"so, the ""Olympic""-class ships were built to surpass rival Cunard's largest ships, ""Lusitania"" and ""Mauretania"", in size and luxury. ""Olympic"", along with ""Titanic"" and the soon to be built ""Britannic"", were intended to be the largest and most luxurious ships to operate on the North Atlantic, but not the fastest, as the White Star Line had already switched from high speed to size and luxury. The three vessels were designed by Thomas Andrews and Alexander Carlisle. Construction of ""Olympic"" started in December 1908 and ""Titanic"" in March 1909. The two ships were built side by side. The construction of ""Britannic"""
"operations and artefacts to RMS Titanic Inc., a subsidiary of Premier Exhibitions Inc. headed by George Tulloch and Arnie Geller. It had to go through a laborious legal process of having itself legally recognised as the sole and exclusive salvager of the wreck. Its claim was opposed for a while by the Liverpool and London Steamship Protection and Indemnity Association, ""Titanic""s former insurer, but was eventually settled. It was awarded ownership and salvaging rights by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on 7 June 1994 in a ruling that declared the company to be the"
"notable ships from the ""Golden Age"" of transatlantic steamship travel. At the time of the production of James Cameron's film, ""Titanic"", the ""Commutator"" provided extensive, behind-the-scenes coverage of set construction and details not shown in the final movie release. Titanic Historical Society The ""Titanic"" Historical Society, Inc. (THS) is a non-profit organization founded in 1963, whose purpose is the preservation of the history of the famous ocean liner RMS ""Titanic"", which sank in 1912, in one of the greatest maritime disasters in history. Headquartered in Indian Orchard, Massachusetts, (United States), its founder and president was Edward S. Kamuda, who died"
"sea, the ship, and the iceberg. The cruise ship ""Balmoral"", operated by Fred Olsen Cruise Lines, was chartered by Miles Morgan Travel to follow the original route of ""Titanic"", and stopped over the point on the sea bed where she rests on 15 April 2012. On 14 April 2012, Halifax's Maritime Museum of the Atlantic held a candle-lit procession by the water from the museum to Halifax's Grand Parade, which passed some of the city's Titanic related landmarks along the way. Following this, Halifax's Fairview Lawn Cemetery held an interfaith memorial service in remembrance of the hundreds of lives lost"
"Ocean Group plc Ocean Group plc was a major British transport business. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The company was founded by Alfred Holt and Philip Holt, as the ""Ocean Steamship Company"", to provide a steamship service known as the ""Blue Funnel Line"", between the United Kingdom and China. It was generally known as ""Holts"" and had a trademark blue funnel on its ships. For many years it used Swire Group as it shipping agents. In 1947 it formed Malayan Airways. It was first listed on the London"
"the dining salon and the grand staircase were in identical style and created by the same craftsmen. Large parts of the interior of the ""Olympic"" were later sold and are now in the White Swan Hotel, Alnwick, which gives an impression of how the interior of the ""Titanic"" looked. Books: Journals and news articles: Investigations: RMS Titanic RMS ""Titanic"" was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early hours of 15 April 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. There were an estimated 2,224 passengers"
"and in particular in cities that had suffered notable losses. These included Southampton, Liverpool and Belfast in the United Kingdom; New York and Washington, D.C. in the United States; and Cobh (formerly Queenstown) in Ireland. A number of museums around the world have displays on ""Titanic"", the most prominent is in Belfast, the ship's birthplace (see next section). RMS Titanic Inc., which is authorised to salvage the wreck site, has a permanent ""Titanic"" exhibition at the Luxor Las Vegas hotel and casino in Nevada which features a 22-ton slab of the ship's hull. It also runs an exhibition which travels"
"ticker symbol of SOST. In 1994 it won a Virginia court order to get salvor-in-possession rights to the ship. Tulloch [6 August 1944 – ], who had built up the largest BMW dealership in the United States and had an American Financial background, In 1992, the company, through a reverse merger, formed into RMS Titanic Inc. Tulloch co-lead operations on the Titanic in 1993, 1994, 1996, and 1998 along with G. Michael Harris who served on the Board of Directors as well as all aspects of the companies exhibition touring business. G. Michael Harris along with his team of experts"
"MY Titanic The motor yacht Titanic is a 1,900-tonne yacht that was formerly the Japanese Government's research/fishing vessel Toko Maru and later Kelso. In March 2010, she developed a leak while sailing in the Caribbean. Her rescue by the United States Coast Guard was co-ordinated from the United Kingdom. Originally built in 1971, ""Titanic"" is a former research/fishing boat. She is long, with a beam of and a depth of . She is powered by four Niigata 6MQG31EZ diesel engines.The vessel is currently being reconfigured to accept 4 HS Turbochargers 4800 series turbochargers. She displaces 1,900 tonnes. Her IMO Number"
