Re: TITANIC - ONE HUNDRED YEARS ON

**bb1** Sat Mar 31, 2012 10:37 pm

You reminded me to visit the Titanic twitter, Pedro:

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#reporter Sea trials in two days for Titanic, will she live up to all expectations?

https://twitter.com/#!/TitanicRealTime

**bb1** Sat Mar 31, 2012 10:50 pm

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/311700/Titanic-return-for-105-year-old-man

TITANIC RETURN FOR 105-YEAR-OLD MAN

A 105-year-old man who watched the Titanic's launch more than a century ago has returned to the same place to witness the opening of the world's largest tourist attraction dedicated to the doomed liner.

Cyril Quigley joined Northern Ireland's political leaders and other dignitaries in the old Harland and Wolff shipyard where the famous ship was built as Titanic Belfast welcomed its first paying visitors.

Part of a £100 million regeneration project of the derelict yards, the eye-catching, dockside centre opened just weeks before the 100th anniversary of the ship's sinking.

"My father and mother took me to Workman and Clark shipyard which is on the opposite side (of Belfast Lough) to watch the launch," recalled Mr Quigley. "That was better than all the people in Harland and Wolff watching it because of the crowds.

"I just saw a mass of metal in the gantries that they built for it and all I saw was this big thing sliding out into the water. I was only four and half."

Retired accountant Mr Quigley, who still lives in east Belfast, said the new attraction was fantastic. "It's wonderful, it really is," he said. "I often thought they would make another plastic ship here and have it as a restaurant or something but this is fantastic. It's like our Sydney Opera House."

The six-storey centre, which it is hoped will attract more than 400,000 visitors in its first year, tells the story of the Titanic through nine galleries, each devoted to a different aspect of the tragedy.

Around 100,000 people have already bought tickets. The attraction, whose design is based on the bow of the Titanic, capitalises on its unique location, built right beside the slipway where the liner was floated in 1911.

During the official opening ceremony, Stormont First Minister Peter Robinson said the centre was just one reason why people should visit peace process-era Northern Ireland. "While many people will come to see the visitor attraction I believe they will be captivated and fall in love with the people of Northern Ireland," said the Democratic Unionist leader.

"This is a new era in this province and I believe that we want to bring people to Northern Ireland not just to see what a generation 100 years ago were able to achieve, but what this generation can achieve in this new era of peace and stability. We have so much to offer, this is just the beginning."

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It's amazing to think that there are still a few people who saw her in real life so long ago.

**bb1** Sat Mar 31, 2012 10:52 pm

I wasn't too keen on the look of the visitor centre till I saw this:

TITANIC - ONE HUNDRED YEARS ON - Page 3 Titanic

**Pedro Silva** Sun Apr 01, 2012 12:41 am

bb1, thank you for the express link, also thank you for the Titanic museum photo.

**bb1** Sun Apr 01, 2012 12:13 pm

I thought the museum was an odd shape, Pedro, it was only when I saw it beside the ship that I realised it was based on her outline.

**Pedro Silva** Sun Apr 01, 2012 10:00 pm

Yes bb1, "it was only when I saw it beside the ship that I realised it was based on her outline".

**Pedro Silva** Thu Apr 05, 2012 1:15 pm

Titanic´s provisions list:

• Fresh meat: 34019.40 kg
• Fresh fish: 4989.51 Kg
• Salted fish: 1814.36 Kg
• Bacon and ham: 3401.94 Kg
• Poultry and game: 11339.80 kg
• Fresh eggs: 40,000
• Sausages: 1133.98 Kg
• Potatoes: 40 tons
• Onion: 1587.57 Kg
• Tomatoes: 1587.57 Kg
• Fresh Asparagus: 800 barrels
• Fresh green peas: 1133.98 Kg
• Lettuce: 7000 heads
• Sweet Bread: 1000
• Ice cream: 793.79 kg
• Coffee: 997.90 kg
• Tea: 362.87 kg
• Rice, beans etc.: 4535.92 Kg
• Sugar: 4535.92 Kg
• Flour: 250 barrels
• Cereal: 4535.92 Kg
• Apples: 36,000
• Oranges: 36,000
• Lemons: 16,000
• Grapes: 453.60 kg
• Jam and Marmalade: 508 Kg
• Fresh milk: 1,500 gallons
• Fresh cream: 1,200 pots
• Condensed milk: 600 gallons
• Butter fresh: 2721.55 Kg
• Beer: 15,000 bottles
• Wine: 1,000 bottles
• Distilled spirits: 850 bottles
• Mineral water: 1,200 bottles
• Cigarettes: 8000

