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Large model of the wreck of Titanic.
Nikon F4. AF Nikkor 50mm F1.4D lens. CineStill 800T 35mm C41 film.
Musica di Maury Yeston e libretto di Peter Stone
Direttore Stefano Squarzina
Regia Gianni Marras
Direzione musicale Shawna Farrell
Coreografia Gillian Bruce
Scenografia Giada Abiendi
Costumi Massimo Carlotto
Disegno luci Daniele Naldi
Maestro collaboratore Maria Galatino
Nuova produzione del TCBO con BSMT Productions
Orchestra e tecnici del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Personaggi e interpreti
Barrett Filippo Strocchi
Isidor Strauss Andrea Spina
Ida Strauss Barbara Corradini
Ismay Sandro Di Lucia
Smith Alessandro Arcodia
Andrews Brian Boccuni
Bride Renato Crudo
Lightoller Daniel Favento
Etches Roberto Serafini
=== Français ===
À 23h40, le 14 avril 1912, le RMS Titanic frappe un iceberg. Le paquebot transatlantique coule 2h40 plus tard. 1517 personnent périssent.
Les causes du naufrage sont multiples :
De plus, les compartiments étanches ne montent pas assez haut pour empêcher la progression de l'eau, la coque n'est double qu'au fond du navire (ne protégeant que des hauts fonds), et l'acier composant certaines parties de la coque est très cassant, comme les rivets qui maintiennent les plaques de la coque ensemble. La vitesse du navire au moment du choc était également trop élevée pour les circonstances (bien qu'en accord avec les règles de navigation de l'époque)"
- Wikipedia
Bien que le Titanic était condidéré comme "insubmersible" ou "incoulable", cela ne l'a pas empêché de sombrer.
Le navire est également équipé d'un double-fond. De plus, huit pompes capables d'évacuer 400 tonnes d'eau par heure se trouvent à bord. Tout ceci entraîne des rumeurs d'une prétendue « insubmersibilité » du navire que la compagnie ne dément pas. Cependant, de telles rumeurs sont loin de ne concerner que le Titanic : la compagnie avait déjà qualifié le Cedric, neuf ans plus tôt, de « pratiquement insubmersible ». La rumeur veut également qu'au moment de son lancement, un employé ait déclaré : « Dieu lui-même ne pourrait pas couler ce paquebot »"
- Wikipedia
Je dénonce ici les fausses idées que l'on se fait par rapport à la nouvelle technologie. Les présomption que le Titanic était "incoulable" a été prouvé à tort au coût de lourdes pertes en vies humaines. Les présomptions sont encore nombreuses, par exemple face au nucléaire, aux OGMs, ou à l'économie. Il est important de toujours garder l'esprit ouvert et de ne rien supposer d'avance.
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La présente photo a été inspirée à partir de celle-ci et fait partie de mon projet photo "52 légo". En 2011, je dénoncerai une injustice à chaque semaine. Les photos de ce projet peuvent être utilisées librement pour des fins non-commerciales.
Changeons le monde, une photo à la fois.
=== English ===
At 11:40 PM on April 14th of 1912, the RMS Titanic hit an iceberg. The transatlantic liner sank 2 hours and 40 minutes later. 1517 people died.
There were many causes for the sinking :
- Construction and metallurgy
- Rudder construction and turning ability
- Orientation of impact
- Weather
- Excessive speed"
- Wikipedia
Even if the Titanic was generally considered "unsinkable", it did sink.
General arrangement of the 16 main compartments of Titanic. The double bottom was 7 feet high and divided into 44 watertight compartments. There were additional 13 small compartments above the tank top, e.g. for the shaft tunnels.
The trade journal The Shipbuilder and Marine Engine Builder described in their June 1911 Special Number devoted to Olympic and Titanic that "The captain may, by simply moving an electric switch, instantly close the watertight doors throughout, making the vessel virtually unsinkable." In fact the vessel was designed to comply with Grade 1 subdivision proposed by the 1891 Bulkhead Committee, meaning that it could stay afloat with any two adjoining out of its 16 main compartments in free communication with the sea. The height of the bulkhead deck above the water line in flooded condition was well above the requirements and the vessel indeed would have been able to float with three adjoining compartments flooded in 11 out of 14 possible combinations.
The first unqualified assertion of Titanic's unsinkability appears the day after the tragedy (on 16 April 1912) in The New York Times, which quotes Philip A. S. Franklin, vice president of the White Star Line as saying, when informed of the incident,
I thought her unsinkable and I based my opinion on the best expert advice available. I do not understand it.
This comment was seized upon by the press and the idea that the White Star Line had previously declared Titanic to be unsinkable (without qualification) gained immediate and widespread currency."
- Wikipedia
I here denounce the false ideas we have about new technologies. The assumption that the Titanic was "unsinkable" was proven wrong at a great cost in human lives. Assumptions are still found everywhere, per example, about nuclear power, GMOs, or economy. It is important that each and every one of us keeps a open mind and never assume anything too easily.
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The present photo was inspired by this one, and is part of my "52 légo" photo project. In 2011, I will denounce one injustice every week. The photos of this project can be freely used for non-commercial use.
Let's change the world, one photo at a time.
Very large model of the wreck of Titanic.
