal Museums Greenwich
The Titanic in our collection. No passenger ship has ever captured the public imagination like the Titanic. Amazing objects in the National Maritime Museum's collection reveal its infamous story. At 23.40 14 April 1912 RMS Titanic struck an iceberg. By 02.20 the ship had foundered, with a resulting loss of 1,523 people; 815 passengers and 688 crew.
Remembering the Titanic - Royal Museums Greenwich
2017年4月10日 · In the wake of Titanic. Titanic headline. The Carpathia took three days to reach New York, but due to wireless technology news of the disaster arrived first. Originally it was erroneously reported that the Titanic had survived the collision and was being towed back to port. However the extent of the disaster soon became clear and journalists ...
Titanic's unlucky seven - Royal Museums Greenwich
Four of the seven officers survived the ordeal. As the author reveals, one of them had only been formally appointed to the crew the day before Titanic sailed on its climatic maiden voyage. This was Henry Tingle Wilde, who was scheduled to sail with Titanic's sister ship, Olympic, but who was switched to Titanic as the Chief Officer.
The Titanic in popular culture | Royal Museums Greenwich
Both the ship itself, and its sinking have been popular themes for artists and live within a long history of maritime tragedies being immortalised in paint. The National Maritime Museum has a number of outstanding paintings of the Titanic, including a pencil drawing of the ship sinking, drawn by a steward aboard the ship. This is the only ...
Research guide D1: RMS Titanic - Royal Museums Greenwich
Total passengers and crew on board when the ship left Queenstown: 2228. Losses: 1523 people; 815 passengers and 688 crew. Note: these figures are approximate. The original passenger lists and crew agreement for the Titanic are held by The National Archives. Next steps. Other guides in the series which may be useful for researching the Titanic are:
Futility: how a novel foreshadowed the sinking of the Titanic
2017年10月3日 · In Alexander C. Brown’s article “The Titan and the Titanic: 1898 novel predicted 1912 disaster but no one listened!” (Daily Press New Dominion, September 24, 1972) gives some brief biographical detail of Robertson, who was born in 1861 and spent a decade of his life at sea in a variety of American registered ocean-going vessels.
SS Titanic, 1912 - Royal Museums Greenwich
Pencil drawing depicting the 'Titanic' sinking. There is a lifeboat in the water, and two suspended from the side of the ship. Inscribed "SS Titanic, 1912". Drawn by Leo James Hyland, a steward aboard the 'Titanic'. This is the only depiction of the sinking by a survivor. It was reproduced in "A night to remember".
The 'Teutonic' leaving Liverpool - Royal Museums Greenwich
A portrait of the White Star liner, 'Teutonic', leaving Liverpool in July 1889. The ship was built in 1889 for the Atlantic trade by Harland & Wolff Ltd in Belfast, for Ismay Imrie & Co. of Liverpool, the White Star owners. She was designed by A. H. Carlisle, who was later also responsible for White Star's 'Olympic' and 'Titanic'.