From which English city did the 'RMS Titanic' set sail on its ill-fated voyage to New York?
"The Legend of the Titanic The Legend of the Titanic (, ) is a 1999 Italian animated film directed by Orlando Corradi and Kim J. Ok. The film is a very loose adaptation of the RMS ""Titanic"" sinking and featured several fantasy elements such as anthropomorphic animals. ""The Legend of the Titanic"" was followed by a 2004 sequel titled ""Tentacolino"". In modern-day New York City an old mouse named Conners tells his grandchildren the supposedly ""true"" story of RMS ""Titanic"". In April 1912, Conners was a young sailor mouse on ""Titanic""s maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. He is"
"hours of April 15, 1912 while the ship was on its maiden voyage from Southampton, United Kingdom, to New York City, United States. The sinking was caused by a collision with an iceberg in the North Atlantic some 700 nautical miles east of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Over 1500 passengers and crew died, with some 710 survivors in ""Titanic""s lifeboats rescued by a short time later. There was initially some confusion in both the USA and the UK over the extent of the disaster, with some newspapers at first reporting that the ship and the passengers and crew were safe. By"
"Memorial to the Engine Room Heroes of the Titanic The Memorial to the Engine Room Heroes of the ""Titanic"" is a granite monument located on St. Nicholas Place, at the Pier Head, in Liverpool, England. The city of Liverpool is strongly associated with the ill-fated liner that sank on 15 April 1912, after striking an iceberg in the North Atlantic with the loss of some 1,517 lives. The RMS ""Titanic"" was owned by White Star Line which was founded in Liverpool in 1840. Liverpool was also the port of registry of the liner with the words 'Titanic, Liverpool' visible on"
"had taken place in the month after the sinking, led to changes in safety practices following the disaster. The sinking of the , a trans-Atlantic passenger liner operated by White Star Line, occurred in the early hours of 15 April 1912 while the ship was on its maiden voyage from Southampton, UK, to New York, United States. The sinking was caused by a collision with an iceberg in the North Atlantic some 700 nautical miles east of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Over 1500 passengers and crew died, with some 710 survivors in ""Titanic""s lifeboats rescued by a few hours later. There"
"Manhattan from Brazil and the Caribbean. On 27 September 1647, Captain Bol mistook the Bristol Channel for the English Channel and ran the ship aground off Mumbles Point, Wales, near Swansea, Wales, () where the ship broke apart. Twenty-one of the 107 passengers survived, including Kuyter and Melyn, who later reported that Kieft had acknowledged his administrative mistakes before drowning. The Rev. Bogardus, Melyn's son, and most of the soldiers also drowned. Insurance claims and lawsuits over the loss claims lasted for years. Early popular sources describe the event thus: Some of the furs on board came ashore in Swansea"
"at the shipyard where the RMS ""Titanic"" was built, ""Titanic"" Belfast, and in the United States at Titanic Branson and Titanic Pigeon Forge museums. It was sold by auction house Henry Aldridge & Son in Devizes, Wiltshire, England, on 19 October 2013 for £900,000 ($1.7 million US), as reported by BBC, NBC, and ""The Washington Post"". The story of Wallace Hartley and his violin is the inspiration behind the song ""Titanically"" written by Canadian singer/songwriter Heather Rankin and David Tyson, with a music video directed by American-Canadian filmmaker Thom Fitzgerald. The music video was released June 2, 2017, to honour"
"voyage commenced on 14 June 1911 from Southampton, calling at Cherbourg and Queenstown, reaching New York City on 21 June. The maiden voyage was captained by Edward Smith who would lose his life the following year in the ""Titanic"" disaster. Designer Thomas Andrews was present for the passage to New York and return, along with a number of engineers and J. Bruce Ismay (chairman of the White Star Line), as part of Harland and Wolff's ""Guarantee Group"" to spot any problems or areas for improvement. Andrews would also lose his life in the ""Titanic"" disaster. As the largest ship in"
"as the Titanic sank. All members of the band drowned and the body of Wesley Woodward was never recovered. John Wesley Woodward John Wesley Woodward (11 September 1879 – 15 April 1912) was born in West Bromwich on 11 September 1879, the youngest of ten children born to parents Joseph and Martha Woodward. Known to all as Wesley, he became a professional musician, playing in Oxford, and Eastbourne. While in Eastbourne he joined the White Star Line musicians, playing on transatlantic ships. On 10 April 1912 he boarded the RMS Titanic at Southampton for her maiden voyage. Five days later,"
