Articles Archives | Titanic Historical Society, Inc. https://titanichistoricalsociety.org/category/articles/ Established 1963 Thu, 22 Jun 2023 15:04:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://titanichistoricalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/TitanicHistoricalSocietyLogo-site-icon-512x515-1-100x101.png Articles Archives | Titanic Historical Society, Inc. https://titanichistoricalsociety.org/category/articles/ 32 32 Titanic Past and Present https://titanichistoricalsociety.org/titanic-past-present/ Wed, 11 Jan 2023 20:45:00 +0000 https://titanichistoricalsociety.org/?p=201 What were the origins of this great ocean liner? Why was Titanic built? Why was she called unsinkable? Why did she sink? Why weren’t there enough lifeboats for everyone? Was third class prevented from getting into lifeboats? Who was at …

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]]> Titanic’s “Brittle” Steel? https://titanichistoricalsociety.org/titanics-brittle-steel/ Tue, 10 Jan 2023 18:46:00 +0000 https://titanichistoricalsociety.org/?p=146 Olympic and Titanic were built using Siemens-Martin formula steel plating throughout the shell and upper works. This type of steel was first used in the armed merchant cruisers, Teutonic and Majestic in 1889/90. This steel was high quality with good …

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]]> Miss Louise Laroche https://titanichistoricalsociety.org/miss-louise-laroche/ Tue, 10 Jan 2023 18:59:00 +0000 https://titanichistoricalsociety.org/?p=149 A Haitian French Family Which Traveled in Second Class Aboard Titanic Miss Louise Laroche was an Honour Member of the Titanic Historical Society from the beginning until her death in 1998. Since she could not speak English, correspondence over the …

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]]> Ismay And The Titanic – by Paul Louden-Brown https://titanichistoricalsociety.org/ismay-titanic-paul-louden-brown/ Sat, 24 Dec 2022 19:03:00 +0000 https://titanichistoricalsociety.org/?p=151 Excerpted from “The White Star Line; An Illustrated History 1869-1934” J. Bruce Ismay at the time of the disaster, as chairman and managing director of the White Star Line, was held to blame for the loss of the Titanic by …

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]]> The White Star Line and The International Mercantile Marine Company https://titanichistoricalsociety.org/international-mercantile-marine-company/ Wed, 11 Jan 2023 21:45:50 +0000 https://titanichistoricalsociety.org/?p=387 The White Star Line, the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company was, from 1902 until 1927, a wholly owned subsidiary of the International Mercantile Marine Company (IMMC). From its inception thirty years earlier up to the turn of the century, it was …

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