100 Years of Titanic -(April 1912 -April 2012)

Southampton, England, Remembers Titanic's voyage 100 years ago

One hundred years ago, the people of the English port city of Southampton watched and waved as the greatest ship of its time sailed away to New York carrying more than 1,500 cheering passengers and crew.
On Tuesday April 10,2012, the city remembered the Titanic, which 5 days after setting sail on its maiden voyage struck an iceberg and sank to the bottom of the North Atlantic, killing most of those aboard.
Several hundred descendants, relatives and residents of the maritime city that was home to most of the 650 crew and more than 500 of the victims gathered for a moving ceremony to pay tribute those who were killed on the night of April 15, 1912.

RMS Titanic Key Facts

• Weight: 46,328 tonnes
• Length: 269 metres
• Height: 53.3 metres
• Held 20 lifeboats
• Departed on maiden voyage: April 10, 1912 from Southampton
• Sank: April 15, 1912 about 600 kilometres south of Newfoundland
• Passengers: 1,336
• Crew: 888
• Fatalities: 1,514 people
• Bodies recovered: 333

The White Star ocean liner Titanic on her first and last voyage in 1912

 

The ship struck an iceberg near midnight on April 14, 1912 and sank into the Atlantic Ocean a little less than four hours later. Survivors of the Titanic disaster crowded into lifeboats

Newspaper boy Ned Parfett sells copies of the Evening News on April 16, 1912 outside the White Star Line offices in London

The April 16,1912 front page of The New York Times announces the sinking of the Titanic

  Survivors of the Titanic sinking arrive May 11, 1912, at the Liverpool docks

  Survivors gather at Millbay Docks in Plymouth on May 1, 1912

 


Titanic Memorial Cruise

 

MS Balmoral, a Memorial Cruise has also set sail to mark the anniversary.

The Titanic memorial cruise set off on Sunday April 10,2012 and is taking some of the family members of those who sailed on the original boat on a special journey to New York.

The MS Balmoral will follow the same route as the Titanic, even visiting the spot where the liner sank.
The cruise, organized by a British travel agency and sailing on the liner MS Balmoral, will feature history lectures; a stop at Cobh, Ireland, the Titanic's last port of call; and a stop in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where many of the victims were buried.

Belfast,Ireland Titanic Museum

There are more than 100 Titanic-related museums and monuments worldwide, and on March 31, Belfast added another to the list, unveiling a $150 million tourist center on the slipway where the Titanic was built from 1909 to 1911.
In Belfast, Northern Ireland, where the White Star Line's most infamous ship was built, a New Museum opened last month complete with interactive, hands-on exhibits, adding to a growing list of museums dedicated to the disaster, including one in Southampton , the point from which the ship set sail.


 Titanic Centenary in Ireland

‘AN IRISH CONNECTION’ premieres in Cobh, Titanic’s last port of call from the 11^th -14^th April 2012 to coincide with the Titanic’s Centenary events in Cobh – Titanic 100 Cobh 2102.

Acclaimed composer and author, Brendan Graham will write a connecting narrative of the songs performed, which will tell the story of the Titanic and its particular association with Cobh.