"ensure that the memorabilia would be permanently displayed in Belfast (where the Titanic was built) and in Greenwich. The museums were critical of the bid process set by the Bankruptcy court in Jacksonville, Florida. The minimum bid for the 11 October 2018 auction was set at US$21.5 million (£16.5m) and the consortium did not have enough funding to meet that amount. Titanic Belfast Titanic Belfast is a visitor attraction opened in 2012, a monument to Belfast's maritime heritage on the site of the former Harland & Wolff shipyard in the city's Titanic Quarter where the RMS ""Titanic"" was built. It"
"the wreck of the Titanic, and having found his brother's letter, coming ashore to bring it and the news of the ship's fate to his niece. Rising from the water at Liverpool's Salthouse Dock, the giant uncle wanders around the city in search of the girl, who simultaneously awakes in the city's Stanley Park and, accompanied by her dog Xolo, sets out to look for her uncle. The two miss each other several times, finally meeting up at the King's Dock at the end of the second day of the event. The following day, the pair set out together for"
"RMS Atlantic RMS ""Atlantic"" was a transatlantic ocean liner of the White Star Line that operated between Liverpool, United Kingdom, and New York City, United States. During the ship's 19th voyage, on 1 April 1873, she ran onto rocks and sank off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, killing at least 535 people. It remained the deadliest civilian maritime disaster in the North Atlantic Ocean until the sinking of on 2 July 1898 and the greatest disaster for the White Star Line prior to the loss of in April 1912. ""Atlantic"" was built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast in"
"1848 and 1950. On 11 April 1912, as Queenstown, it was the final port of call for the before she set out across the Atlantic on the last leg of her maiden voyage. She was assisted by the P.S. ""America"" and the P.S. ""Ireland"", two ageing White Star Line tenders, along with several other smaller boats delivering first-class passengers' luggage. Some sources and local lore suggest that a ""Titanic"" crew member, John Coffey, a native of Queenstown, left the ship at this time, thereby saving his life. 123 passengers boarded at Queenstown with only 44 surviving the sinking. Cobh was"
"aboard for the entire journey. Fares varied depending on class and season. Third Class fares from London, Southampton, or Queenstown cost £7 5""s"" (equivalent to £ today) while the cheapest First Class fares cost £23 (£ today). The most expensive First Class suites were to have cost up to £870 in high season (£ today). ""Titanic""s maiden voyage began on Wednesday, 10 April 1912. Following the embarkation of the crew the passengers began arriving at 9:30 a.m., when the London and South Western Railway's boat train from London Waterloo station reached Southampton Terminus railway station on the quayside, alongside ""Titanic""s"
"capable of about . On Sunday, 28 April 1912 the majority of the surviving crew of the RMS Titanic disaster disembarked here in secrecy. They were then taken by train from Millbay station to Southampton. There are currently two large deepwater docks, one of which is part-owned by Brittany Ferries, which has its UK headquarters here. Since 1973 the company has operated ferry services from the dock to Roscoff on the north coast of Brittany, France, and also to Santander on the north coast of Spain. Ferry services depart and arrive daily from March to late October, and less regularly"
"City of New York (1885 ship) The City of New York was a steam barquentine best known for being Richard E. Byrd's flagship on his 1928–30 exploration of Antarctica, mistakenly for the rescue of Shackleton in 1915, and most infamously for possibly being the ship that failed to come to the aid of the ""Titanic"" in 1912. Her name was changed several times; originally named ""Samson"" (1885–1914), she was renamed the ""Jacobsen"" (1915–1919), and then the ""Belsund"" (1919–1926), and back to ""Samsun"" (1926–1928), before being finally dubbed the ""City of New York"" in 1928. As built, the ship was long,"
"SS City of Boston The SS City of Boston was a British iron-hulled single-screw passenger steamship of the Inman Line which disappeared in the North Atlantic Ocean en route from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Liverpool in January 1870. The ""City of Boston"" was built by shipbuilders Tod & Macgregor of Partick, Glasgow and launched on 15 November 1864. Her maiden voyage, on 8 February 1865, was from Liverpool to New York via Queenstown. The ""City of Boston"" sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia for Liverpool on 28 January 1870 commanded by Captain Halcrow. She had 191 people on board: 55 cabin"
