a b "A Mammoth Steamship. The New White Star Liner. Arrival of the Medic". The North Queensland Register. Vol.IX, no.43. Queensland, Australia. 2 October 1899. p.25 . Retrieved 10 September 2018– via National Library of Australia.

Titanic Belfast will reopen its doors to visitors on Saturday following a multi-million pound refurbishment. Her total height, measured from the base of the keel to the top of the bridge, was 104 feet (32m). [16] She measured 46,329 GRT and 21,831 NRT [17] and with a draught of 34feet 7inches (10.54m), she displaced 52,310 tons. [5] Titanic Centenary". Newcastle University Library. Archived from the original on 6 January 2021 . Retrieved 22 October 2018. See also: Animals aboard Titanic John Jacob Astor IV in 1909. He was the wealthiest person aboard Titanic; he did not survive. It was kept off-limits to passengers; the famous "flying" scene at the ship's bow from the 1997 film Titanic would not have been permitted in real life.On 18 June 1912, Guglielmo Marconi gave evidence to the Court of Inquiry regarding the telegraphy. Its final report recommended that all liners carry the system and that sufficient operators maintain a constant service. [221] The two sections are surrounded by a debris field measuring approximately 5 by 3 miles (8km ×5km). [260] It contains hundreds of thousands of items, such as pieces of the ship, furniture, dinnerware and personal items, which fell from the ship as she sank or were ejected when the bow and stern impacted on the sea floor. [261] The debris field was also the last resting place of a number of Titanic 's victims. Most of the bodies and clothes were consumed by sea creatures and bacteria, leaving pairs of shoes and boots—which have proved to be inedible—as the only sign that bodies once lay there. [262]

In 1933, White Star and Cunard were both in serious financial difficulties due to the Great Depression, plummeting passenger numbers and the advanced age of their fleets. Work was halted on Cunard's new giant, Hull 534, later Queen Mary, in 1931 to save money. In 1933, the British government agreed to provide assistance to the two competitors on the condition that they merge their North Atlantic operations. [153] The agreement was completed on 30 December 1933. The merger took place on 10 May 1934, creating Cunard-White Star Limited. White Star contributed ten ships to the new company while Cunard contributed fifteen. Due to this arrangement, and since Hull 534 was Cunard's ship, 62% of the company was owned by Cunard's shareholders and 38% of the company was owned for the benefit of White Star's creditors. White Star's Australia and New Zealand services were not involved in the merger, but were separately disposed of to the Shaw, Savill & Albion Line later in 1934. A year later, Olympic was withdrawn from service and scrapped in 1937. [154] de Kerbrech, Richard P. (2009). Ships of the White Star Line. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7110-3366-5. OCLC 298597975. Harland and Wolff put their leading designers to work designing Olympic-class vessels. The design was overseen by Lord Pirrie, a director of both Harland and Wolff and the White Star Line; naval architect Thomas Andrews, the managing director of Harland and Wolff's design department; Edward Wilding, Andrews's deputy and responsible for calculating the ship's design, stability and trim; and Alexander Carlisle, the shipyard's chief draughtsman and general manager. [11] Carlisle's responsibilities included the decorations, equipment, and all general arrangements, including the implementation of an efficient lifeboat davit design. [b]a b c d e f g h i j k Chirnside, Mark (2016). The 'Big Four' of the White Star Line Fleet: Celtic, Cedric, Baltic & Adriatic. Stroud, Gloucestershire: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7509-6597-2. Official investigation report – the sinking of RMS Titanic (PDF) (1ed.). London: The final board of inquiry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2017 . Retrieved 27 July 2017.

Titanic and other White Star ships Titanic Crew Member Profile: Violet Constance Jessop, Ship Stewardess". Titanic-whitestarships.com. 19 July 1958. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012 . Retrieved 28 May 2013.

Third Class (commonly referred to as steerage) accommodations aboard Titanic were not as luxurious as First or Second Class, but were better than on many other ships of the time. They reflected the improved standards which the White Star Line had adopted for trans-Atlantic immigrant and lower-class travel. On most other North Atlantic passenger ships at the time, Third Class accommodations consisted of little more than open dormitories in the forward end of the vessels, in which hundreds of people were confined, often without adequate food or toilet facilities. The first-class accommodation was designed to be the pinnacle of comfort and luxury, with a gymnasium, swimming pool, smoking rooms, high-class restaurants and cafes, a Turkish bath, and hundreds of opulent cabins. A high-powered radiotelegraph transmitter was available for sending passenger "marconigrams" and for the ship's operational use. Titanic had advanced safety features, such as watertight compartments and remotely activated watertight doors, contributing to its reputation as "unsinkable". The 100th anniversary [in 2012] was always the key date,” Susie Millar says. “We had to have something as a product that would attract a worldwide audience, and that was achieved.

The new experience aims to combine the attraction of existing exhibits on the Harland and Wolff shipyard, with the emotive experience of the ship’s story. He expressed deep disappointment about the decision before the voyage but was presumably greatly relieved afterwards. [110] The number of casualties of the sinking is unclear, because of a number of factors. These include confusion over the passenger list, which included some names of people who cancelled their trip at the last minute, and the fact that several passengers travelled under aliases for various reasons and were therefore double-counted on the casualty lists. [231] The death toll has been put at between 1,490 and 1,635 people. [232] The tables below use figures from the British Board of Trade report on the disaster. [106] While the use of the Marconi wireless system did not achieve the result of bringing a rescue ship to Titanic before it sank, the use of wireless did bring Carpathia in time to rescue some of the survivors who otherwise would have perished due to exposure. [50]But today, this visitor attraction also shines a spotlight on the people who built the ship and the times in which they built it. “It was a turning point for the city. We needed to start talking about ourselves in a more positive light,” she says. The LEGO Group was founded in Billund, Denmark in 1932 by Ole Kirk Kristiansen, its name derived from the two Danish words LEg GOdt, which mean “Play Well”. Today, the LEGO Group remains a family-owned company headquartered in Billund. However, its products are now sold in more than 130 countries worldwide. The White Star/Shaw Savill New Zealand service did not begin in earnest until the next year. The three ships were timetabled in addition to the existing Shaw Savill service and were managed and administered by Shaw Savill's agents, but White Star provided the crews and the ships retained their White Star names, livery and house flag. The route was an eastward circumnavigation, calling at Tenerife, Cape Town and Dar es Salaam on the way to Wellington, then rounding Cape Horn and calling at Montevideo and Rio de Janeiro on the return. The British Board of Trade's inquiry into the disaster was headed by Lord Mersey, and took place between 2 May and 3 July. Being run by the Board of Trade, who had previously approved the ship, it was seen by some [ like whom?] as having little interest in its own or White Star's conduct being found negligent. [210] Despite the good fortunes of its main subsidiary, the IMM was experiencing great difficulties and was struggling in particular to repay its debts to shipyards. Much effort was needed to get IMM on its feet, efforts that its aging president, Clement Griscom, did not believe he could do. In 1904, it was proposed that Ismay replace him, which he reluctantly accepted on condition of having Morgan's full support. [97] Intermediate liners and rapid expansion [ edit ] Romanic of 1903, (11,394 GRT)