"Nearer My God to Thee"

Titanic Hits the Iceberg

Titanic's lookout, Frederick Fleet, spotted an iceberg directly ahead of his ship at 11:40 pm on April 14, 1912. Despite the crew's best efforts, a collision could not be avoided and fatal damage was inflicted on the liner. The iceberg opened Titanic's first five watertight compartments and was her death sentence.

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everyone!!!

Easter on the Titanic

On April 7, 1912, just days before her maiden voyage, the Titanic sat quietly at Berth 44 in Southampton. There was little activity aboard the giant ship, or on the quay for that matter; it was Easter Sunday. Most of the ship's crew was celebrating with their families at home and observing the day.

Unsung Heroes: Titanic's Engineers

The other night I watched a program on PBS called Saving the Titanic, which focused on the engineers' valiant efforts to keep the lights on and ship afloat for as long as possible. I was particularly interested because little tends to be mentioned of these unsung heroes. Many of them were entombed in Titanic's bowels as she went down.

The above photograph, taken aboard Olympic, shows 14 engineering officers (numbered) who transferred to Titanic and were subsequently lost. They, along with Chief Engineer Joseph Bell (pictured below at right), along with hundreds of firemen and trimmers stayed at their posts until the end.

Stokers kept up the necessary steam in order to provide the electrical plant with power; the lights subsequently stayed on until minutes before Titanic sank. These men did everything in their power to keep the ship afloat, despite the fatal damage to her hull. All the pumps aboard the White Star liner couldn't save her.

Needless to say, there were tremendous casualties in the Engineering Department. All of Titanic's engineers perished in the disaster, including most of her firemen and trimmers. In fact, of the 316 men listed on the roster, only 72 survived the sinking. Memorials to these men were erected in Southampton and Liverpool.

All of their names are listed below, with the survivors' in bold and italicized.

Abrams, Mr. William

Adams, Mr. R.

Allen, Mr. Henry

Allen, Mr. Ernest Frederick

Allsop, Mr. Alfred Samuel

Avery, Mr. James Frank

Bailey, Mr. George W.

Baines, Mr. Richard

Bannon, Mr. John

Barlow, Mr. Charles

Barnes, Mr. Charles

Barnes, Mr. Frederick

Barrett, Mr. Frederick

Barrett, Mr. Frederick William

Beattie, Mr. Joseph

Beauchamp, Mr. George William

Bell, Mr. Joseph

Bendell, Mr. F.

Bennett, Mr. George Alfred

Benville, Mr. E.

Bessant, Mr. William Edward

Bevis, Mr. Joseph Henry

Biddlecombe, Mr. Charles

Biggs, Mr. Edward Charles

Billow, Mr. J.

Binstead, Mr. Walter

Black, Mr. Alexander

Black, Mr. D.

Blackman, Mr. H.

Blake, Mr. Percival Albert

Blake, Mr. Seaton

Blake, Mr. Thomas

Blaney, Mr. James

Blann, Mr. Eustace Horatius

Bott, Mr. W.

Bradley, Mr. Patrick Joseph

Brewer, Mr. Henry "Harry"

Briant, Mr. Albert

Brooks, Mr. J.

Brown, Mr. John

Brown, Mr. Joseph James

Burroughs, Mr. Arthur

Burton, Mr. Edward John

Butt, Mr. William John

Calderwood, Mr. Hugh

Canner, Mr. J.

Carr, Mr. Richard Stephen

Carter, Mr. James

Casey, Mr. T.

Castleman, Mr. Edward

Cavell, Mr. George Henry

Cherrett, Mr. William Victor

Chisnall, Mr. George Alexander

Chorley, Mr. John

Clark, Mr. William

Coe, Mr. Harry

Coleman, Mr. John

Collins, Mr. Samuel

Combes, Mr. George

Cooper, Mr. Harry

Cooper, Mr. James

Copperthwaite, Mr. B.

Corcoran, Mr. Dennis

Cotton, Mr. A.

Couch, Mr. Joseph Henry

Couper, Mr. Robert

Coy, Mr. Francis Ernest George

Crabb, Mr. H.