Nikon F4. AF Nikkor 50mm F1.4D lens. CineStill 800T 35mm C41 film.
The dinner parties hosted by my friend are renowned for their exquisite taste, but last week he outdid himself with a dinner to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of The Titanic. Ten of us were invited to enjoy the same eleven course menu as was served to the ship's first class passengers. Dress code was white tie. Pictured here is course number eight: venison stuffed squab with parmentier potatoes, red cabbage and watercress. Some may have realised that I paraphrased the 1993 Ferrero Rocher advert 'The Ambassador's Party' in my opening to this caption, and I will do so again. But Ferrero Rocher, at £3.99 down at the garage? No. This was really spoiling us.
Glasgow, 2012.
The Titanic left Southampton on the 10th April 1912 and almost collided with the Cunard ship New York asshe was leaving the docks.
Titanic Belfast is a visitor attraction opened in 2012, a monument to Belfast's maritime heritage on the site of the former Harland & Wolff shipyard in the city's Titanic Quarter where the RMS Titanic was built. It tells the stories of the Titanic, which hit an iceberg and sank during her maiden voyage in 1912, and her sister ships RMS Olympic and HMHS Britannic. The building contains more than 12,000 square metres (130,000 sq ft) of floor space, most of which is occupied by a series of galleries, private function rooms and community facilities, plus the addition of Hickson’s Point destination bar in March 2018.
Enlarged photograph of the Titanic on the wall of the exhibition centre.
Nikon F4. AF Nikkor 24mm F2.8D lens. Ilford Delta 3200 35mm B&W film.
The starter was made by Terry E. for the Titanic challenge at the AAB group. Round two by Celeste which I cut down and will send to be my starter for an online round robin.
Luglio 2016
Teatro Comunale Bologna
Bernstein School of Musical Theater
Titanic
Musical di Maury Yeston su libretto di Peter Stone
Regia Gianni Marras
Direzione orchestraStefano Squarzina
Direzione musicaleShawna Farrell
Coreografie Gillian Bruce
Scenografie Giada Abiendi
Costumi Massimo Carlotto
Disegno luci Daniele Naldi
Nuova produzione del TCBO con BSMT Productions
This has to be the most valuable railway ticket I have ever held in my hands. Part of a private collection of Titanic ephemera, it is an unissued GWR Edmondson that was produced for sale aboard the RMS "Titanic" on the return leg of her maiden voyage, at her projected Plymouth calling point.
The Titanic museum in Orlando. My perspective was limited by the size of the room. Off season, I had the room to myself. Available light only. This photo has been published.
At the opening of the fantastic new interactive installation by Selavy Oh on MetaLES.
More see at Selavy's Blog: ohselavy.blogspot.de/
The "Somewhere in sl" picture series (or "The Adventures of WuWai in Second Life") is my guide and bookmark folder to wonderful, artful, curious or in other way remarkably sims of second life with travel guide WuWai Chun.
1/10th scale tribute model to the Titanic built by a man in Inverness, Scotland. UPDATE 2018!!! The owner of the Museum has sadly passed away and it is now closed.
Large model of the wreck of Titanic.
Nikon F4. AF Nikkor 50mm F1.4D lens. CineStill 800T 35mm C41 film.
Made to order for Lord William Pirrie, the chairman of Harland and Wolff shipbuilders, this one-off Rolls Royce, which was built in 1911, has had a happier history than the ship with which it shares it's name.
Following a period in America the car was returned to the UK in 2000 and restored by it's new owners.
The car still bears its Titanic Ghost nameplate and Lord Pirrie's family crest.
Great North Steam Fair
11th April 2015.
An envelope and a sheet of writing paper from the RMS "Titanic". A passenger on Titanic sent a letter home, which was taken ashore with the mails at the Titanic's last port of call at Queenstown, Ireland. Included in the letter, by way of a souvenir, was this unused sheet of paper and envelope. 24th November 2016.
Large model of the wreck of Titanic. In this shot you can see the ROV suspended above, which moved & lit up the model to simulate the look & effect of the submersible reaching the wreck.
Nikon F4. AF Nikkor 50mm F1.4D lens. Kodak Tri-X 400 35mm B&W film.
Titanic is not one of my favorite movies. I did this photo for a group collaboration one of my cousins started. Each of us has picked a movie and we all have to do our own interpretation of all the movies. I am pretty happy with how it turned out, even though I forgot I was not supposed to look at the camera directly and mine is a little too tight, oh well. What I am proud of is changing the color of the "stone" of the necklace. It belongs to Miranda and it's a cheap plastic thing and originally purple. I had to watch a couple of tutorials but I think it looks all right. The still for the movie is in the comments if you wish to compare them.
Next up? Kill Bill ;)
En español en los comentarios.
Titanic’s Maiden Voyage
Monday 15th April 1912 :
Water was pouring into the lowest levels of the ship. The first lifeboats were lowered into the freezing water. At 02 :20, Titanic disappeared from view.
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A project by Skyrunner42 (www.flickr.com/photos/59501677@N06/), MrSsorg (www.flickr.com/photos/51369236@N06/) and Papacharly.
Titanic designed and built with MLCad (LDraw) by MrSsorg. Slightly modified (portholes, windows, flag) by Skyrunner42 and Papacharly24. Idea & Concept for renders by Skyrunner42. Renders (Pov-Ray) by Papacharly.
