The Stephen B. Luce Library Presents The RMS TITANIC 100 th Anniversary of Her Tragic Sinking April 14 - 15, 1912
The Stephen B. Luce Library Presents
The RMS TITANIC 100th Anniversary
of Her Tragic Sinking
April 14 - 15, 1912
100th Anniversary of the TITANIC Tragedy
o A Cruise liner and Royal Mail Ship o Designed by Alexander M. Carlisle o Built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast,
Yard No. 401
o Owned by the White Star Line o Launched May 31, 1911 o Delivered to White Star April 2,
1912
The RMS TITANIC:
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Admiral Stephen B.
Luce(1827-1917)
100th Anniversary of the TITANIC Tragedy
o 46,328 gross registered tonnage o 882 ft 9 in overall length o 852 ft 6 in length between perpendiculars o 92 ft wide
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100th Anniversary of the TITANIC Tragedy
TITANIC boasted electric elevators, a swimming pool, a squash court, a Turkish Bath, and a gymnasium with a mechanical horse and
mechanical camel.
First Class Turkish Bath First Class Gymnasium
Source: National Museums Northern Ireland
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TITANIC’s Reading and Writing RoomLocated on the Promenade Deck and decorated in the late Georgian style of 1770 to 1780, with soft white paneling and elegant furniture.
Source: titanic-online.com
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TITANIC’s First Class Reception RoomAs published in The Shipbuilder, 1911.Source: National Archives
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o A short “shakedown” test sail was done on March 31, 1912. o Departed Southampton, England for New York on April 10, 1912. o Ports of call were Cherbourg, France and Queenstown, Ireland.
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o1,308 passengers and 898 crew for a total of 2,206 were on board.
o A First Class (“Parlor Suite”) ticket cost $4,350, which translates into $90,000 present day USD.
o The Titanic was designed to hold 32 lifeboats, but only 20 were on board.
1st Class Parlor Suite B60
2nd Class Single Berth Stateroom
3rd Class 2 Berth Stateroom
Source: National Museums Northern Ireland
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1912 illustration of the TITANIC's intended voyage to New York and the location of her sinking.Source: National Museum of Northern Ireland
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Chart showing the TITANIC’s transatlantic route, with the site of sinking.
Source: Encyclopedia-Titanica.org
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100th Anniversary of the TITANIC Tragedyo Early in the day on April 14, 1912, TITANIC received warning messages of icebergs in the surrounding area.o At 11:40 p.m. on April 14, lookout rang warning for an iceberg right ahead. o TITANIC struck an iceberg on the starboard side of her hull after attempting an evasive maneuver. o Five of 15 watertight compartments were damaged, destroying the ship’s buoyancy.
U.S. Navy daily memorandum reporting the TITANIC's collision with an iceberg, April 15, 1912.Source: National Archives
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o A distress “S.O.S.” call for help was sent at 12:01 a.m., April 15. o 18 of the 20 lifeboats were lowered between 12:45 and 2:05 a.m. o At 2:10 a.m. on April 15, the hull split and the TITANIC sank. o 703 survivors were rescued by the CARPATHIA; 1,503 lives were lost and only 320 bodies were ultimately recovered.
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RMS CARPATHIAThe CARPATHIA took four hours to arrive at the accident scene. Between 4:14 a.m. and 8:30 a.m., 315 women, 52 children, 126 men, and 210 crew members were taken aboard. Source: yourdiscovery.com
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Here is one of the TITANIC’s lifeboats, filled with survivors and waiting to be brought aboard the CARPATHIA. This photograph was taken by a passenger on board the CARPATHIA.Source: National Archives
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New York Times headline on April 15, 1912.
News of the tragedy spread quickly, but those shore side waited for more details until the CARPATHIA arrived in New York.
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100th Anniversary of the TITANIC TragedyIn summer of 1985, the wreck of the TITANIC was located by a joint American-French expedition – at 12,500 feet below the water’s surface, and approximately 350 miles (531 km) southeast of Newfoundland, Canada.
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Sources and Resources on the TITANIC Tragedy at the Stephen B. Luce Library
•Bainbridge, B. (1996). Every man for himself. New York, NY: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc.
•Ballard, R.D. (1988). Exploring the Titanic. P. Crean, (Ed.). New York, NY: Madison Publishing Inc.
•Ballard, R.D. (2001). Adventures in ocean exploration. Washington, D.C.: The National Geographic Society.
•Ballard, R.D., & Archbold, R. (1998). Ghost liners: Exploring the world’s greatest lost ships. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company.
•Bonner, K., & Bonner, C. (2003). Great ship disasters. St. Paul, MN: MBI Publishing Company.
•Butler, D.A. (1998). Unsinkable: The full story of the RMS Titanic. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books.
•Eaton, J.P., & Haas, C.A. (1996). Titanic: Destination disaster, the legends and the reality. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
•Eaton, J.P., & Haas, C.A. (1999). Titanic: A journey through time. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
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Sources and Resources on the TITANIC Tragedy, Continued
•Green, R. (2005). Building the Titanic: An epic tale of the creation of history’s most famous ocean liner. Pleasantville, NY: The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc.
•Heyer, P. (1995). Titanic legacy: Disaster as media event and myth. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers.
•Jessop, V. (1997). Titanic survivor: The newly discovered memoirs of Violet Jessop who survived both the Titanic and the Britannic disasters. Dobbs Ferry, NJ: Sheridan House, Inc.
•Lynch, D., & Marschall, K. (2003). Ghosts of the abyss: A journey into the heart of the Titanic. Ontario, Canada: Madison Press Books.
•O’Donnell, E.E. (1997). The last days of the Titanic: Photographs and mementos of the tragic maiden voyage. Niwot, CO: Roberts Rinehart Publishers.
•Thrush, P. (1992). Titanic: The truth behind the disaster. New York, NY: Crescent Books.
•Winchester, S. (2010). Atlantic: Great sea battles, heroic discoveries, titanic storms, and a vast ocean of a million stories. New York, NY: HarperCollins.
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