Creese, Mr. Henry Philip

Crimmins, Mr. James

Cross, Mr. W.

Cunningham, Mr. B.

Curtis, Mr. Arthur

Davies, Mr. Thomas

Dawson, Mr. Jonathan[

Diaper, Mr. J.

Dickson, Mr. W.

Dilley, Mr. John

Dillon, Mr. Thomas Patrick

Dodd, Mr. Edward Charles

Dodds, Mr. Henry Watson

Doel, Mr. Frederick

Dore, Mr. A.

Doyle, Mr. Laurence

Duffy, Mr. William Luke

Dyer, Mr. Henry Ryland

Dymond, Mr. Frank

Eagle, Mr. A.J.

Eastman, Mr. Charles

Elliott, Mr. Everett E.

Ervine, Mr. Albert G.

Evans, Mr. Williams

Farquharson, Mr. William E.

Fay, Mr. Thomas

Ferray, Mr. Anton

Ferris, Mr. William

Fitzpatrick, Mr. Charles W.N.

Flarty, Mr. Edward

Ford. Mr. H.

Ford, Mr. Thomas

Foster, Mr. A.

Fraser, Mr. James

Fraser, Mr. James

Fredricks, Mr. W.

Fryer, Mr. Albert E.

Geer, Mr. Alfred E.

Godley, Mr. George

Godwin, Mr. Frederick W.

Golder, Mr. Martin W.

Gordon, Mr. J.

Goree, Mr. Frank

Gosling, Mr. Bertram J.

Gosling, Mr. S.

Graham, Mr. Thomas G.

Gregory, Mr. David

Grodidge, Mr. Ernest E.

Gumery, Mr. George

Hagan, Mr. John

Hall, Mr. Joseph

Hallett, Mr. George

Hands, Mr. B.

Hannam, Mr. George

Harris, Mr. Edward

Harris, Mr. Frederick

Harrison, Mr. Norman

Harvey, Mr. Herbert G.

Haslin, Mr. James

Head, Mr. Arthur

Hebb, Mr. A.

Hendrickson, Mr. Charles G.

Hesketh, Mr. James (aka John) H.

Hill, Mr. J.

Hinton, Mr. William S.

Hosking, Mr. George Fox

Hunt, Mr. Albert

Hunt, Mr. T.

Hurst, Mr. Charles

Hurst, Mr. Walter

Ingram, Mr. Charles

Instance, T.

Jacobson, Mr. John

Jago, Mr. J.

James, Mr. Thomas

Jarvis, Mr. William

Joas, Mr. N.

Judd, Mr. Charles E.

Jukes, Mr. James

Jupe, Mr. Herbert

Kaspar, Mr. Franz V.

Kearle, Mr. Charles H.

Kearl, Mr. G.

Keegan, Mr. James

Kelly, Mr. James

Kelly, Mr. William

Kemish, Mr. George

Kemp, Mr. Thomas H.

Kenchenten, Mr. Frederick

Kerr, Mr. Thomas

Kinsella, Mr. Leonard

Kirkham, Mr. J.

Knowles, Mr. Thomas

Lahy, Mr. Thomas E.

Lee. Mr. H.

Light, Mr. Charles

Light, Mr. W.

Lindsay, Mr. William C.

Loyd, Mr. W.

Long, Mr. Frank

Long, Mr. W.

Mackie, Mr. William D.

Major, Mr. William

Marrett, Mr. G.

Marsh, Mr. Frederick C.

Maskell, Mr. L.A.

Mason, Mr. Frank A.R.

Mason, Mr. James

May Jr., Mr. Arthur

May Sr., Mr. Arthur W.

Mayo, Mr. William P.

Mayzes, Mr. Thomas

McAndrew, Mr. Thomas

McAndrews, Mr. William

McCastlen, Mr. William

McCubbin, Mr. L.

McGann, Mr. James

McGarvey, Mr. Edward

McGaw, Mr. Errol

McGregor, Mr. J.

McInerney, Mr. Thomas

McInytre, Mr. William

McQuillan, Mr. William

McRae, Mr. William A.

McReynolds, Mr. William

Middleton, Mr. Alfred P.