Have also a look to: www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=108085#entry...
Titanic and City Tours Belfast Leyland Olympian BFZ 1345 (ex A145 DPE) is seen parked at Belfast city hall
Titanic Museum in Belfast - such a beautiful place to visit to see and hear recordings of what actually happened - titanicbelfast.com/
History time 😎, buried in Aberdeen’s Trinity Cemetery is Robert Hichin’s the helmsman of RMS Titanic ( yes The Titanic) who was at the ships wheel when it struck the iceberg that resulted in the ship sinking .
A few years ago I read on FB that he was buried in Trinity, I visited to find it was an unmarked grave, the second photo is the scene I captured that day .
Last week I read a new headstone is now in place to commemorate his memory.
I visited today Wednesday 18th December 2019, the first photo I captured today shows the new headstone marking the final resting place of one of history’s infamous characters .
Robert Hichens (16 September 1882 – 23 September 1940) was a British sailor who was part of the deck crew on board the RMS Titanic when she sank on her maiden voyage on 15 April 1912.
He was one of six quartermasters on board the vessel and was at the ship's wheel when the Titanic struck the iceberg. He was in charge of Lifeboat #6, where he refused to return to rescue people from the water according to several accounts of those on the boat, including Margaret Brown, who argued with him throughout the early morning.
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From my previous post after my first visit when the grave was unmarked .
I read with interest this morning 13th May 2018, that an unmarked grave located in Aberdeen’s Trinity Cemetery has a connection with the sinking of RMS Titanic back in April 1912.
I have visited this cemetery on many occasions in the past, I have posted an album here on my Flickr of some of the historical and interesting headstones I have viewed at the site, hence full of intrigue I revisited tonight to view the unmarked grave myself.
I eventually found the grave marked only with a simple wooden cross, thanks to Ian Burnett from Aberdeen for locating it, below I have put some information I have gathered from various places on this interesting plot .
The unmarked grave is the final resting place of one of the Titanics crew who was Quartermaster on the vessel and who manned the wheel with his very own hands when she hit the iceberg that eventually sunk the ship on her maiden voyage back in 1912, his name was Robert Hichens .
Born16 September 1882
Newlyn, Cornwall, England
Died23 September 1940 (aged 58)
English Trader, (off coast) of
Aberdeen, Scotland
Cause of deathHeart Failure
Resting placeTrinity Cemetery, Scotland
ResidenceAberdeen, Scotland
NationalityCornish
CitizenshipBritish
OccupationMariner
Known forCrew Member of the RMS Titanic
Home townAberdeen, Scotland
Robert Hichens (16 September 1882 – 23 September 1940) was a British sailor who was part of the deck crew on board the RMS Titanic when she sank on her maiden voyage on 15 April 1912.
He was one of six quartermasters on board the vessel and was at the ship's wheel when the Titanic struck the iceberg. In 1906, he married Florence Mortimore in Devon, England; when he registered for duty aboard the Titanic, his listed address was in Southampton, where he lived with his wife and two children.
Hichens gained notoriety after the disaster because of his conduct in Lifeboat No. 6, of which he was in command. Passengers accused him of refusing to go back to rescue people from the water after the ship sank, that he called the people in the water "stiffs," and that he constantly criticised those at the oars while he was manning the rudder.
Hichens was later to testify at the US Inquiry that he had never used the words "stiffs" and that he had other words to describe bodies. He would also testify to have been given direct orders by second mate Charles Lightoller and Captain Edward Smith to row to where a light could be seen (a steamer they thought) on the port bow, drop off the passengers and return. Later it was alleged that he complained that the lifeboat was going to drift for days before any rescue came.
At least two boat 6 passengers publicly accused Hichens of being drunk: Major Arthur Godfrey Peuchen and Mrs Lucian Philip Smith.
When the RMS Carpathia came to rescue Titanic's survivors he said that the ship was not there to rescue them, but to pick up the bodies of the dead. By this time the other people in the lifeboat had lost patience with Hichens. Although Hichens protested, Denver millionaire Margaret "Molly" Brown told the others to start rowing to keep warm.
After a last attempt by Hichens to keep control of the lifeboat, Brown threatened to throw him overboard. These events would later end up being depicted in the Broadway musical and film, The Unsinkable Molly Brown. During the US inquiry into the disaster, Hichens denied the accounts by the passengers and crew in lifeboat 6.
He had been initially concerned about the suction from the Titanic and later by the fact that being a mile away from the wreck, with no compass and in complete darkness, they had no way of returning to the stricken vessel.
Later life
Hichens served with the Army Service Corps during World War One; by 1919 he was third officer on a small ship named Magpie. The Hitchens moved to Devon sometime in the 1920s where Robert purchased a motor boat from a man named Harry Henley and operated a boat charter. In 1931, his wife and children left him and moved to Southampton. In 1933, Hichens was jailed for attempting to murder Henley and was released in 1937.
Death
On 23 September 1940 Hichens died in his 58th year of heart failure aboard the ship English Trader, while it was moored off the coast of Aberdeen, Scotland.[3] His body was buried in Section 10, Lair 244 of Trinity Cemetery, in Aberdeen.
