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Disaster Collection (page 11)

Background imageDisaster Collection: Sporting Evening Times, Titanic disaster

Sporting Evening Times, Titanic disaster
Front page of the Sporting Evening Times for 16 April 1912, reporting on the Titanic disaster

Background imageDisaster Collection: Titanic carver chair

Titanic carver chair
A Chippendale style wooden carver chair from the ill-fated Titanic cruise ship, which sank on 15 April 1912

Background imageDisaster Collection: Titanic launch menu card

Titanic launch menu card
A menu card for the luncheon to mark the launch of the RMS Titanic, held on 31 May 1911 at the Grand Central Hotel, Belfast. It is signed by GF Morrell

Background imageDisaster Collection: Titanic anchor made of shells

Titanic anchor made of shells
A commemorative anchor-shaped ornament made of shells, with a picture of the ill-fated Titanic cruise ship at the centre

Background imageDisaster Collection: Chart Room key of Titanic lamp trimmer

Chart Room key of Titanic lamp trimmer
The Chart Room key and brass identity tag of Samuel Hemming, a lamp trimmer on the RMS Titanic. Hemming was saved from the sea by Lifeboat no.4 and had this key and others in his pocket

Background imageDisaster Collection: White Star Line items

White Star Line items
Five assorted items from the White Star Line, owners of the ill-fated Titanic cruise ship which sank on 15 April 1912 -- a silver cigarette case bearing the initial P and a flag, a spoon

Background imageDisaster Collection: Selection of Titanic paperwork

Selection of Titanic paperwork
A selection of paperwork from the ill-fated SS Titanic: 1. Account of Wages for James Witter, Steward. 2. A letter written on board the RMS Laconia from a survivor, Mary Hewlett, dated 30 May 1912

Background imageDisaster Collection: Titanic silverware

Titanic silverware
Two oval shaped silver dishes from the ill-fated Titanic cruise ship, which sank on 15 April 1912

Background imageDisaster Collection: Captain Rostron silver cup

Captain Rostron silver cup
A silver cup presented to Captain Rostron of the RMS Carpathia, as a token of gratitude from John B Thayer Junior, who was one of the survivors rescued by the Carpathia on 15 April 1912 shortly after

Background imageDisaster Collection: RMS Carpathia medal

RMS Carpathia medal
The silver RMS Carpathia medal (image side) presented to Thomas Alfred Holmes, 3rd Engineer on the ship that rescued survivors from the Titanic disaster in April 1912

Background imageDisaster Collection: Selection of Titanic cards and postcards

Selection of Titanic cards and postcards
A selection of four Titanic cards and postcards: 1. A Bookpost postcard of the cruise liner at the Harland and Woolf yard. 2. An In Memoriam card. 3

Background imageDisaster Collection: RMS Carpathia medal, chain, certificate, photos

RMS Carpathia medal, chain, certificate, photos
1. The RMS Carpathia medal and Discharge Certificate of Joseph Blakely, a steward on the ship that rescued survivors from the Titanic disaster. 2. Gold watch chain. 3

Background imageDisaster Collection: Titanic propeller shaft fitting

Titanic propeller shaft fitting
A framed photograph of the RMS Titanic propeller shaft being fitted at the Harland and Woolf yard in Belfast in 1911

Background imageDisaster Collection: Titanic plate and two cards

Titanic plate and two cards
A rectangular plate from the ill-fated Titanic cruise ship, which sank on 15 April 1912, together with two cards advertising the White Star Line Olympic and Titanic cruise ships

Background imageDisaster Collection: Titanic plate and dish

Titanic plate and dish
A plate and a dish from the ill-fated Titanic cruise ship, which sank on 15 April 1912. Both are in blue and white, and bear the White Star Line design at the centre

Background imageDisaster Collection: White Star Line ashtray

White Star Line ashtray
An ashtray belonging to the White Star Line, owners of the ill-fated Titanic cruise ship, which sank on 15 April 1912. The words White Star Line can be seen round the edge

Background imageDisaster Collection: Titanic copperware

Titanic copperware
A copper pot from the ill-fated Titanic cruise ship, which sank on 15 April 1912. It bears the inscription White Star Line Restaurant

Background imageDisaster Collection: White Star Line plate

White Star Line plate
A plate belonging to the White Star Line, owners of the ill-fated Titanic cruise ship which sank on 15 April 1912

