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Bernice "Bernie" Palmer (January 10, 1893 – February 11, 1989) was a Canadian photographer known for taking the photographs of the Titanic disaster survivors and the iceberg believed to have caused the sinking of the ship in April 1912.
On Friday, December 12, the Captain of the Grand Marais Lifesaving Station found a cork life preserver from the Bannockburn washed up on the beach. [12] This item is the only known wreckage from the ship ever to have been recovered. Captain Wood, from Port Dalhousie, Ontario, was the oldest person aboard the vessel, at age 37. Most of the crew ...
The public's fascination with the Titanic spans generations — and there's no question as to why. The $7.5 million (over $200 million today) luxury ocean liner was a representation of grandeur ...
Dorothy Gibson in a promotional photo for Saved From the Titanic (1912), wearing the clothes she wore the night of the sinking. Lifeboat 7 was the first lifeboat to be launched at about 12:45 A.M., [31] under the supervision of First Officer Murdoch, supported by Fifth Officer Lowe.
Now, new photos taken this summer show that the view has changed dramatically. In the years since the Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg in 1912, we have become familiar with haunting images of ...
One of only six remaining life jackets from the Titanic is to go on public display in Belfast in an island of Ireland first. It will be exhibited at the Titanic Belfast visitor attraction to ...
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Titanic Lifeboat No. 1 was a lifeboat from the steamship Titanic. It was the fifth boat launched to sea, over an hour after the liner collided with an iceberg and began sinking on 14 April 1912 . With a capacity of 40 people, it was launched with only 12 aboard, the fewest to escape in any one boat that night.