"Carnival Corporation & plc Carnival Corporation & plc is a British-American cruise operator, currently the world's largest travel leisure company, with a combined fleet of over 100 vessels across 10 cruise line brands. A dual listed company, Carnival is composed of two companies, Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc, which function as one entity. Carnival Corporation is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and Carnival plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange. As such, Carnival is the only company in the world to be listed on both the S&P 500 and FTSE 100 indices. Carnival Corporation was founded as"
"Passengers of the RMS Titanic An estimated 2,400 people sailed on the maiden voyage of the RMS ""Titanic"", the second of the White Star Line's ""Olympic"" class ocean liners, from Southampton, England to New York City, New York, US. Partway through the voyage, the ship struck an iceberg and sank in the early morning of 15 April 1912, resulting in the deaths of over 1,500 people, including approximately 815 of the passengers. The ""Titanic""s passengers were divided into three separate classes, determined not only by the price of their ticket but by wealth and social class: those travelling in first"
"Black Watch (ship) MS ""Black Watch is a cruise ship, currently owned and operated by Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines. She was built by Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard, Finland for Royal Viking Line as Royal Viking Star, entering service in 1972. She has also sailed for Norwegian Cruise Lines as Westward and Royal Cruise Line as Star Odyssey"". Royal Viking Line was established in 1970 as a joint project between the American businessman Warren Titus and three Norwegian shipping companies (including Kloster Cruises, the owner of Norwegian Cruise Line). The aim of the new company was to offer luxury cruises to destinations"
"Hamburg Atlantic Line Hamburg Atlantic Line (German: ""Hamburg Atlantik Linie"") was an ocean liner and cruise ship operating company established in Hamburg, West Germany in 1958 by Axel Bitsch Christensen and Vernicos Eugenides, the latter being the adopted son of Home Lines' founder Eugen Eugenides. In 1966 the company changed its name to German Atlantic Line (German: ""Deutsche Atlantik Linie""). Liner services were abandoned in 1969, after which the company's ships concentrated solely on cruising. Due to the 1973 oil crisis, German Atlantic Line closed down in December 1973. In 1991 Dirk Moldenhauer, the captain of the last German Atlantic"
"Royal Viking Line The Royal Viking Line was an upmarket cruise line that operated from 1972 until 1998. The company was the brain child of Warren Titus and had its headquarters at One Embarcadero Center in San Francisco. Each of the line's initial three vessels was owned by one of its initial investing partners. The first, the ""Royal Viking Star"", was completed in July, 1972. Its owner was Bergenske Dampskibsselskab (Bergen Line). The second, the ""Royal Viking Sky"", was owned by Nordenfjeldske Dampskibsselskab of Trondheim. She was completed in July 1973. The third ship, the ""Royal Viking Sea"", was ready"
"Crew of the RMS Titanic The crew of the RMS ""Titanic"" were among the estimated 2,344 people who sailed on the maiden voyage of the second of the White Star Line's ""Olympic"" class ocean sea liners, from Southampton, England to New York City in the US. Halfway through the voyage, the ship struck an iceberg and sank in the early morning of 15 April 1912, resulting in the deaths of over 1,500 people, including approximately 688 crew members. The following is a full list of known crew members who sailed on the maiden voyage of the RMS ""Titanic"". Included in"
"Mercantile Marine, which owned the White Star Line, and thus the Titanic. Morgan, who had attended the Titanic's launching in 1911, had a personal suite aboard the ship with his own private promenade deck and a bath equipped with specially designed cigar holders. He was reportedly booked on the ship's maiden voyage but instead canceled the trip and remained at the French resort of Aix-les-Bains to enjoy his morning massages and sulfur baths. His last-minute cancellation has fueled speculation among conspiracy theorists that he knew her fate. Another theory involves ""Titanic""s watertight doors. This theory suggests that if these doors"
"is based in Southampton, England, and operates a fleet of seven ships, dedicated to serving the British market. Carnival has various notable ships as follows: Carnival Corporation & plc Carnival Corporation & plc is a British-American cruise operator, currently the world's largest travel leisure company, with a combined fleet of over 100 vessels across 10 cruise line brands. A dual listed company, Carnival is composed of two companies, Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc, which function as one entity. Carnival Corporation is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and Carnival plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange. As such,"
