Category Archives: White Star Line
Halifax Titanic Party Plans in Doubt
It appears that plans for a 10-day Titanic shindig in Halifax next April may have run into an iceberg. While the band isn’t yet playing “Autumn,” and the radiomen haven’t been given the order to start pounding out CQDs, it … Continue reading
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The Ocean Liner and the Whale
Being on the portly side myself, I’ve heard just every fat joke that’s ever been said or written. Yet I still got a chuckle out of the story embedded below, which dates from Feb. 1, 1934. Oh, the irony! If … Continue reading
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Titanic Insurer Sinks
Atlantic Mutual Insurance, the company that paid off claims from the Titanic disaster and kept White Star Line afloat, has been placed into liquidation. The insurer was sunk by a wave of workers’ compensation claims. Atlantic Mutual Insurance was incorporated … Continue reading
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Titanic Victim Identified
Titanic’s unknown child, mistakenly identified twice before, has finally been positively identified by the same lab that verifies the bodies of American war casualties. Five days after the liner sank, the crew of the body recovery vessel Mackay-Bennett pulled the … Continue reading
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Trove of Queen Mary Celeb Photos Found in Loo
I was having kind of a “down” day until I wrote that headline. Now, I’m smiling. Anyway, the Amateur Photographer website reports that a box of about 3,000 film negatives, glass plates and prints, many taken on board Queen Mary, were … Continue reading
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Cutlery of the Titanic
In April 1912, the employees of Birmingham-based cutlery maker A Price & Co, as the company was then known, were celebrating the business’s tenth anniversary with a commission to supply premium quality cutlery for use on board White Star Line’s … Continue reading
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Liner Survives Iceberg Collision
This week marks the 99th anniversary of the… Oh, you know as well as I do what this week marks the 99th anniversary of. Since there’s nothing more I can add to the discussion, I’m going to focus on another … Continue reading
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More Ham Operators Honor Titanic
It now appears that the big Titanic museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, wasn’t the only place last weekend where ham radio operators marked the 99th anniversary of the liner tragedy. A sister institution in Branson, Missouri, hosted a similar event, … Continue reading
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New Book Profiles Titanic Musician
Here’s a heads-up on a new Titanic book that could be interesting, although I haven’t yet read it. “RMS Titanic: The First Violin” tells the story of Titanic violinist John Law Hume. Written by his great grandniece, Yvonne Hume, the … Continue reading
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Titanic Radio Station
A special event ham radio station will be on the air this weekend to mark the upcoming 99th anniversary of history’s most popular maritime disaster. The station, using the callsign WØS, will be located in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., at the … Continue reading
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