Exhibitions, superstitions a 3D film and now stamps mark Titanic anniversary". The Independent . Retrieved 21 September 2022. The book ends with three touching cameos that bring the human dimension of this famous rescue story vividly to life. Harold Cottam, wireless operator from the Carpathian, worked tirelessly through the night to send home names of survivors and was assisted by Harold Bride, his counterpart on the Titanic, who had to be carried into the wireless room because of his frostbitten feet. Captain Rostron refused, despite his exhaustion, to let clamouring newspaper reporters anywhere near his passengers. Molly Brown, one of the grateful survivors, collected funds and arranged for medals and money to be distributed among the crew of the Carpathian. Titanic propulsion was supplied by three main engines—two reciprocating four- cylinder, triple-expansion steam engines and one centrally placed low-pressure Parsons turbine—each driving a propeller. The two reciprocating engines had a combined output of 30,000 horsepower (22,000 kW). The output of the steam turbine was 16,000 horsepower (12,000kW). [16] The White Star Line had used the same combination of engines on an earlier liner, Laurentic, where it had been a great success. [29] It provided a good combination of performance and speed; reciprocating engines by themselves were not powerful enough to propel an Olympic-class liner at the desired speeds, while turbines were sufficiently powerful but caused uncomfortable vibrations, a problem that affected the all-turbine Cunard liners Lusitania and Mauretania. [30] By combining reciprocating engines with a turbine, fuel usage could be reduced and motive power increased, while using the same amount of steam. [31] Behe, George (2015). Voices from the Carpathia: Rescuing RMS Titanic. Cheltenham: History Press. ISBN 978-0-750-96464-7.

Klistorner, Daniel; Hall, Steve; Beveridge, Bruce; Andrews, Scott; Braunschweiger, Art (2013). Titanic in Photographs. History Press Limited. p.6. ISBN 978-0-7524-9953-6. Paper says Titanic discovered". The San Bernardino County Sun. 1 September 1985. p.3. Archived from the original on 27 June 2018 . Retrieved 26 July 2016– via Newspapers.com. Both Olympic and Titanic registered Liverpool as their home port. The offices of the White Star Line, as well as Cunard, were in Liverpool, and up until the introduction of the Olympic, most British ocean liners for both Cunard and White Star, such as Lusitania and Mauretania, sailed from Liverpool followed by a port of call in Queenstown, Ireland. Since the company's founding in 1845, a vast majority of their operations had taken place from Liverpool. However, in 1907 White Star Line established another service from Southampton on England's south coast, which became known as White Star's "Express Service". Southampton had many advantages over Liverpool, the first being its proximity to London. [101]Morelle, Rebecca (21 August 2019). "Titanic sub dive reveals parts are being lost to sea". BBC News. Archived from the original on 6 January 2021 . Retrieved 21 August 2019. Despite over 1,600 ships being built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast Harbour, Queen's Island became renamed after its most famous ship, Titanic Quarter in 1995. Once a sensitive story, Titanic is now considered one of Northern Ireland's most revered and uniting symbols. [314] [ failed verification] Titanic 's passengers numbered approximately 1,317 people: 324 in First Class, 284 in Second Class, and 709 in Third Class. Of these, 869 (66%) were male and 447 (34%) female. There were 107 children aboard, the largest number of whom were in Third Class. [116] The ship was considerably under-capacity on her maiden voyage, as she could accommodate 2,453 passengers—833 First Class, 614 Second Class, and 1,006 Third Class. [117] Factually, I thought I knew the story but I learned many new things. Emotionally, I thought I was ready for the outcome but I found myself swept up in horror when the Carpathian arrived to find no sign of the mighty ship they had come to rescue. It's a super book that I recommend without hesitation.

The Klaus Flugge Prize is funded personally by Klaus Flugge and run independently of Andersen Press. Along the journey, you will learn all about Morse code, navigation tools, the different roles of the crew, how the ships found each other, and by-the-minute details of exactly what happened on this cold and fateful night. The illustrations set the scene and take the reader into the frozen eerie night in the North Atlantic. Beautiful full-bleed illustration and vignettes give great detail about how everyone on the ship made their own contribution and showed true bravery.

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]

Spignesi, Stephen J. (2012). The Titanic For Dummies. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-20651-5. Her Captain, Arthur Rostron, had to make a series of courageous practical decisions to enable his ship to exceed her maximum speed, prepare to retrieve possible survivors and dash through the icefield in the dark, without alarming his own sleeping passengers.Beveridge, Bruce (2008). Titanic —The Ship Magnificent Volume One: Design & Construction. Stroud: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7524-4606-6. The way in which the Titanic sank brought to light serious design issues with the Olympic-class. This resulted in the Olympic receiving a major refit and major design changes for the construction of the Britannic. [222] Tsang, Amie (17 August 2018). "The Titanic's Artifacts Are About to Change Hands. Here's What's for Sale". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 6 January 2021 . Retrieved 22 October 2019. After the Troubles and Good Friday Agreement, the number of overseas tourists visiting Northern Ireland increased. [309] It was subsequently identified in the Northern Ireland Tourism Board's Strategic Framework for Action 2004–2007 that the significance of and interest in Titanic globally (partly due to the 1997 film Titanic) was not being fully exploited as a tourist attraction. [310] Thus, Titanic Belfast was spearheaded, along with some smaller projects, such as a Titanic memorial. [311] From 11 April to local apparent noon the next day, Titanic covered 484 nautical miles (557mi; 896km); the following day, 519 nautical miles (597mi; 961km); and by noon on the final day of her voyage, 546 nautical miles (628mi; 1,011km). From then until the time of her sinking, she travelled another 258 nautical miles (297mi; 478km), averaging about 21 knots (24mph; 39km/h). [140]