To eat all this food, passengers relied on:

• 57,600 items of tableware
• 29 000 pieces of glassware
• 44,000 cutlery

Food and Beverage Provisions
Bacon and ham: 7,500 lbs
Cereals: 10,000 lbs
Coffee: 2,200 lbs
Condensed milk: 600 gals
Flour: 200 barrels
Fresh asparagus: 800 bundles
Fresh butter: 6,000 lbs
Fresh cream: 1,200 qts
Fresh eggs: 40,000
Fresh fish: 11,000 lbs
Fresh green peas: 2,250 lbs
Fresh meat: 75,000 lbs Fresh milk: 1,500 gals
Grapefruit: 50 boxes
Grapes: 1,000 lbs
Ice Cream: 1,750 qts
Jams and marmalades: 1,120 lbs
Lemons: 50 boxes (16,000)
Lettuce: 7,000 heads
Onions: 3,500 lbs
Oranges: 180 boxes (36,000)
Potatoes: 40 tons
Poultry and game: 25,000 lbs
Rice,dried beans, etc: 10,000 lbs
Salt and dried fish: 4000 lbs
Sausages: 2,500 lbs
Sugar: 10,000 lbs
Sweetbreads: 1,000
Tea: 800 lbs
Tomatoes: 2.75 tons
Beer and stout: 20,000 bottles
Mineral waters: 15,000 bottles
Spirits: 850 bottles

Tableware, Glassware and Cutlery
Asparagus tongs: 400
Beef tea cups: 3,000
Beef tea dishes: 3,000
Breakfast cups: 4,500
Breakfast plates: 2,500
Breakfast saucers: 4,500
Butter dishes: 400
Butter knives: 400
Celery glasses: 300
Champagne glasses: 1,500
Claret jugs: 300
Cocktail glasses: 1,500
Coffee cups: 1,500
Coffee pots: 1,200
Coffee saucers: 1,500
Cream jugs: 1,000
Crystal dishes: 1,500
Cut glass tumblers: 8,000
Dessert plates: 2,000
Dessert spoons: 3,000
Dinner forks: 8,000
Dinner plates: 12,000
Dinner spoons: 5,000
Egg spoons: 2,000
Entrée dishes: 400
Finger bowls: 1,000
Fish forks: 1,500
Fish knives: 1,500
Flower vases: 500
Fruit dishes: 400
Fruit forks: 1,500
Fruit knives: 1,500
Grape scissors: 100
Ice cream plates: 5,500
Liquor glasses: 1,200
Meat dishes: 400
Mustard spoons: 1,500
Nut crackers: 300
Oyster forks: 1,000
Pie dishes: 1,200
Pudding dishes: 1,200
Salad bowls: 500
Salt shakers: 2,000
Salt spoons: 1,500
Soufflé dishes: 1,500
Soup plates: 4,500
Sugar basins: 400
Sugar tongs: 400
Table & dessert knives: 8,000
Tea cups: 3,000
Tea pots: 1,200
Tea saucers: 3,000
Teaspoons: 6,000
Toast racks: 400
Vegetable dishes: 400
Water bottles: 2,500
Wine glasses: 2,000

Linen
Aprons: 4,000
Bath towels: 7,500
Bed covers: 3,600
Blankets: 7,500
Cook's cloths: 3,500
Counterpanes: 3,000
Double sheets: 3,000
Eiderdown quilts: 800
Fine towels: 25,000
Glass cloths: 2,000
Lavatory towels: 8,000
Pantry towels: 6,500
Pillow slips: 15,000
Roller Towels: 3,500
Single sheets: 15,000
Table cloths: 6,000
Table napkins: 45,000
Miscellaneous items: 40,000

**bb1** Thu Apr 05, 2012 2:48 pm

That's fascinating, thank you, Pedro.

We must be getting near sailing time now?