RMS Titanic
RMS Titanic (/taɪˈtænɪk/) was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early hours of 15 April 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City.
There were an estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard, and more than 1,500 died, making it one of the deadliest commercial peacetime maritime disasters in modern history. RMS Titanic was the largest ship afloat at the time it entered service and was the second of three Olympic-class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line. It was built by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. Thomas Andrews, her architect, died in the disaster.
Titanic was under the command of Edward Smith, who also went down with the ship. The ocean liner carried some of the wealthiest people in the world, as well as hundreds of emigrants from Great Britain and Ireland, Scandinavia and elsewhere throughout Europe who were seeking a new life in the United States.
The first-class accommodation was designed to be the pinnacle of comfort and luxury, with an on-board gymnasium, swimming pool, libraries, high-class restaurants and opulent cabins. A high-powered radiotelegraph transmitter was available for sending passenger "marconigrams" and for the ship's operational use.
Although Titanic had advanced safety features such as watertight compartments and remotely activated watertight doors, Titanic only carried enough lifeboats for 1,178 people—about half the number on board, and one third of her total capacity—due to outdated maritime safety regulations.
The ship carried 16 lifeboat davits which could lower three lifeboats each, for a total of 48 boats. However, Titanic carried only a total of 20 lifeboats, four of which were collapsible and proved hard to launch during the sinking.
After leaving Southampton on 10 April 1912, Titanic called at Cherbourg in France and Queenstown (now Cobh) in Ireland before heading west to New York.
On 14 April, four days into the crossing and about 375 miles (600 km) south of Newfoundland, she hit an iceberg at 11:40 p.m. ship's time.
The collision caused the hull plates to buckle inwards along her starboard (right) side and opened five of her sixteen watertight compartments to the sea; she could only survive four flooding. Meanwhile, passengers and some crew members were evacuated in lifeboats, many of which were launched only partially loaded.
A disproportionate number of men were left aboard because of a "women and children first" protocol for loading lifeboats. At 2:20 a.m., she broke apart and foundered with well over one thousand people still aboard. Just under two hours after Titanic sank, the Cunard liner RMS Carpathia arrived and brought aboard an estimated 705 survivors.
The disaster was met with worldwide shock and outrage at the huge loss of life and the regulatory and operational failures that led to it. Public inquiries in Britain and the United States led to major improvements in maritime safety. One of their most important legacies was the establishment in 1914 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), which still governs maritime safety today.
Additionally, several new wireless regulations were passed around the world in an effort to learn from the many missteps in wireless communications—which could have saved many more passengers.
The wreck of Titanic was discovered in 1985 (more than 70 years after the disaster), and remains on the seabed. The ship was split in two and is gradually disintegrating at a depth of 12,415 feet (3,784 m).
Thousands of artefacts have been recovered and displayed at museums around the world. Titanic has become one of the most famous ships in history; her memory is kept alive by numerous works of popular culture, including books, folk songs, films, exhibits, and memorials.
Titanic is the second largest ocean liner wreck in the world, only beaten by her sister HMHS Britannic, the largest ever sunk. The final survivor of the sinking, Millvina Dean, aged two months at the time, died in 2009 at the age of 97.
Name:RMS Titanic
Owner:White Star flag NEW.svg White Star Line
Port of registry:United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Liverpool, UK
Route:Southampton to New York City
Ordered:17 September 1908
Builder:Harland and Wolff, Belfast
Cost:GB£1.5 million ($300 million in 2017)
Yard number:401
Laid down:31 March 1909
Launched:31 May 1911
Completed:2 April 1912
Maiden voyage:10 April 1912
In service:10–15 April 1912
Identification:Radio call sign "MGY"
Fate:Hit an iceberg 11:40 p.m. (ship's time) 14 April 1912 on her maiden voyage and sank 2 h 40 min later on 15 April 1912; 106 years ago.
Status:Wreck
General characteristics
Class and type:Olympic-class ocean liner
Tonnage:46,328 GRT
Displacement:52,310 tons
Length:882 ft 9 in (269.1 m)
Beam:92 ft 6 in (28.2 m)
Height:175 ft (53.3 m) (keel to top of funnels)
Draught:34 ft 7 in (10.5 m)
Depth:64 ft 6 in (19.7 m)
Decks:9 (A–G)
Installed power:24 double-ended and five single-ended boilers feeding two reciprocating steam engines for the wing propellers, and a low-pressure turbine for the centre propeller;output: 46,000 HP
Propulsion:Two three-blade wing propellers and one four-blade centre propeller
Speed:Cruising: 21 kn (39 km/h; 24 mph). Max: 24 kn (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Capacity:Passengers: 2,435, crew: 892. Total: 3,327 (or 3,547 according to other sources)
Notes:Lifeboats: 20 (sufficient for 1,178 people)
Titanic was 882 feet 9 inches (269.06 m) long with a maximum breadth of 92 feet 6 inches (28.19 m). Her total height, measured from the base of the keel to the top of the bridge, was 104 feet (32 m).[19] She measured 46,328 gross register tons and with a draught of 34 feet 7 inches (10.54 m), she displaced 52,310 tons.
