Titanic Collection (#17)

Titanic - Seamen arriving at Plymouth
Crew who survived the Titanic arriving at Plymouth following the sinking of the ship. Date: 1912

How the Titanic went down
Impression of the White Star passenger liner, RMS Titanic sinking with the bow going first and lights on the ship blazing into its last moments, while survivors in lifeboats watch in horror

The Tatler Appeal for Victims of the Titanic Disaster
A full page appeal in The Tatler magazine, speaking with mournful and patriotic eloquence about the Titanic disaster ten days beforehand, and asking readers to donate to a fund to help the victims

Titanic - How Ice Blink reveals the presence of bergs
Diagram in The Sphere during the inquiry into the Titanic disaster showing how ice blink reveals the presence of bergs underneath the water

Titanic - Palatial appointments of the liner sunk after iceb
A double page spread from the Illustrated London News following the sinking of the Titanic, showing some of the most well appointed interiors of the luxurious ship including a four-poster bed in

Titanic - Westminster Inquiry - Sphere front cover
Front cover from The Sphere magazine showing a scene from the Westminster Titanic inquiry, held shortly after the sinking of the ship on April 15th 1912

The famous iceberg that slew the Titanic - Sphere
Double page spread from The Sphere, reporting on the eye witness account of Joseph Scarrott, a crew member on the Titanic

Captain Stanley Lord (1877 - 1962)
Stanley Lord, Captain of the S.S. Californian, which was in the vicinity of the R.M.S. Titanic on the night of 15 April, 1912, attends the British inquiry to give his evidence. Date: May 1912

The Titanic
A photograph of the launch of the Titanic at Belfast. Date: 7th June 1911

The Titanics first contact with the iceberg
An illustration depicting the moment that the Titanic first came into contact with the iceberg. Date: 27th April 1912

Four-Poster Bedroom on board Titanic
Photograph of a four poster bed in one of the first class bedrooms on the Titanic. Built by the shipyard Harland and Wolff for White Star Lines, the liner was almost identical to her sister ship

Looking at the book of the lost and at news of the Titanic
In the anxious hours which followed the greatest of Maritime disasters: At Lloyd s, the famous association of Marine Underwriters. After the sinking of the Titanic. Date: 27th April 1912

The chivalry of the sea woman and children first after th
An illustration showing women getting into the lifeboats from B deck of the Titanic. Date: 4th May 1912

Lowering the life boats
A diagram showing life boats from the Titanic being lowered to the water. The distance is compared to the height of a city office block

J. Bruce Ismay leaves Titanic inquiry
Mr J.Bruce Ismay, chairman of the White Star Line, leaves the British inquiry into the Titanic disaster, with his wife Julia alongside

Titanic: Women and children first
Based on the detailed eyewitness account of a saloon steward who survived the disaster, special artist of " The Sphere" Fortunino Matania produced this reconstruction of the heartbreaking

Loss of the Titanic
A page from the supplement that appeared in the first issue of The Sphere to be published following the loss of the Titanic, describing it as The Greatest Wreck in the Worlds History

Noelle, Countess of Rothes (1878 - 1956)
Wife of the 19th Earl of Rothes, Noelle survived the Titanic disaster, escaping in Lifeboat 8, taking the tiller and doing much to boost the morale of the other women in the lifeboat. Date: 1912

Titanic scraping iceberg
A diagram illustrates how the Titanic scraped past the fateful iceberg. Passengers on deck presumed that the iceberg had just been grazed with a glancing blow

The Astors
Colonel John Jacob Astor IV, multi-millionaire American businessman, and his second wife Madeleine. Married in September 1911, they returned from a honeymoon trip to Europe in the ill-fated Titanic

Lady Duff-Gordon (1863 - 1935)
Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, a leading fashion designer who along with her husband Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon was a survivor of the Titanic disaster Date: 1912

Page from The Sphere, 4th May 1912, called The Newsletter, Week by Week. It features images of Indian students who have studied at the London School of Economics; Signor Murri

W J PIRRIE / 1847-1924
WILLIAM JAMES PIRRIE 1st Viscount British shipbuilder, partner and later chairman of Harland & Wolff, who built Titanic Date: 1847 - 1924

Mackay-Bennett cable ship
The cable ship Mackay-Bennett, which recovered over 200 bodies from the scene of the Titanic disaster, before heading for Halifax, Nova Scotia

