Flashback : Rare photos of the 'unsinkable' Titanic
The ship that 'could never sink'
The Titanic departed Southampton in southern England at noon, April 10, 1912 and was due to arrive in New York City on April 15. The RMS Titanic, once described as a "practically unsinkable" ship, sank in the early hours of April 15, 1912. Ninety-nine years later the Titanic still remains the subject of popular fiction.
1912: The ill-fated White Star liner RMS Titanic, which struck an iceberg and sank on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic.
April 1912: Survivors of the 'Titanic' disaster on board a tug, arriving at Plymouth
April 1912: Lowering the lifeboats on the SS Titanic after the liner collided with an iceberg. Original Publication: From a page of The Graphic, 1912.
April 1912: Survivors of the Titanic disaster boarding a tug from the liner which rescued them
10th April 1912: The first class passenger list from the ill-fated liner the Titanic, which sank on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York
Survivors of the Titanic disaster are greeted by their relatives upon their safe return to Southampton.
4th April 1912: Latitude 41' 46N and longitude 50' 14W, the place where the 'Titanic' sank. Original Publication: The Graphic - pub. 1912
An artist's impression of Captain Edward Smith (1850 - 1912) giving his last orders to the crew of the doomed White Star liner Titanic, 15th April 1912. Drawing by Douglas Macpherson Original publication: The Graphic - pub. 27th April 1912
20th April 1912: Illustrations and photographs of the 'Titanic' and its passengers and crew. The Graphic - pub. 1912
16th April 1912: Newspaper boy Ned Parfett sells copies of the Evening News telling of the Titanic maritime disaster, outside the White Star Line offices at Oceanic House in London's Cockspur Street. Six years later Parfett was killed during a German bombardment whilst serving in France, just days before the end of World War I.
Captain John Smith, captain of the White Star liner 'Olympic'. He later became captain of the ill-fated 'Titanic'.
9th June 1911: Captain John Smith (1850 - 1912) and Lord James Pirrie, Chairman of the Harland & Wolff Shipyard, on the deck of the White Star Liner 'Olympic'. Captain Smith later became Captain of the ill-fated 'Titanic' and went down with his ship.
The ship that 'could never sink'
The Titanic departed Southampton in southern England at noon, April 10, 1912 and was due to arrive in New York City on April 15. The RMS Titanic, once described as a "practically unsinkable" ship, sank in the early hours of April 15, 1912. Ninety-nine years later the Titanic still remains the subject of popular fiction.
1912: The ill-fated White Star liner RMS Titanic, which struck an iceberg and sank on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic.
April 1912: Survivors of the 'Titanic' disaster on board a tug, arriving at Plymouth
April 1912: Lowering the lifeboats on the SS Titanic after the liner collided with an iceberg. Original Publication: From a page of The Graphic, 1912.
April 1912: Survivors of the Titanic disaster boarding a tug from the liner which rescued them
10th April 1912: The first class passenger list from the ill-fated liner the Titanic, which sank on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York
Survivors of the Titanic disaster are greeted by their relatives upon their safe return to Southampton.
4th April 1912: Latitude 41' 46N and longitude 50' 14W, the place where the 'Titanic' sank. Original Publication: The Graphic - pub. 1912
An artist's impression of Captain Edward Smith (1850 - 1912) giving his last orders to the crew of the doomed White Star liner Titanic, 15th April 1912. Drawing by Douglas Macpherson Original publication: The Graphic - pub. 27th April 1912
20th April 1912: Illustrations and photographs of the 'Titanic' and its passengers and crew. The Graphic - pub. 1912
16th April 1912: Newspaper boy Ned Parfett sells copies of the Evening News telling of the Titanic maritime disaster, outside the White Star Line offices at Oceanic House in London's Cockspur Street. Six years later Parfett was killed during a German bombardment whilst serving in France, just days before the end of World War I.
Captain John Smith, captain of the White Star liner 'Olympic'. He later became captain of the ill-fated 'Titanic'.
9th June 1911: Captain John Smith (1850 - 1912) and Lord James Pirrie, Chairman of the Harland & Wolff Shipyard, on the deck of the White Star Liner 'Olympic'. Captain Smith later became Captain of the ill-fated 'Titanic' and went down with his ship.