**bb1** Thu Apr 05, 2012 2:56 pm

At this time 100 years ago, Titanic was in Southampton:

https://twitter.com/#!/TitanicRealTime

TitanicVoyage ‏ @TitanicRealTime Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
#captain Been issued our Passenger Certificate for a foreign-going steam ship today. We need to ensure all these guidelines are adhered to.
4 Apr TitanicVoyage ‏ @TitanicRealTime Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
#Southampton Amazing to see Titanic in port. A lot of people have gone down to see her arrival.
3 Apr TitanicVoyage ‏ @TitanicRealTime Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
#crew We have arrived safely in Southampton and everyone is delighted with the success of the journey – the ship truly is magnificent.

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**Pedro Silva** Thu Apr 05, 2012 4:59 pm

Yes, you´re right bb1, April 10, Titanic will departure in direction of Cherbourg, where more passenges with mail will embark in Titanic.

**bb1** Thu Apr 05, 2012 6:36 pm

An interesting read, about the run-up to her departure from Southampton:

http://www.titanic-titanic.com/southampton.shtml

**bb1** Thu Apr 05, 2012 6:38 pm

Oh my, I have found a Titanic forum!

http://www.titanic-titanic.com/forum/index.php?sid=a3d4ce614982ac17e67f0df39c1a50f9

**Pedro Silva** Fri Apr 06, 2012 2:00 pm

thank you bb1, for both links.

**bb1** Fri Apr 06, 2012 2:49 pm

There's a lot of good reading in both sites, Pedro, isn't there?

**Pedro Silva** Fri Apr 06, 2012 2:51 pm

Yes bb1, you´re right, thank you.

**bb1** Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:06 pm

http://www.scotsman.com/news/robert-gave-lifebelt-to-save-others-in-titanic-disaster-1-2218251

Robert gave lifebelt to save others in Titanic disaster

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The Titanic leaves Southampton

THE hands on Robert Norman’s gold pocket watch nudged towards noon and the fair-haired young Scot prepared to take a last, lingering look at the bustling Southampton dockside before embarking on an adventure to a new life in a new land.

Robert, 27, had left home days earlier on the first leg of what was to be the start of a whole new chapter in his life. His brother Stanley was already living abroad. Now, with their father dead and buried, there was little to keep him home in Scotland.

His time here was over. No doubt as the gold watch in his jacket pocket ticked away the final minutes towards his ship’s departure, Robert would have joined his fellow passengers in momentary reflection, thoughts turned to what they were leaving behind – and forward to the thrill and excitement of the voyage ahead.

After all, this was the finest ship ever built. Glittering and high-tech, she was a fascinating example of modern engineering – her mod cons and new-fangled electrical systems particularly thrilling for Robert, an electrical engineer.

This was her maiden voyage, a chance for her excited passengers like Robert to be among the first to experience the fastest Atlantic crossing ever.

And, for all the wrong reasons, this ship was about to become the best known vessel in the world.

Robert was, of course, on board RMS Titanic. Sadly this clever and amiable, calm and brave Scot would become one of the many tragic souls who would perish with her in the icy waters of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland.

His lifeless body – dressed in dark trousers, vest, green-striped flannel shirt and missing his boots – was among many recovered from the freezing water. On him was found his gold pocket watch, the hands poignantly stopped at the moment the Atlantic waters flooded inside the case.

It all happened 100 years ago this month, yet the hands of time have clearly not eroded the sheer scale and horror of events that claimed 1514 lives that April night in 1912, when the ship that couldn’t be sunk slid beneath the waves.

Yet for Robert, throughout many of those years he’d be Edinburgh’s forgotten Titanic victim – named on most passenger lists of the dead and missing as being, not a proud son of Scotland’s capital city, but from Glasgow.

It was a simple mix-up. He had been working in the west of Scotland for electrical company AEG, based in Wellington Street in Glasgow and living for a spell in the city’s Sauchiehall Street.

But Robert, a former pupil of Merchiston School, was most certainly of Edinburgh stock, one of six local men now known to have been on board the vessel when disaster struck.

Home for Robert had been at Nordcroft, South Oswald Road, in Newington with his father, also Robert, a partner in a London-based legal firm, and brother Stanley, who’d already left Scotland, bound for Vancouver. As he prepared for his journey across the Atlantic, picking up his second- class ticket for £13.10s, Robert quit his Glasgow job and moved to his uncle Walter Hick’s home in Dalrymple Crescent in the Grange.