"is unlikely that he knew about it. http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20717 RMS Atlantic RMS ""Atlantic"" was a transatlantic ocean liner of the White Star Line that operated between Liverpool, United Kingdom, and New York City, United States. During the ship's 19th voyage, on 1 April 1873, she ran onto rocks and sank off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, killing at least 535 people. It remained the deadliest civilian maritime disaster in the North Atlantic Ocean until the sinking of on 2 July 1898 and the greatest disaster for the White Star Line prior to the loss of in April 1912. ""Atlantic"" was"
"Sheet and Tube. Wick, meanwhile, was forced to take an extended leave of absence because of health problems, though he returned to the company a few years before his death. Wick embarked on a European tour in 1912, in an effort to restore his health. He was joined by his wife, Mary Hitchcock Wick; his daughter, Mary Natalie Wick; a cousin, Caroline Bonnell; and Caroline's English aunt, Elizabeth Bonnell. On April 10, 1912, the group boarded the ""RMS Titanic"", at Southampton, England. The new luxury liner was bound for New York, with 2,224 passengers and crew aboard. At 11:40 p.m.,"
"then travelled to Belfast to oversee the crew that was assembling there for the ship's delivery trip to Southampton. He was relieved by Edward J. Smith at Belfast on 31 March and then returned to Southampton to take command of Smith's previous ship, RMS ""Olympic"". On 3 April he began ""Olympic""s tenth Southampton-New York-Southampton roundtrip, arriving in New York on 10 April, the day ""Titanic"" left Southampton. ""Olympic"" was given the radio call sign ""MKC"". At the time of ""Titanic""s sinking Haddock was sailing ""Olympic"" easterly from New York to Southampton, approximately west by south of ""Titanic""s location. Haddock was"
"New York (United States), Halifax (Canada), London & Southampton (United Kingdom). The gala event in New York was the official Global Launch and was held aboard the USS ""Intrepid"" in New York City on 26 February 2013. The gala dinner in London (UK) was held at the Natural History Museum on 2 March, and was accompanied by a display of items salvaged from the ""Titanic"". There was also a breakfast held in Southampton on 13 March. On 16 April 2013 it was announced that Deltamarin had been contracted for the project development phase, and would be responsible for coordinating the"
"known to have lived in Upper Stanhope Street in the 1910s. Bridget's alleged memoirs, which surfaced in the 1970s, said that Adolf stayed with them in 1912-13, although this is much disputed as many believe the memoirs to be a forgery. The maiden voyage of ""Titanic"" in April 1912 was originally planned to depart from Liverpool, as Liverpool was its port of registration and the home of owners White Star Line. However, it was changed to depart from Southampton instead. Aside from the large Irish community in Liverpool, there were other pockets of cultural diversity. The area of Gerard, Hunter,"
"full-color film ""The Miracle"". Mr. Harris wired his associate, Charles Klein, that he and Renee would be sailing on the maiden voyage of the new White Star liner ""RMS Titanic"". The thought of this was so upsetting to Klein, he wired back, pleading with his friend not to sail on the ship. Mr. Harris replied to Klein by wire saying it was too late to make any changes. ""Titanic"" made her way out of the port of Southampton on April 10, 1912. As she was being guided into the harbor, the giant ship caused a large displacement of water which"
"Belfast bound for Liverpool, her port of registration, on 31 May 1911. As a publicity stunt the White Star Line timed the start of this first voyage to coincide with the launch of ""Titanic"". After spending a day in Liverpool, open to the public, ""Olympic"" sailed to Southampton, where she arrived on 3 June, to be made ready for her maiden voyage. Her arrival generated enthusiasm from her crew and newspapers. The deep-water dock at Southampton, then known as the """"White Star Dock"""" had been specially constructed to accommodate the new ""Olympic""-class liners, and had opened in 1911. Her maiden"
"village. Edward Rowe was born in Bale in 1882. In 1912 he was age thirty and he was a steward aboard the White Star Liner RMS Olympic. He had then become a member of the crew for the delivery voyage of the RMS Titanic from Belfast to Southampton. After the ship arrived in Southampton, Edward Rowe, who gave his address as 56 Bridge Road, Southampton, signed-on to the Titanic’s new crew on 4 April 1912. Rowe was a steward in the first class saloon for which he would have received a monthly wages of £3 15s. Edward Rowe died in"