Milford, Mr. George

Millar, Mr. Robert

Millar, Mr. Thomas

Mintram, Mr. William

Mitchell, Mr. Lawrence

Moore, Mr. John J.

Moore, Mr. R.

Moores, Mr. Robert H.

Morgan, Mr. Arthur H.

Morgan, Mr. Thomas A.

Morrell, Mr. R.

Morris, Mr. A.

Morris, Mr. W.

Moyes, Mr. William Y.

Murdock, Mr. William

Nettleton, Mr. George

Newman, Mr. Charles T.

Noon, Mr. John

Norris, Mr. James

Noss, Mr. Bertram A.

Noss, Mr. Henry

Nutbean, Mr. William

O'Connor, Mr. John

Olive, Mr. Charles

Oliver, Mr. H.

Othen, Mr. Charles

Paice, Mr. Richard C.

Painter, Mr. Charles

Painter, Mr. Frank

Pallas, Mr. T.

Parsons, Mr. Frank A.

Pearce, Mr. John

Pelham, Mr. George

Perry, Mr. Edgar L.

Perry, Mr. Henry

Phillips, Mr. G.

Pitfield, Mr. William J.

Podesta, Mr. John

Pond, Mr. George

Prangnell, Mr. George

Preston, Mr. Thomas C.

Priest, Mr. Arthur J.

Proudfoot, Mr. R.

Pugh, Mr. Percy

Pusey, Mr. Robert W.

Ranger, Mr. Thomas G.

Reed, Mr. Robert

Reeves, Mr. Robert

Rice, Mr. Charles

Richards, Mr. Joseph J.

Rickman, Mr. G.

Roberts, Mr. George

Rous, Mr. Arthur J.

Rudd, Mr. Henry

Rutter, Mr. Sidney

Sangster, Mr. Charles

Saunders, Mr. Thomas

Saunders, Mr. W.

Saunders, Mr. W.

Scott, Mr. Archibald

Scott, Mr. Frederick

Self, Mr. Alfred H.

Self, Mr. Edward

Senior, Mr. Henry

Shea, Mr. Thomas

Sheath, Mr. Frederick

Shepherd, Mr. Johnathan

Shiers, Mr. Alfred

Shillaber, Mr. Charles

Skeats, Mr. W.

Sloan, Mr. Peter

Small, Mr. William

Smith, Mr. Ernest G.

Smith, Mr. James M.

Smither, Mr. Harry J.

Snellgrove, Mr. G

Snooks, Mr. W

Snow, Mr. Eustace P.

Sparkman, Mr. Henry

Stafford, Mr. M.

Stanbrook, Mr. Augustus

Steel, Mr. Robert E.

Stocker, Mr. Henry

Street, Mr. Henry A.

Stubbs, Mr. James H.

Sullivan Mr. S.

Taylor, Mr. James

Taylor, Mr. John

Taylor, Mr. T.

Taylor, Mr. William H.

Thomas, Mr. James

Thompson, Mr. John W.

Threlfall, Mr. Thomas

Thresher, Mr. George

Tizard, Mr. Arthur

Tozer, Mr. James

Triggs, Mr. Robert

Turley, Mr. Richard

van der brugge, Mr. Wessel A.

Veal, Mr. Arthur

Vear, Mr. Henry

Vear, Mr. W.

Ward, Mr. Arthur

Ward, Mr. Joseph

Wardner, Mr. Frederick Albert

Wateridge, Mr. Edward L.

Watson, Mr. W.

Webb, Mr. S

Webber, Mr. Francis A.

White, Mr. Alfred

White, Mr. Frank L.

White, Mr. William G.

Williams, Mr. Samuel S.

Wilson, Mr. Bertie

Wilton, Mr. William

Witcher, Mr. Alfred

Witt, Mr. F.

Witt, Mr. Henry D.

Woodford, Mr. Frederick

Woods, Mr. H.

Wyeth, Mr. James

Young, Mr. Francis J

Lest we forget.

Titanic Month

To honor the Titanic centennial, the Captain's Table will be dedicating the whole month of April to the infamous disaster.

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