"construction cost. The Hershey Company has continued his philanthropic ways. The Hershey Company helped start up Elizabethtown College's honors program. In 1912, the Hersheys, Milton and Kitty were booked to travel on the ill-fated maiden voyage of the British luxury liner RMS ""Titanic"". They canceled their reservations at the last minute due to business matters requiring Hershey's attention. The cancellation is often incorrectly attributed to Kitty Hershey falling ill, but by this time, she had been ill for several years. Instead, they booked passage to New York on the German luxury liner ""SS Amerika"". The former Hershey Museum displayed a"
"an artifact recovery operations. Mr. Harris also found the now world-famous perfume bottles from the Titanic on August 2, 2000 in the Mir2 Russian Submersible along with Mr. Harris' Director of Operations, David Walker. The television documentary “Return to the Titanic….LIVE”, hosted by Telly Savalas, was shown in 27 countries in 1987. A feature was the supposed live opening of the assistant purser's safe on television. RMS Titanic and Premier continue to be involved in litigation over the matter. In 1999 founder G. Michael Harris (Belleair, Florida), Arnie Geller (Atlanta, Georgia)and music promoter Joseph B. Marsh (who handled tours for"
"no longer needed on board. Not a complete list. SeaWind Line SeaWind Line was a subsidiary of the Finnish passenger shipping company Silja Line, later owned by the Estonian company Tallink. In 2010, the Sea Wind brand ceased to exist and the remaining ship, MS ""Sea Wind"", was transferred to Tallink colours. MS ""Sea Wind"" is dedicated to cargo shipping only, operating also as a train ferry on the route Turku-Stockholm. The ship is one of the most important carriers of railway carriages between Finland and Sweden. However, according to Tallink CEO Enn Pant, the company currently has little interest"
"Viking Line Viking Line is a Finnish shipping company that operates a fleet of ferries and cruiseferries between Finland, the Åland Islands, Sweden and Estonia. Viking Line shares are quoted on the Helsinki Stock Exchange. Viking Line is operated from the Åland Islands. Viking Line's history can be traced back to 1959, when a group of sea- and businessmen from the Åland Islands province in Finland formed Rederi Ab Vikinglinjen, purchased a steam-powered car-ferry SS ""Dinard"" from the UK, renamed her and began service on the route Korpo (Finland)–Mariehamn (Åland)–Gräddö (Sweden). In the same year the Gotland-based Rederi AB Slite"
"Both now operate for P&O Cruises Australia, the former as Pacific Jewel and the latter as Pacific Dawn. Sitmar Cruises Sitmar Cruises and its predecessor Sitmar Line were company names derived from the acronym for the Societa Italiana Trasporti Marittimi (). SITMAR originally was an Italian shipping line founded by Russian émigré Alexandre Vlasov, however the company's headquarters were later transferred to Monaco. Vlasov initially operated cargo services from 1937, gradually replacing these with passenger services from 1947 until 1988, when SITMAR was sold to the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O). After the sale, most of the former"
"P&O Cruises P&O Cruises is a British cruise line based at Carnival House in Southampton, England, operated by Carnival UK and owned by Carnival Corporation & plc. Originally a constituent of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, P&O Cruises is the oldest cruise line in the world, having operated the world's first commercial passenger ships in the early 19th century. It is the sister company of, and retains strong links with, P&O Cruises Australia. P&O Cruises was de-merged from the P&O group in 2000, becoming a subsidiary of P&O Princess Cruises plc, which subsequently merged with Carnival Corporation in"
"1989, Royal Cruise Line was sold to Norwegian Cruise Line, which continued operation of the company, along with the ""Crown Odyssey"", until 1996. A reorganization of all the fleets owned by Norwegian Cruise Line saw ""Crown Odyssey"" enter service with NCL's main fleet, where it was renamed ""Norwegian Crown"". Following the purchase of Orient Lines by NCL in April 2000, ""Norwegian Crown"" was transferred, regaining her original name, ""Crown Odyssey"", in the process. In September 2003, ""Crown Odyssey"" was refurbished and returned to the NCL fleet, again with the name ""Norwegian Crown"". On 25 May 2006, NCL Corporation announced that"
"briefly named the ""Constellation""; after its latest refit it is currently operated as the ""Lauren L"". National Geographic Orion National Geographic Orion (previously known as MS ""Orion"" and MY ""Orion"") is operated by New York City-based Lindblad Expeditions - National Geographic. Built by Cassens shipyard in Germany for the Marshall Islands registered company Explorer Maritime, with technical management by the Greek-based company Helios Shipping, the ""Orion"" was originally operated, albeit for a short time, by US-based cruise operator Travel Dynamics International (TDI). TDI had operated the vessel in the Antarctic and the Arctic and many points in between, including the"