All three of the Olympic-class ships had ten decks (excluding the top of the officers' quarters), eight of which were for passenger use. From top to bottom, the decks were:
The Boat Deck, on which the lifeboats were housed. It was from here during the early hours of 15 April 1912 that Titanic's lifeboats were lowered into the North Atlantic. The bridge and wheelhouse were at the forward end, in front of the captain's and officers' quarters.
The bridge stood 8 feet (2.4 m) above the deck, extending out to either side so that the ship could be controlled while docking. The wheelhouse stood directly behind and above the bridge. The entrance to the First Class Grand Staircase and gymnasium were located midships along with the raised roof of the First Class lounge, while at the rear of the deck were the roof of the First Class smoke room and the relatively modest Second Class entrance.
The wood-covered deck was divided into four segregated promenades: for officers, First Class passengers, engineers, and Second Class passengers respectively. Lifeboats lined the side of the deck except in the First Class area, where there was a gap so that the view would not be spoiled.
A Deck, also called the Promenade Deck, extended along the entire 546 feet (166 m) length of the superstructure. It was reserved exclusively for First Class passengers and contained First Class cabins, the First Class lounge, smoke room, reading and writing rooms and Palm Court.
B Deck, the Bridge Deck, was the top weight-bearing deck and the uppermost level of the hull. More First Class passenger accommodations were located here with six palatial staterooms (cabins) featuring their own private promenades.
On Titanic, the À La Carte Restaurant and the Café Parisien provided luxury dining facilities to First Class passengers. Both were run by subcontracted chefs and their staff; all were lost in the disaster. The Second Class smoking room and entrance hall were both located on this deck. The raised forecastle of the ship was forward of the Bridge Deck, accommodating Number 1 hatch (the main hatch through to the cargo holds), numerous pieces of machinery and the anchor housings.[b] Aft of the Bridge Deck was the raised Poop Deck, 106 feet (32 m) long, used as a promenade by Third Class passengers. It was where many of Titanic's passengers and crew made their last stand as the ship sank. The forecastle and Poop Deck were separated from the Bridge Deck by well decks.
C Deck, the Shelter Deck, was the highest deck to run uninterrupted from stem to stern. It included both well decks; the aft one served as part of the Third Class promenade. Crew cabins were housed below the forecastle and Third Class public rooms were housed below the Poop Deck. In between were the majority of First Class cabins and the Second Class library.
D Deck, the Saloon Deck, was dominated by three large public rooms—the First Class Reception Room, the First Class Dining Saloon and the Second Class Dining Saloon. An open space was provided for Third Class passengers. First, Second and Third Class passengers had cabins on this deck, with berths for firemen located in the bow. It was the highest level reached by the ship's watertight bulkheads (though only by eight of the fifteen bulkheads).
E Deck, the Upper Deck, was predominantly used for passenger accommodation for all three classes plus berths for cooks, seamen, stewards and trimmers. Along its length ran a long passageway nicknamed Scotland Road, in reference to a famous street in Liverpool. Scotland Road was used by Third Class passengers and crew members.
F Deck, the Middle Deck, was the last complete deck and mainly accommodated Second and Third Class passengers and several departments of the crew. The Third Class dining saloon was located here, as were the swimming pool and Turkish bath.
G Deck, the Lower Deck, was the lowest complete deck that carried passengers, and had the lowest portholes, just above the waterline. The squash court was located here along with the traveling post office where letters and parcels were sorted ready for delivery when the ship docked. Food was also stored here. The deck was interrupted at several points by orlop (partial) decks over the boiler, engine and turbine rooms.
The Orlop Decks and the Tank Top below that were on the lowest level of the ship, below the waterline. The orlop decks were used as cargo spaces, while the Tank Top—the inner bottom of the ship's hull—provided the platform on which the ship's boilers, engines, turbines and electrical generators were housed. This area of the ship was occupied by the engine and boiler rooms, areas which passengers would have been prohibited from seeing. They were connected with higher levels of the ship by flights of stairs; twin spiral stairways near the bow provided access up to D Deck.
History time 😎, buried in Aberdeen’s Trinity Cemetery is Robert Hichin’s the helmsman of RMS Titanic ( yes The Titanic) who was at the ships wheel when it struck the iceberg that resulted in the ship sinking .
A few years ago I read on FB that he was buried in Trinity, I visited to find it was an unmarked grave, the second photo is the scene I captured that day .
Last week I read a new headstone is now in place to commemorate his memory.
I visited today Wednesday 18th December 2019, the first photo I captured today shows the new headstone marking the final resting place of one of history’s infamous characters .
Robert Hichens (16 September 1882 – 23 September 1940) was a British sailor who was part of the deck crew on board the RMS Titanic when she sank on her maiden voyage on 15 April 1912.
He was one of six quartermasters on board the vessel and was at the ship's wheel when the Titanic struck the iceberg. He was in charge of Lifeboat #6, where he refused to return to rescue people from the water according to several accounts of those on the boat, including Margaret Brown, who argued with him throughout the early morning.
Below
From my previous post after my first visit when the grave was unmarked .
I read with interest this morning 13th May 2018, that an unmarked grave located in Aberdeen’s Trinity Cemetery has a connection with the sinking of RMS Titanic back in April 1912.
I have visited this cemetery on many occasions in the past, I have posted an album here on my Flickr of some of the historical and interesting headstones I have viewed at the site, hence full of intrigue I revisited tonight to view the unmarked grave myself.
