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This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:1912 deaths. It includes 1912 deaths that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Victims of the RMS Titanic .
Titanic was 882 feet 9 inches (269.06 m) long with a maximum breadth of 92 feet 6 inches (28.19 m). The ship's total height, measured from the base of the keel to the top of the bridge, was 104 feet (32 m). [16] Titanic measured 46,329 GRT and 21,831 NRT [17] and with a draught of 34 feet 7 inches (10.54 m) and displaced 52,310 tonnes. [5]
A nearby tugboat, Vulcan, came to the rescue by taking New York under tow, and Titanic ' s 62-year-old Captain Edward Smith, the most senior of the White Star Line's captains, ordered her engines to be put "full astern". [7] The two ships avoided a collision by a distance of about 4 feet (1.2 m).
Titanic survivor Louise Pope and Halifax Mayor Ronald Wallace prepare to place a wreath at the graves of Titanic victims, 1991. In 1990–1991, the Society worked to identify six Titanic disaster victims buried in unmarked graves at Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia, so that their headstones could be inscribed with their names. [13]
Each passenger and crew member has a separate page containing at least basic biographical data, and many of these contain detailed biographies, photographs and contemporary news articles. The site also contains original research by professional and amateur Titanic historians from around the world.
The following is a full list [8] [68] [56] of known passengers who sailed on the maiden voyage of the Titanic. Included in this list are the nine-member Guarantee Group and the eight members of the ship's band, listed as both passengers and crew. [69] [70] They are also included in the list of crew members on board Titanic.
Titanic: A Survivor's Story and the Sinking of the S.S. Titanic. by Archibald Gracie IV and Jack Thayer. Academy Chicago Publishers, 1988 ISBN 0-89733-452-3. Titanic: Triumph and Tragedy. by John P. Eaton and Charles A. Haas. W. W. Newton & Company, 2nd ed., 1995 ISBN 0-393-03697-9. A Night to Remember. by Walter Lord. ed. Nathaniel Hilbreck.
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