According to Titanic enthusiast Susan Morrison, the vessel would have fascinated Robert, with its up-to- the-minute electrical fixtures and devices. “He was an electrical engineer – and they were the dotcom boys of the day,” she explains.

“Electricity was still very much a novelty, it was like computers were in the Nineties. I would not be surprised if Robert didn’t get a tour of the turbine rooms that powered the ship because they would have been of huge interest to an electrical engineer.

“They were cutting-edge and I think the ship itself would have interested him greatly – perhaps the reason why he was on board the Titanic in the first place.”

The electrics powering the ship would, of course, become remarkably significant in its dying moments, she adds.

“Everyone mentions how the lights stayed on right up to the moment she sank,” adds Susan. “What happened was that the electrical engineers in the turbine rooms knew the only way to keep the radio running was to keep the turbines going. They sealed the water-tight doors to the turbine rooms – effectively sealing themselves in to certain death.

“So there’s this famous moment when the stern of the ship rises in the air and the lights flicker . . . the moment when the water bursts through the doors and floods the turbine room.”

By that time Robert and hundreds of other passengers and crew were already fighting for survival in the cold waters around the stricken vessel.

Earlier that evening Robert had settled down to play the piano at a hymn service presided over by the Rev Ernest Carter and attended by around 100 passengers in the second class dining salon.

Many passengers had already retired to their bunks when the iceberg was struck, at around 11.40pm on the evening of April 14.

One woman who would go on to survive the tragedy, Kate Buss, later recalled meeting the helpful young Scot, who guided her and a companion back to their cabins for warm clothes.

When they reached lifeboat No.9, Robert helped Kate to board only to be told that there was space only for women and children – despite Kate’s protests, he would have to stay on the Titanic.

Later he is said to have handed over his own lifebelt to a woman and a child, helping save their lives. Confident of his ability to swim to safety, Robert jumped into the water, perishing, like many others that night, in the freezing ocean.

Robert’s lifeless body was recovered by the cable ship Mackay- Bennett which had been sent to the scene to help only to discover a sea covered in bodies.

He was buried at Fairview Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia on May 6, 1912.

Today his pocket watch survives – on show at the Royal Museum Greenwich, a poignant reminder of one tragic moment in time.

It was just another job

ROBERT Douglas was not the Titanic’s only Edinburgh victim.

Andrew Cunningham was in his mid-30s. For him the journey across the Atlantic on board the most thrilling vessel ever to sail was just another job, one that he would continue to do even when confronted with the horrific realisation that the ship was fatally wounded.

Born in Edinburgh, he’d been living in Southampton, like many earning a living from the many vessels that came and went from the English dock.

He joined the Titanic in Belfast, to begin work as a bedroom steward, serving the moneyed on the first -lass deck.

He was on his way to D deck – where the first-class dining room and reception room was located – to “answer bells” and respond to passengers’ needs when the collision occurred.

According to the online Encyclopaedia Titanica, he recalled looking down from E deck to see the rising water below and then helping passengers to safety until just three remained.

He told how one passenger, perhaps unaware of the dangers or simply determined to take precautions to aid his survival – nipped back to collect a coat, another wrestled with his lifebelt while Andrew dutifully helped the third strap up his life belt. “I helped him put it on and that was the last of my passengers.”

At around 2am, with all the lifeboats gone and nothing else for it, Andrew plunged from the sinking boat into the water. “I had a mate [Sidney Conrad Siebert] with me,” he said. “We both left the ship together.”

He swam as hard as he could clear of the ship. 30 minutes later, it was gone. Andrew was picked up by lifeboat four. He took an oar and rowed.

He was rescued by the Carpathia – his friend, Sidney, however, perished – and three days later was delivered to a dockside in New York City where, according to TSusan Morrison, many of the surviving crew were simply left to their own devices.

“The Titanic was just another job to them. And as soon as the ship sank, they stopped getting paid.”

Also rescued was John Steward, a 27-year-old married man whose home was Earls Road in Southampton, but Edinburgh was where he was born.

Like Andrew, he joined the Titanic in Belfast for her delivery trip to Southampton. As a first-class steward, he would have been paid £3.15s a month.