I eventually found the grave marked only with a simple wooden cross, thanks to Ian Burnett from Aberdeen for locating it, below I have put some information I have gathered from various places on this interesting plot .
The unmarked grave is the final resting place of one of the Titanics crew who was Quartermaster on the vessel and who manned the wheel with his very own hands when she hit the iceberg that eventually sunk the ship on her maiden voyage back in 1912, his name was Robert Hichens .
Born16 September 1882
Newlyn, Cornwall, England
Died23 September 1940 (aged 58)
English Trader, (off coast) of
Aberdeen, Scotland
Cause of deathHeart Failure
Resting placeTrinity Cemetery, Scotland
ResidenceAberdeen, Scotland
NationalityCornish
CitizenshipBritish
OccupationMariner
Known forCrew Member of the RMS Titanic
Home townAberdeen, Scotland
Robert Hichens (16 September 1882 – 23 September 1940) was a British sailor who was part of the deck crew on board the RMS Titanic when she sank on her maiden voyage on 15 April 1912.
He was one of six quartermasters on board the vessel and was at the ship's wheel when the Titanic struck the iceberg. In 1906, he married Florence Mortimore in Devon, England; when he registered for duty aboard the Titanic, his listed address was in Southampton, where he lived with his wife and two children.
Hichens gained notoriety after the disaster because of his conduct in Lifeboat No. 6, of which he was in command. Passengers accused him of refusing to go back to rescue people from the water after the ship sank, that he called the people in the water "stiffs," and that he constantly criticised those at the oars while he was manning the rudder.
Hichens was later to testify at the US Inquiry that he had never used the words "stiffs" and that he had other words to describe bodies. He would also testify to have been given direct orders by second mate Charles Lightoller and Captain Edward Smith to row to where a light could be seen (a steamer they thought) on the port bow, drop off the passengers and return. Later it was alleged that he complained that the lifeboat was going to drift for days before any rescue came.
At least two boat 6 passengers publicly accused Hichens of being drunk: Major Arthur Godfrey Peuchen and Mrs Lucian Philip Smith.
When the RMS Carpathia came to rescue Titanic's survivors he said that the ship was not there to rescue them, but to pick up the bodies of the dead. By this time the other people in the lifeboat had lost patience with Hichens. Although Hichens protested, Denver millionaire Margaret "Molly" Brown told the others to start rowing to keep warm.
After a last attempt by Hichens to keep control of the lifeboat, Brown threatened to throw him overboard. These events would later end up being depicted in the Broadway musical and film, The Unsinkable Molly Brown. During the US inquiry into the disaster, Hichens denied the accounts by the passengers and crew in lifeboat 6.
He had been initially concerned about the suction from the Titanic and later by the fact that being a mile away from the wreck, with no compass and in complete darkness, they had no way of returning to the stricken vessel.
Later life
Hichens served with the Army Service Corps during World War One; by 1919 he was third officer on a small ship named Magpie. The Hitchens moved to Devon sometime in the 1920s where Robert purchased a motor boat from a man named Harry Henley and operated a boat charter. In 1931, his wife and children left him and moved to Southampton. In 1933, Hichens was jailed for attempting to murder Henley and was released in 1937.
Death
On 23 September 1940 Hichens died in his 58th year of heart failure aboard the ship English Trader, while it was moored off the coast of Aberdeen, Scotland.[3] His body was buried in Section 10, Lair 244 of Trinity Cemetery, in Aberdeen.
RMS Titanic
RMS Titanic (/taɪˈtænɪk/) was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early hours of 15 April 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City.
There were an estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard, and more than 1,500 died, making it one of the deadliest commercial peacetime maritime disasters in modern history. RMS Titanic was the largest ship afloat at the time it entered service and was the second of three Olympic-class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line. It was built by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. Thomas Andrews, her architect, died in the disaster.
Titanic was under the command of Edward Smith, who also went down with the ship. The ocean liner carried some of the wealthiest people in the world, as well as hundreds of emigrants from Great Britain and Ireland, Scandinavia and elsewhere throughout Europe who were seeking a new life in the United States.
The first-class accommodation was designed to be the pinnacle of comfort and luxury, with an on-board gymnasium, swimming pool, libraries, high-class restaurants and opulent cabins. A high-powered radiotelegraph transmitter was available for sending passenger "marconigrams" and for the ship's operational use.
Although Titanic had advanced safety features such as watertight compartments and remotely activated watertight doors, Titanic only carried enough lifeboats for 1,178 people—about half the number on board, and one third of her total capacity—due to outdated maritime safety regulations.
The ship carried 16 lifeboat davits which could lower three lifeboats each, for a total of 48 boats. However, Titanic carried only a total of 20 lifeboats, four of which were collapsible and proved hard to launch during the sinking.
After leaving Southampton on 10 April 1912, Titanic called at Cherbourg in France and Queenstown (now Cobh) in Ireland before heading west to New York.
On 14 April, four days into the crossing and about 375 miles (600 km) south of Newfoundland, she hit an iceberg at 11:40 p.m. ship's time.
The collision caused the hull plates to buckle inwards along her starboard (right) side and opened five of her sixteen watertight compartments to the sea; she could only survive four flooding. Meanwhile, passengers and some crew members were evacuated in lifeboats, many of which were launched only partially loaded.