"1912, the ocean liner ""RMS Titanic"" was en route in the North Atlantic to New York when it sank, killing 1,500 of the 2,200 people. On April 18 the rescue ship ""RMS Carpathia"" arrived and was met by some 40,000 onlookers. Immediate relief in the form of clothing and transportation to shelters was provided by the Women's Relief Committee, the Travelers Aid Society of New York, and the Council of Jewish Women, among other organizations. Two ""Titanic"" memorials are located in Manhattan. On April 13, 1913, the Titanic Memorial Lighthouse in Lower Manhattan was constructed on the roof of the"
"40 seriously damaged due to ice. This does not include the large number of whaling and fishing vessels lost or damaged by ice. It took one of the greatest marine disasters of all time to arouse public demand for international cooperative action to deal with this marine hazard. This disaster, the sinking of on 15 April 1912, was the prime impetus for the establishment of the International Ice Patrol. On her maiden voyage from Southampton, England bound for New York, ""Titanic"" collided with an iceberg just south of the tail of the Grand Banks and sank in less than three"
"workers and was one of the largest shipbuilders in the world. The ill-fated RMS ""Titanic"" was built there in 1911. Migrants to Belfast came from across Ireland, Scotland and England, but particularly from rural Ulster, where sectarian tensions ran deep. The same period saw the first outbreaks of sectarian riots, which have recurred regularly since. For 12 July 1829, Orange Institution parades in Belfast were banned, leading to demonstrations and serious rioting in the city. This spread to County Armagh and County Tyrone, lasting several days and resulting in at least 20 deaths. On 12 July 1857, confrontations between crowds"
"daughter. While Vincent was in his second year at Harvard, Jack was on the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic, and became one of the casualties while returning from his honeymoon with his new bride, Madeleine Talmage Force. This event left young Vincent as one of the wealthiest men in the United States. In September 1911, Ava and her daughter moved to England. They lived in her townhouse on Grosvenor Square in Mayfair, London (from October–April) and her country estate, Sutton Place in Guildford, Surrey (from May–September). When World War I broke out, Ava became involved with the American Women's"
"City boats Florence, Lyons, Dundee, Brooklyn, Chelmsford and Sydney from 1951 to 1957 as 5th to 2nd engineer. SS City of Brooklyn The City of Brooklyn was a steam ship built in Glasgow 1868 by Tod & McGregor. It was owned and operated by the Inman Line. The ship had a gross weight of 2,911 and its dimensions were 354.4 ft x 42.5 ft. The ship travelled from Liverpool to New York. It was wrecked on 8 November 1885 on Anticosti Island. No lives were lost. W T boilers (water tube boilers), single screw geared turbines, left for North America"
"to New York City and travels on to Alabama, Seattle, and the Florida Keys. Wherever he goes, there is a new identity to discover and a new life to live. In ""Hunting Mister Heartbreak"", Raban sets off from the Port of Liverpool on board the 56,000 ton container ship ""Atlantic Conveyor"", following in the footsteps of the first emigrants to America (""Having arrived in Liverpool, I took ship for the New World."") His meandering journey takes him to New York City, whose inhabitants he divides into the Street People - poor New Yorkers who have to face the daily threat"
"broke out, quickly spreading throughout the vessel destroying much of her. In a week her remains slid off the ledge into five fathoms of water. The Yarmouth County Museum has a number of artefacts, including a nameplate with the name ""Samson"" on one side and the ""City of New York"" on the other. City of New York (1885 ship) The City of New York was a steam barquentine best known for being Richard E. Byrd's flagship on his 1928–30 exploration of Antarctica, mistakenly for the rescue of Shackleton in 1915, and most infamously for possibly being the ship that failed"
"to ""awaken public opinion to safeguard ocean travel in the future"" and wrote a public letter to ""The Times"" urging changes to maritime safety laws. In places closely associated with ""Titanic"", the sense of grief was deep. The heaviest losses were in Southampton, home port to 699 crew members and also home to many of the passengers. Crowds of weeping women – the wives, sisters and mothers of crew – gathered outside the White Star offices in Southampton for news of their loved ones. Most of them were among the 549 Southampton residents who perished. In Belfast, churches were packed,"
"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"