Harold Bride
Harold Sydney Bride(1890-1956), Titanic survivor. Bride was the second wireless operator on the Titanic, and was reported to have dealt with a man who tried to steal the first operators lifebelt

Lady Cynthia Asquith (1887-1960 nee Charteris), author and notable survivor of the Titanic. Shown here as a young woman following her marriage to Herbert Asquith in 1910

Titanic In Memoriam card
An In Memoriam card for RMS Titanic, which sank on her maiden voyage after hitting an iceberg, 15 April 1912

A Night to Remember, film studio scene
An artists colour sketch of a film studio scene for the 1958 film, A Night to Remember, starring Kenneth More, based on the Titanic disaster of 1912

Envelope from the Titanic
An envelope, postmarked Southampton, 10 April 1912, addressed to Irvine Aitchison Esq of Sherwood, Beckenham, Kent. It contained a letter from his fiancee on White Star Line RMS Titanic headed paper

White Star Line 1st and 2nd Class booklet
Title page of the First and Second Class Accommodation passenger booklet for White Star Line Olympic and Titanic cruises

A Night to Remember, book and film items
The book by Walter Lord, with an information folder and film poster advertising the 1958 film, A Night to Remember, starring Kenneth More, based on the Titanic disaster of 1912

Letter headed paper from the Titanic
A blank sheet of letter headed paper from the RMS Titanic, with the White Star Line logo at the top left and the date partially completed in print on the right

Captain Rostron watch face
The face of an 18 carat gold Tiffany watch presented to Captain Rostron of the RMS Carpathia, as a token of gratitude from three of the survivors rescued by the Carpathia on 15 April 1912 shortly

Titanic jug
A white jug bearing a design of the ill-fated Titanic cruise ship, which sank on 15 April 1912

Items belonging to George Moore, Titanic seaman
Assorted items belonging to George Alfred Moore, seaman on the ill-fated Titanic cruise ship which sank on 15 April 1912 -- a pocket watch with ornate fob, a cigarette lighter

William Nutbean, Certificate of Discharge
Certificate of Discharge of William Nutbean, a Fireman/Stoker on the ill-fated maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic. Nutbean survived, and this is a replacement document

Shipping Casualties HMSO report, Inquiry booklet
Two items relating to the sinking of the Titanic. 1. Front cover of the HMSO report of an official investigation, entitled Shipping Casualties (Loss of the Steamship Titanic)

Captain Rostron watch workings
The inner workings of an 18 carat gold Tiffany watch presented to Captain Rostron of the RMS Carpathia, as a token of gratitude from three of the survivors rescued by the Carpathia on 15 April 1912

Titanic Third Class Smoke Room
The Third Class Smoke Room on the ill-fated Titanic, which sank on 15 April 1912

Titanic pot and wine glass
A conical shaped white pot bearing a design of the ill-fated Titanic cruise ship, which sank on 15 April 1912. An empty wine glass stands beside it

Selection of Titanic postcards
A selection of eight postcards, relating to the rescue of RMS Titanic survivors by the RMS Carpathia

Captain Rostron watch inside cover
The inside cover of an 18 carat gold Tiffany watch presented to Captain Rostron of the RMS Carpathia, as a token of gratitude from three of the survivors rescued by the Carpathia on 15 April 1912

Titanic Reading and Writing Room
The Reading and Writing Room on the ill-fated Titanic, which sank on 15 April 1912

Titanic news reports, magazines, sheet music
A selection of news reports, magazines and sheet music relating to the sinking of the Titanic on 15 April 1912. It includes a copy of The Times newspaper, a twelve-page supplement of The Sphere

RMS Carpathia medal and paperwork
Various paperwork, including a Certificate of Discharge, together with the silver RMS Carpathia medal (image side) presented to Thomas Alfred Holmes

Titanic Ismay silver tray
A circular silver tray for letters and calling cards, engraved with the names of Joseph Bruce Ismay and his wife. Ismay was Managing Director of the White Star Line

Programme and two leaflets
A programme and two leaflets relating to shipwrecks: 1. Programme for a concert in aid of the survivors of RMS Titanic, taking place on 13 May 1912

Samuel Hemming on Titanic
Samuel Hemming, lamp trimmer on the RMS Titanic. Hemming survived the disaster and was rescued from the water by the occupants of lifeboat 4

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