A disproportionate number of men were left aboard because of a "women and children first" protocol for loading lifeboats. At 2:20 a.m., she broke apart and foundered with well over one thousand people still aboard. Just under two hours after Titanic sank, the Cunard liner RMS Carpathia arrived and brought aboard an estimated 705 survivors.
The disaster was met with worldwide shock and outrage at the huge loss of life and the regulatory and operational failures that led to it. Public inquiries in Britain and the United States led to major improvements in maritime safety. One of their most important legacies was the establishment in 1914 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), which still governs maritime safety today.
Additionally, several new wireless regulations were passed around the world in an effort to learn from the many missteps in wireless communications—which could have saved many more passengers.
The wreck of Titanic was discovered in 1985 (more than 70 years after the disaster), and remains on the seabed. The ship was split in two and is gradually disintegrating at a depth of 12,415 feet (3,784 m).
Thousands of artefacts have been recovered and displayed at museums around the world. Titanic has become one of the most famous ships in history; her memory is kept alive by numerous works of popular culture, including books, folk songs, films, exhibits, and memorials.
Titanic is the second largest ocean liner wreck in the world, only beaten by her sister HMHS Britannic, the largest ever sunk. The final survivor of the sinking, Millvina Dean, aged two months at the time, died in 2009 at the age of 97.
Name:RMS Titanic
Owner:White Star flag NEW.svg White Star Line
Port of registry:United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Liverpool, UK
Route:Southampton to New York City
Ordered:17 September 1908
Builder:Harland and Wolff, Belfast
Cost:GB£1.5 million ($300 million in 2017)
Yard number:401
Laid down:31 March 1909
Launched:31 May 1911
Completed:2 April 1912
Maiden voyage:10 April 1912
In service:10–15 April 1912
Identification:Radio call sign "MGY"
Fate:Hit an iceberg 11:40 p.m. (ship's time) 14 April 1912 on her maiden voyage and sank 2 h 40 min later on 15 April 1912; 106 years ago.
Status:Wreck
General characteristics
Class and type:Olympic-class ocean liner
Tonnage:46,328 GRT
Displacement:52,310 tons
Length:882 ft 9 in (269.1 m)
Beam:92 ft 6 in (28.2 m)
Height:175 ft (53.3 m) (keel to top of funnels)
Draught:34 ft 7 in (10.5 m)
Depth:64 ft 6 in (19.7 m)
Decks:9 (A–G)
Installed power:24 double-ended and five single-ended boilers feeding two reciprocating steam engines for the wing propellers, and a low-pressure turbine for the centre propeller;output: 46,000 HP
Propulsion:Two three-blade wing propellers and one four-blade centre propeller
Speed:Cruising: 21 kn (39 km/h; 24 mph). Max: 24 kn (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Capacity:Passengers: 2,435, crew: 892. Total: 3,327 (or 3,547 according to other sources)
Notes:Lifeboats: 20 (sufficient for 1,178 people)
Titanic was 882 feet 9 inches (269.06 m) long with a maximum breadth of 92 feet 6 inches (28.19 m). Her total height, measured from the base of the keel to the top of the bridge, was 104 feet (32 m).[19] She measured 46,328 gross register tons and with a draught of 34 feet 7 inches (10.54 m), she displaced 52,310 tons.
All three of the Olympic-class ships had ten decks (excluding the top of the officers' quarters), eight of which were for passenger use. From top to bottom, the decks were:
The Boat Deck, on which the lifeboats were housed. It was from here during the early hours of 15 April 1912 that Titanic's lifeboats were lowered into the North Atlantic. The bridge and wheelhouse were at the forward end, in front of the captain's and officers' quarters.
The bridge stood 8 feet (2.4 m) above the deck, extending out to either side so that the ship could be controlled while docking. The wheelhouse stood directly behind and above the bridge. The entrance to the First Class Grand Staircase and gymnasium were located midships along with the raised roof of the First Class lounge, while at the rear of the deck were the roof of the First Class smoke room and the relatively modest Second Class entrance.
The wood-covered deck was divided into four segregated promenades: for officers, First Class passengers, engineers, and Second Class passengers respectively. Lifeboats lined the side of the deck except in the First Class area, where there was a gap so that the view would not be spoiled.
A Deck, also called the Promenade Deck, extended along the entire 546 feet (166 m) length of the superstructure. It was reserved exclusively for First Class passengers and contained First Class cabins, the First Class lounge, smoke room, reading and writing rooms and Palm Court.
B Deck, the Bridge Deck, was the top weight-bearing deck and the uppermost level of the hull. More First Class passenger accommodations were located here with six palatial staterooms (cabins) featuring their own private promenades.
On Titanic, the À La Carte Restaurant and the Café Parisien provided luxury dining facilities to First Class passengers. Both were run by subcontracted chefs and their staff; all were lost in the disaster. The Second Class smoking room and entrance hall were both located on this deck. The raised forecastle of the ship was forward of the Bridge Deck, accommodating Number 1 hatch (the main hatch through to the cargo holds), numerous pieces of machinery and the anchor housings.[b] Aft of the Bridge Deck was the raised Poop Deck, 106 feet (32 m) long, used as a promenade by Third Class passengers. It was where many of Titanic's passengers and crew made their last stand as the ship sank. The forecastle and Poop Deck were separated from the Bridge Deck by well decks.