As the Titanic sank, he was hauled on to a lifeboat and eventually given safe passage to New York on board the Carpathia.

On board the Carpathia was another Edinburgh survivor, a 34-year-old waiter known as only Mr AM Govern.

And it would be a thankfully safe ending for Able Seaman Thomas Cheyne, 29, also from Edinburgh, and also hauled to safety on board the Carpathia.

But for third-class passenger Simon Kutscher or Lithman, his dreams of a new life in America, would end that night.

The 26-year-old baker had been making his living in Edinburgh, perhaps saving until he had the £7 11s required for a passenger ticket, number 251.

He died in the sinking. His body was never recovered.

**Pedro Silva** Fri Apr 06, 2012 10:22 pm

Another hero like Mr. Thomas Andrews, Captain Smith, Titanic´s band, all those who sank with Titanic.

**bb1** Sun Apr 08, 2012 11:36 am

http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16204813

Relatives Follow In Titanic Victims' Footsteps

[video]

Relatives of those who died and survived the Titanic disaster are among the passengers on a memorial cruise recreating the voyage of the stricken ship which sank 100 years ago.

The MS Balmoral will set sail from Southampton and there will be a service above the wreck site at the time the tragedy happened to remember the victims.
The vessel will follow the same route as the doomed liner and those on board will eat food from the same menus as the Titanic.
A Belgian band has even been hired to provide period music in honour of the musicians who are said to have played until the ship sank.
There will be the same number of passengers on board - 1,309 passengers - and they each paid between £2,799 and £5,995 for the 12-night cruise to New York.

The memorial service will take place in the North Atlantic on April 14 starting at 11.40pm, when the ship hit an iceberg and there will be another at 2.20am on April 15 when it went down.
Among the other passengers will be authors, historians and people who are fascinated by the Titanic disaster, which claimed the lives of more than 1,500 people.
Those who have paid to go are from Australia, Canada, the Caribbean, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, South America and the US.
This shows the world-wide appeal of the story which was given a boost by the 1997 film starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Another cruise from New York is due to meet up with the British ship over the wreck site.

**bb1** Sun Apr 08, 2012 8:37 pm

This is showing in the UK this evening:

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/titanic/final-word-with-james-cameron/

It's been fascinating so far, I hope lots of people see it.

**Pedro Silva** Sun Apr 08, 2012 10:35 pm

bb1, thank you for those links.

**bb1** Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:35 am

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/city-remembers-titanic-100-years-021043987.html

City remembers Titanic 100 years on

The city where Titanic sailed from 100 years ago, which was also home to more than a third of the dead, is hosting a series of events to commemorate the ill-fated liner.
Southampton lost 549 sons and daughters in the 1912 disaster when the White Star Line ship hit an iceberg and sank beneath the Atlantic as she sailed to New York on her maiden voyage.
The sinking left the city in shock and grief for many years.
At the same berth in the city's docks where the ship set sail on April 10 1912, more than 650 descendants of those on board will be on the quayside for a special ceremony. At noon - the exact moment RMS Titanic slipped her moorings - a recording of the ship's whistle will sound around the docks.
Prior to that, a minute's silence is due to take place in honour of the dead. Titanic's departure will then be re-enacted when the tug tender Calshot, which was built in the same era to manoeuvre the world's greatest ocean liners, sails from berth 43/44 followed by a flotilla of craft.
The event is to be hosted by television broadcaster Fred Dinenage, whose great-uncle, James Richard Dinenage, was one of Titanic's stewards and perished along with more than 1,500 passengers.
It will take place in Ocean Terminal, which overlooks the Titanic berths.

In addition to the descendants, civic dignitaries, representatives of maritime organisations and business and community leaders are attending. More than 600 Southampton schoolchildren will also pay a poignant tribute by parading through the city centre holding placards commemorating all those residents who served as crew members on the Titanic and who died when it sank on April 15 1912.
The names of the lost crew, along with any other known information will be inscribed on the back of the placards, with an image of the crew member on the front.
The event will help to mark the opening - also at the exact time the ship left the city - of the new £15 million SeaCity Museum which features a permanent Titanic exhibition.

**Pedro Silva** Tue Apr 10, 2012 11:57 am

bb1, thank you for this link, good to know about these events.