Background imageDisaster Collection: White Star Line Third Class booklet

White Star Line Third Class booklet
Front cover of the Third Class Accommodation passenger booklet for White Star Line Olympic and Titanic cruises

Background imageDisaster Collection: White Star Line Olympic showcard

White Star Line Olympic showcard
A White Star Line RMS Olympic chromolithograph showcard, in a gold coloured frame

Background imageDisaster Collection: Titanic postcard, letter, Turkish Bath ticket stub

Titanic postcard, letter, Turkish Bath ticket stub
An RMS Titanic postcard, a letter from Harry Wilde to My dear Norah & Edie dated 7 April 1912, and a Turkish Bath ticket stub relating to the Titanic disaster

Background imageDisaster Collection: RMS Carpathia medal, divot and fob

RMS Carpathia medal, divot and fob
1. A bronze RMS Carpathia medal with blue ribbon presented to the crew of the rescue ship by survivors of the Titanic disaster. 2. An iron ship divot inscribed RMS Titanic and engraved with a star

Background imageDisaster Collection: Stead telegram and brass nameplate

Stead telegram and brass nameplate
1. One of eight telegrams sent to Miss EK Harper relating to the Titanic disaster and the loss of WT Stead. 2. A cast brass nameplate from Titanic lifeboat no. 12

Background imageDisaster Collection: Letter from the Titanic

Letter from the Titanic
A letter dated 10 April on White Star Line headed paper from Adolphe Saalfeld of Manchester, a first class passenger who survived the Titanic disaster

Background imageDisaster Collection: RMS Carpathia Football Club

RMS Carpathia Football Club
Members of the RMS Carpathia football club, each one wearing the Carpathia Medal awarded to those who helped rescue survivors of the Titanic shipwreck in April 1912

Background imageDisaster Collection: Various Titanic items

Various Titanic items
Various items from RMS Titanic, namely receipts for meals and typing, a headed letter card, a restaurant card, and a box of matches

Background imageDisaster Collection: Titanic officers who survived the disaster

Titanic officers who survived the disaster
A photograph, with signatures, of four Titanic officers who survived the disaster

Background imageDisaster Collection: Memorial Service poster, Titanic disaster

Memorial Service poster, Titanic disaster
A poster advertising a Memorial Service at Battersea Town Hall, south London, on 28 April 1912, to remember those who lost their lives in the Titanic disaster

Background imageDisaster Collection: Letters from the Titanic

Letters from the Titanic
Two original letters, dated 7 and 11 April 1912, from passengers on the ill-fated passenger liner Titanic bearing the White Star Line insignia

Background imageDisaster Collection: Keys of Titanic lamp trimmer

Keys of Titanic lamp trimmer
The various keys of Samuel Hemming, lamp trimmer on the RMS Titanic

Background imageDisaster Collection: White Star Line cup and saucer

White Star Line cup and saucer
A china coffee cup and saucer by Stonier and Co bearing the White Star Line monogram

Background imageDisaster Collection: Pocket flask and napkin ring from Titanic

Pocket flask and napkin ring from Titanic
1. A silver pocket flask belonging to Florence Ware, a second class passenger who survived the Titanic disaster. It was given to her by the bandmaster, Wallace Hartley. 2

Background imageDisaster Collection: Receipt and ticket from the Titanic

Receipt and ticket from the Titanic
A receipt for typing charges, a rebate for meals, and a Turkish Bath ticket stub from the ill-fated passenger liner Titanic

Background imageDisaster Collection: Watercolour painting of Titanic

Watercolour painting of Titanic
A watercolour painting by Sidney Goodwin of the Titanic leaving Belfast in 1911

Background imageDisaster Collection: Titanic book covers

Titanic book covers
A selection of nine books written about the Titanic disaster, with dates ranging from 1912 to 1956. Included are My Father by Estelle W Stead, A Night to Remember by Walter Lord

Background imageDisaster Collection: Titanic postcards

Titanic postcards
Six Titanic postcards, including one woven in silk

Background imageDisaster Collection: Turkish Bath ticket from the Titanic

Turkish Bath ticket from the Titanic
A Turkish Bath ticket from the ill-fated passenger liner Titanic

Background imageDisaster Collection: Disaster on the Dunes

Disaster on the Dunes: the Germans blow up the bridges and isolate the British battalions (location unknown)



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