Posted on 04/15/2025 6:00:12 AM PDT by Red Badger
NATIONAL TITANIC REMEMBRANCE DAY
On April 15th, National Titanic Remembrance Day remembers the lives lost when the Titanic sank into the North Atlantic's icy waters in 1912. We remember the more than 1,500 people who died that day.
#TitanicRemembranceDay
Known as the “the unsinkable ship,” the Titanic hit an iceberg at 11:40 pm on April 14, 1912, on her maiden voyage from England to New York City. Later, in the icy waters of the Atlantic Ocean, on April 15, the Titanic sank. Those who perished did so mainly due to an insufficient number of lifeboats onboard the ship.
Since that time, journalists, engineers, ocean explorers, historians, survivors, and descendants of those lost have been trying to piece together the events leading up to that night. Countless hours of documentation, salvage expeditions, and interviews all record the perspectives of those involved. Every angle and myth has been considered from the investors to the designers, the builders, and the sailers, right down to the communications and those left behind. And to this day, it still is a heartbreaking and mesmerizing story no matter where you begin.
HOW TO OBSERVE TITANIC REMEMBRANCE DAY
As you sail through the history of Titanic, learn more about its secrets, people, and myths, too.
Read about the building of the Titanic and follow its timeline.
Discover the survivors' stories.
Watch a documentary, movie or take a virtual tour of the ship. A Night to Remember by Walter Lord Voyagers of the Titanic: Passengers, Sailors, Shipbuilders, Aristocrats, and the Worlds They Came From by Richard Davenport-Hines Titanic directed by James Cameron starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DeCaprio Waking the Titanic (2012) directed by Francis Delany Secrets of the Titanic (1986) by National Geographic
Use #TitanicRemembranceDay to post on social media.
NATIONAL TITANIC REMEMBRANCE DAY HISTORY
The day commemorates the date of the Titanic's sinking in honor of those who lost their lives aboard the Titanic in 1912. While each year since its sinking, memorial events are dedicated to remembering the tragic loss, no one person or entity has proclaimed the observance.
Titanic FAQ
Q. Who built Titanic?
A. The Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland built Titanic for the White Star Line.
Q. How long did it take to build Titanic?
A. Titanic took about three years to build.
Q. Who was Titanic's architect?
A. Thomas Andrews was the chief naval architect. He died aboard Titanic.
A Night to Remember.....................
In 1912, the presidente of Mexico traveled to England as part of a friendship tour...While there, he had taste of a condiment that he truly loved....He loved it so much, he thought his people needed to try it...He then, as a starter, ordered 10,000 cases of this condiment to be shipped to the US and then hauled to Mexico...
The ship the condiment was transported on happened to be the Titanic and as we all know, it hit an iceberg and sank...
The presidente felt so bad his people would not get the condiment that he declared a holiday in its memory...
The sinking of all the mayonaise is how Sinko De Mayo began....
The band on the Titanic stayed at their posts, and played as the ship went down. Heroes all.
Ah, but they were not White Star employees. The liner had contracted with another company to provide the musicians. After the sinking, that company billed the musicians’ families for the cost of the unreturned band uniforms.
How’s that for heartless?
(Public outcry forced the music company to back down.)
Not enough lifeboats and many of those that were launched were not loaded to full capacity.
Had they taken every mattress on teh ship and used them as life preservers, many more could have been saved................
My Grandfather was one of the early Amateur Radio Operators who built His own Radios and Antenna and was always trying out different kinds and types of Antenna. I ran across a few of His drawings and notes a long time ago. There were also several letters from the other Radio Operators He had made contact with including RCA, CBS, NBC & G.E. along with some of His notes and one was about hearing an SOS from the Titanic. Grandfather contacted the authorities to pass on the information. Nobody would believe Him and they said that the Titanic was “unsinkable”...
Yes! And of course one problem was that there were no lifeboat drills for the crew and passengers while at sea.
The ship had many things that could have been made into makeshift lift rafts etc.
Good observation!
Building Radio Sets is an Art Amigo !
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Loved that stuff !
I placed my hand on the Titanic once.
I own a piece of Titanic coal.
From where?................
The 3 NY bankers that could have stopped the Federal Reserve from ever being created died on that voyage.
I wish that I was a few years older so I could have known Him, there’s a picture of Him holding Me as a baby but He passed away before that.
They held drills for the crew the morning of departure at daybreak. They lowered several of the boats and rowed around and then hoisted them back up.
(I placed my hand on the Titanic once.
I own a piece of Titanic coal.)
Well what do you know, so do I. Mine is in a small glass case with a plaque with my name engraved on it as owner of Titanic coal anthracite. It comes with a certificate of authenticity. I actually purchased it from RMS Titanic LTD in 1996 after the owner, George Tulloch, obtained salvage rights to the Titanic. Mine comes from the 1994 salvage expedition. I have it on my fireplace mantel to this day.
Yuppers...
My Grandpa Jimmy took me camping in the Big Bear Mountains laying in the foundations.
The Circle of Life.
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