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2. Guglielmo Marconi. The inventor of the radio was also supposed to be on the Titanic's maiden voyage after being given a free ticket.However, his stenographer got sick shortly before boarding ...
Her maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York, sailing 29 June 1904, went without incident. After three years with Baltic, Smith was given his second new "big ship", the Adriatic. Once again, the maiden voyage went without incident. During his command of Adriatic, Smith received the long service Decoration for Officers of the Royal Naval Reserve ...
Titanic began her maiden voyage from Southampton. Before departure, Andrews took the opportunity to say goodbye to Thomas Hamilton and others were not to be accompanying the ship on the voyage. His spirits were high and he said, "Remember now and keep Mrs Andrews informed of any news of the vessel".
RMS Carpathia was a Cunard Line transatlantic passenger steamship built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson in their shipyard in Wallsend, England.. The Carpathia made her maiden voyage in 1903 from Liverpool to Boston, and continued on this route before being transferred to Mediterranean service in 1904.
David Blair (or Davy) (11 November 1874 – 10 January 1955) was a British merchant seaman with the White Star Line, which had reassigned him from the RMS Titanic just before its maiden voyage. Due to his hasty departure, he accidentally kept a key to a storage locker believed to contain the binoculars intended for use by the crow's nest lookout.
Lily May Peel was born in Atlanta on May 26, 1876. She met journalist Jacques Futrelle while he was working for The Atlanta Journal, and they married on July 17, 1895. [1]He was offered a job with the New York Herald, and the couple moved to Gramercy Park, where their social circle included O. Henry and Edith Wharton.
Reconstructed Bronze Age boat aces its maiden voyage. Ashley Strickland, CNN. July 13, 2024 at 8:00 AM. Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter.
On 14 June 1911 Olympic departed on her maiden voyage to New York, with a planned arrival on 21 June. On 20 September 1911, the Olympic collided with the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Hawke, badly damaging her hull. Since Murdoch was at his docking-station at the stern - a highly responsible position – he appeared at the incident inquiry and gave ...