Wikimedia CommonsThe last lifeboat to leave the doomed ship carries Titanic survivors to safety. Of the estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard the Titanic when it struck an iceberg and sank on ...
A gold pocket watch given to the ship captain who rescued 700 survivors from the Titanic sold at auction for approx. €1.8 million, setting a record for memorabilia from the famous shipwreck.
For 140 years inside the home of one of the most controversial Titanic survivors went unseen by the public. In 1860 a man by the name of Thomas Henry Ismay bought Beach Lawn House, in Waterloo.
Created by Tiffany & Co., the watch stayed with Captain Rostron and his family for more than 70 years. The brand purchased the watch at a November auction at Henry Aldridge & Son, for £1.56 million ...
Mrs. Astor was one of the most famous survivors of the Titanic. Her husband, John Jacob Astor the IV perished aboard the ship. Mrs. Thayer, also a survivor of the sinking, was the wife of John ...