"structure of ""Titanic"" would eventually collapse entirely, leaving only the more durable interior fittings of the ship intermingled with a pile of rust on the sea floor. Many artefacts from ""Titanic"" have been recovered from the sea bed by RMS Titanic Inc., which exhibits them in touring exhibitions around the world and in a permanent exhibition at the Luxor Las Vegas hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. A number of other museums exhibit artefacts either donated by survivors or retrieved from the floating bodies of victims of the disaster. On 16 April 2012, the day after the 100th anniversary"
"Titanic II Titanic II is a planned ocean liner intended to be a functional modern-day replica of the ""Olympic""-class . The new ship is planned to have a gross tonnage (GT) of 56,000 while the original ship measured about 46,000 gross register tons (GRT). The project was announced by Australian millionaire Clive Palmer in April 2012 as the flagship of the proposed cruise company Blue Star Line Pty. Ltd. of Brisbane, Australia. The intended launch date was originally set in 2016, delayed to 2018, then 2022. , the development of the project was expected to resume in November 2018 after"
"Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits (English: ""International Sleeping-Car Company""), also CIWL, Compagnie des Wagons-Lits, or just Wagons-Lits, is an international hotel and travel logistics company, particularly known for its on-train catering and sleeping car services, as well as being the historical operator of the Orient Express. The Orient Express was a showcase of luxury and comfort at a time when travelling was still rough and dangerous. CIWL soon developed a dense network of luxury trains all over Europe, whose names are still remembered today and associated with the art of luxury travel. Examples of such luxury travel"
"The Titanic Salvage Company was established to manage the scheme and a group of businessmen from West Berlin set up an entity called Titanic-Tresor to support it financially. It fell apart when its proponents found they could not overcome the problem of how the balloons would be inflated in the first place. Calculations showed that it could take ten years to generate enough gas to overcome the water pressure. A variety of audacious but equally impractical schemes were put forward during the 1970s. One proposal called for 180,000 tons of molten wax (or alternatively, Vaseline) to be pumped into ""Titanic"","
"Olympic-class ocean liner The ""Olympic""-class ocean liners were a trio of British ocean liners built by the Harland & Wolff shipyard for the White Star Line during the early 20th century. They were (1911), (1912), and (1915). All three were designed to be the largest and most luxurious passenger ships in the world, designed to give White Star an advantage in the transatlantic passenger trade. Two were lost early in their careers: ""Titanic"" sank in 1912 on her maiden voyage, after hitting an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean, and ""Britannic"" in 1916, after hitting a mine laid by the"
"National Geographic Orion National Geographic Orion (previously known as MS ""Orion"" and MY ""Orion"") is operated by New York City-based Lindblad Expeditions - National Geographic. Built by Cassens shipyard in Germany for the Marshall Islands registered company Explorer Maritime, with technical management by the Greek-based company Helios Shipping, the ""Orion"" was originally operated, albeit for a short time, by US-based cruise operator Travel Dynamics International (TDI). TDI had operated the vessel in the Antarctic and the Arctic and many points in between, including the Great Lakes and the Amazon River. Orion Expedition Cruises (OEC), since absorbed by Lindblad, then entered"
"Silver Line (shipping company) The Silver Line was a shipping company formed in 1908, part of the British Merchant Navy. By the 1930s they were offering round the world passenger/cargo services, with the passenger fare on a freighter £100. Entirely on foreign service, the ships did not include UK ports of call. Managing owners were the S & J Thompson family. Most of their merchant ships bore the name Silver followed by the name of a tree. The Second World War claimed 11 of their ships. One of them, the ""Silverfir"", was sunk by the German battleship on a voyage"
"on board the yacht, which was later taken under tow by . The tow was later taken over by the tug ""Mitchel"". The yacht was taken to Frederiksted, United States Virgin Islands; none of the crew were injured despite their ordeal. MY Titanic The motor yacht Titanic is a 1,900-tonne yacht that was formerly the Japanese Government's research/fishing vessel Toko Maru and later Kelso. In March 2010, she developed a leak while sailing in the Caribbean. Her rescue by the United States Coast Guard was co-ordinated from the United Kingdom. Originally built in 1971, ""Titanic"" is a former research/fishing boat."