C Deck, the Shelter Deck, was the highest deck to run uninterrupted from stem to stern. It included both well decks; the aft one served as part of the Third Class promenade. Crew cabins were housed below the forecastle and Third Class public rooms were housed below the Poop Deck. In between were the majority of First Class cabins and the Second Class library.
D Deck, the Saloon Deck, was dominated by three large public rooms—the First Class Reception Room, the First Class Dining Saloon and the Second Class Dining Saloon. An open space was provided for Third Class passengers. First, Second and Third Class passengers had cabins on this deck, with berths for firemen located in the bow. It was the highest level reached by the ship's watertight bulkheads (though only by eight of the fifteen bulkheads).
E Deck, the Upper Deck, was predominantly used for passenger accommodation for all three classes plus berths for cooks, seamen, stewards and trimmers. Along its length ran a long passageway nicknamed Scotland Road, in reference to a famous street in Liverpool. Scotland Road was used by Third Class passengers and crew members.
F Deck, the Middle Deck, was the last complete deck and mainly accommodated Second and Third Class passengers and several departments of the crew. The Third Class dining saloon was located here, as were the swimming pool and Turkish bath.
G Deck, the Lower Deck, was the lowest complete deck that carried passengers, and had the lowest portholes, just above the waterline. The squash court was located here along with the traveling post office where letters and parcels were sorted ready for delivery when the ship docked. Food was also stored here. The deck was interrupted at several points by orlop (partial) decks over the boiler, engine and turbine rooms.
The Orlop Decks and the Tank Top below that were on the lowest level of the ship, below the waterline. The orlop decks were used as cargo spaces, while the Tank Top—the inner bottom of the ship's hull—provided the platform on which the ship's boilers, engines, turbines and electrical generators were housed. This area of the ship was occupied by the engine and boiler rooms, areas which passengers would have been prohibited from seeing. They were connected with higher levels of the ship by flights of stairs; twin spiral stairways near the bow provided access up to D Deck.
Titanic Belfast, my third large scale build for Bright Bricks. Currently on display at the The Titanic Belfast Museum as part of the Brick City Lego tour.
This was the most technically difficult build I have undertaken to date, it took me approximately 4 weeks to complete. Two weeks talking to the architect, deciphering the technical plans, figuring out the angles and to build the base/ground floor. One week to build the façade panels. And finally one week putting the whole thing together in a Perspex box in the middle of a busy shopping centre in Belfast.
As per usual with this type of build I had plenty of help and advice from the Bright Bricks team.
WIP photos can be seen on my Mocpage .
Titanic Belfast, my third large scale build for Bright Bricks. Currently on display at the The Titanic Belfast Museum as part of the Brick City Lego tour.
This was the most technically difficult build I have undertaken to date, it took me approximately 4 weeks to complete. Two weeks talking to the architect, deciphering the technical plans, figuring out the angles and to build the base/ground floor. One week to build the façade panels. And finally one week putting the whole thing together in a Perspex box in the middle of a busy shopping centre in Belfast.
As per usual with this type of build I had plenty of help and advice from the Bright Bricks team.
WIP photos can be seen on my Mocpage .
Large model of the wreck of Titanic, taken from a different angle on my phone.
The dive plans, which were the photos I uploaded before this one, are in the cabinets to the bottom right (before the model of the submersible).
The staff is ready to serve as the Jones Mansion celebrates the maiden voyage of the R.M.S Titanic. This year was another sold out event with people coming from 3 states to attend. This year I took my Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash with me and photographed some of the quests and staff. Although the Brownie Hawkeye is not period correct for the sailing of the Titanic, it still looked good and people loved the idea of being photographed with it. I toned this to give it a more vintage feel.
Processed in the new Lab-Box.
Camera: Kodak Browie Hawkeye Flash
Film: Fuji Acros 100, Processed in Xtol stock. 68 degrees, 8 miinutes in the Lab-Box with 490ml of chemistry and constant but very gentle agitation. I did not compensate time for the constant agitation. The negatives were perfect.
Image by: Leslie Lazenby, The Jones Mansion, Findlay, OH. April 2019
Year: 1997
Director: James Cameron
Writers: James Cameron
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Frances Fisher, Gloria Stuart, Bill Paxton, Kathy Bates, Danny Nucci, Bernard Hill, Victor Garber
TITANIC
Musica di Maury Yeston e libretto di Peter Stone
Direttore Stefano Squarzina
Regia Gianni Marras
Direzione musicale Shawna Farrell
Coreografia Gillian Bruce
Scenografia Giada Abiendi
Costumi Massimo Carlotto
Disegno luci Daniele Naldi
Maestro collaboratore Maria Galatino
Nuova produzione del TCBO con BSMT Productions
Orchestra e tecnici del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Personaggi e interpreti
Barrett Filippo Strocchi
Isidor Strauss Andrea Spina
Ida Strauss Barbara Corradini
Ismay Sandro Di Lucia
Smith Alessandro Arcodia
Andrews Brian Boccuni
Bride Renato Crudo
Lightoller Daniel Favento
Etches Roberto Serafini