**bb1** Tue Apr 10, 2012 3:52 pm

More from Southampton:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-17657253

Southampton pays tribute to Titanic victims

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Wreaths and flowers were thrown from berth 44

Descendants of some of those who died on the Titanic have thrown wreaths from the Southampton dock where it departed on its maiden voyage 100 years ago.

A minute's silence was observed in the city, which had been home to more than 500 of the crew who died.

Hundreds of children paraded through the streets, each holding pictures of the ship's crew.

The parade finished at the new SeaCity Museum, which was formally opened by Olympian James Cracknell.

At noon - the moment Titanic slipped its moorings from berth 43/44 - a recording of the ship's whistle sounded around the docks.

'Tasteful and moving'
Its departure was then re-enacted when the tug tender Calshot, which was built in the same era to manoeuvre the world's greatest ocean liners, sailed from the same berth followed by a flotilla.

Wreaths were thrown into the water as part of the commemorations.

Vanessa Beecham, from Southampton, paid tribute to her great uncle Edward Biggs, a fireman who died aged 21.

"I enjoyed the ceremony, which was tasteful and moving," she said.

"It was a worry during the anniversary that the families would be forgotten... but this was lovely."

Maureen Tilling, whose relative Charles Warren sailed on the ship, said: "It is very emotional, you can almost cry.

"You can quite imagine 100 years ago with the relatives on the dockside thinking we would be going [on the ship] soon."

Civic dignitaries also paid their respects in the ceremony hosted by television personality Fred Dinenage, whose great uncle James Richard Dinenage - a first class steward - died on the Titanic aged 47.

The service ended with the hymn Nearer My God To Thee, which was said to have been played by the ship's musicians as Titanic sank.

Titanic set sail on its maiden voyage from the city's White Star Docks on 10 April, 1912 and sank five days later after hitting an iceberg.

Cultural centrepiece
More than 1,500 passengers and crew perished.

According to Southampton City Council, of the 897 RMS Titanic crew members, 714 were from Southampton. In total, 685 crew members lost their lives, with 538 registered to a Southampton addresses.

The city has more memorials to the disaster than anywhere else in the world.

A procession of children marched through Southampton holding pictures of Titanic's crew

The parade, organised by the council and the BBC, began at the Titanic Engineers' Memorial in East Park.

Children marched to the new SeaCity Museum which was opened by Olympic rower Cracknell.

One of those taking part was four-year-old Jack Avery, from Eastleigh, Hampshire.

His mother, Kaye, discovered that her first cousin three times removed was a trimmer on board called James Avery.

She said: "We are all very proud of James and it's lovely for the children to be involved and to find out about their heritage."

The £15m museum, which was formerly home to Southampton's law courts and police station, contains a permanent exhibition about the Titanic.
Set to form the centrepiece of Southampton's cultural quarter, the Havelock Road building has been part funded by a £4.9m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Southampton City Council has raised the remainder of the money.

At the scene

Robert Hall
BBC News
Across the sparkling waters of the dock, family bonds drew the generations together to remember a long shadow cast across a day of celebration.

A century ago the population of Southampton crowded the quayside to see Titanic; 500 locally recruited crew members crowded the gangways to join her maiden voyage.

Today hundreds of people remembered stories handed down the generations; grandchildren, great grandchildren… sharing memories of loss, of bravery, and of survival.

Outside Southampton's Ocean Terminal, silence fell across the busy port as the community paid tribute, and a flotilla led by the Edwardian tug Calshot followed Titanic's route from berth 44.

The silence ended by a sound which hasn't been heard since Titanic said her farewell, a recording of her whistle echoing across a city which has pledged never to forget.

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How poignant that must have been, that after 100 years, her whistle was heard in the harbour again. Sad

**Pedro Silva** Tue Apr 10, 2012 7:23 pm

At the exact place where Titanic sank, will be held a mass, also a crown of flowers will be thrown at the ocean where Titanic is.

a boat is full of people dressed the same way people dressed when Titanic was made, also a dinner exactly like the last dinner in Titanic before the iceberg.

**Pedro Silva** Tue Apr 10, 2012 7:29 pm

I agree with you bb1:

How poignant that must have been, that after 100 years, her whistle was heard in the harbour again Sad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n72DWLkkvUM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKIbhPl_EQE

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