Titanic

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OceanGate employee denies suggestion of ‘desperation’ to complete missions
OceanGate employee denies suggestion of ‘desperation’ to complete missions
A key employee with the company that owned the experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreckage of the Titanic pushed back at a question from a coast guard investigator about whether OceanGate felt a sense of “desperation” to complete ...

Tue, 24 Sep, 2024

Mission specialist for Titan sub owner says goal was to ‘make dreams come true’
OceanGate co-founder hopes tragedy yields renewed interest in sea exploration
The co-founder of the company that owned the experimental submersible that imploded en-route to the wreckage of the Titanic told a US Coast Guard panel that he hoped that the silver lining of the disaster will inspire a renewed interest in ...

Mon, 23 Sep, 2024

Titan co-founder aimed to create fleet of submersibles, probe told
Titan co-founder aimed to create fleet of submersibles, probe told
The co-founder of the company that owned the experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreckage of the Titanic has described lofty goals when the company was created, telling the US coast guard that the company wanted to create multiple ...

Mon, 23 Sep, 2024

Titan passenger tells of aborted mission after craft ‘began spinning around’
Titan passenger tells of aborted mission after craft ‘began spinning around’
A passenger on an expedition to the Titanic with the company that owned the Titan submersible has told a US Coast Guard investigatory panel that the mission was aborted due to apparent mechanical failure.

Fri, 20 Sep, 2024

Mission specialist leads witnesses as Titan submersible inquiry continues
Mission specialist leads witnesses as Titan submersible inquiry continues
Another mission specialist who worked with the company that owned the Titan submersible which imploded last year is scheduled to testify before a US Coast Guard investigatory panel on Friday.

Fri, 20 Sep, 2024

Mission specialist for Titan submersible owner to give evidence
Mission specialist for Titan submersible owner to give evidence
Renata Rojas is the latest person to testify who is connected to Titan owner OceanGate

Thu, 19 Sep, 2024

Safety agency failed to investigate complaint into doomed Titan sub, staff say
Safety agency failed to investigate complaint into doomed Titan sub, staff say
A key employee who labelled a doomed experimental submersible unsafe before its last, fatal voyage testified on Tuesday that the tragedy may have been prevented if the federal safety agency had investigated his complaint.

Wed, 18 Sep, 2024

Titan engineer ‘felt pressure to get submersible ready for wreck dive’
Titan engineer ‘felt pressure to get submersible ready for wreck dive’
The lead engineer for an experimental submersible that imploded on its way to the wreck of the Titanic has told an inquiry he felt pressured to get the vessel ready to dive and refused to pilot it on a journey several years earlier.

Tue, 17 Sep, 2024

Titanic tourist vessel missing
Hearing to open into deaths of five killed during Titanic deep-sea expedition
The deep-sea vessel was on an expedition to the Titanic wreckage around 435 miles south of St John’s, Newfoundland, when it lost contact with the tour operator

Sun, 15 Sep, 2024

Titanic expedition yields lost bronze statue and other discoveries
Titanic expedition yields lost bronze statue and other discoveries
A bronze statue from the Titanic which was feared to have been lost for good is among several discoveries made by the company with salvage rights to the wreck site on its first expedition there in years.

Mon, 02 Sep, 2024

US ends legal fight against Titanic expedition
US ends legal fight against Titanic expedition
The US government has officially ended its legal fight against an upcoming expedition to the Titanic shipwreck after the company that owns the ship’s salvage rights scaled back its dive plans.

Wed, 03 Jul, 2024

Titanic 3D World Premiere - London
Kate Winslet and James Cameron address rumours of ‘rift’ after Titanic
Kate Winslet and James Cameron have shut down speculation that they were involved in a feud after filming Titanic.

Thu, 13 Jun, 2024

Titanic watch auction
Titanic watch sells for record-breaking €1.372m
The watch was sold on Saturday to a private collector in the US at Henry Aldridge & Son in Devizes, Wiltshire, for the highest amount ever for Titanic memorabilia, the auctioneers said

Sat, 27 Apr, 2024

Titanic memorabilia
Titanic watch owned by John Jacob Astor could fetch £150k at auction
A gold pocket watch that was recovered from the body of the richest man on the Titanic could fetch £150,000 at auction. Businessman John Jacob Astor, 47, went down with the ship in 1912 after seeing new wife Madeleine onto a lifeboat.

Fri, 26 Apr, 2024

TITANIC
US government may drop legal challenge to company’s Titanic expedition
The US government could end its legal fight against a planned expedition to the Titanic, which has sparked concerns that it would violate a law that treats the wreck as a gravesite.

Wed, 13 Mar, 2024

Henry Aldridge & Son auction
Titanic’s first class dinner menu expected to fetch €68,000 at auction
The dinner – including oysters, tornados of beef, spring lamb and mallard duck – was served on the evening of April 11 1912 after the liner left Queenstown in Ireland for New York during its fateful maiden voyage

Thu, 02 Nov, 2023

TITANIC
US government fights planned expedition to Titanic
The US government is trying to stop a planned expedition to recover items of historical interest from the sunken Titanic, citing an international agreement that treat the shipwreck as a hallowed gravesite.

Tue, 29 Aug, 2023

Islands of Ireland: Taking the blueway to visit Horse Island
Islands of Ireland: Taking the blueway to visit Horse Island
There have been lots of shipwrecks in Bantry Bay near Horse Island - alongside Rabbit Island, Hog Island and Chapel Island

Fri, 11 Aug, 2023

Team behind deep sea robot had hoped for Titan rescue
Team behind deep sea robot had hoped for Titan rescue
The team behind the deep sea robot which eventually helped locate wreckage from the Titan submersible – following a fatal implosion which killed five people – had been hoping they were on a rescue mission, a company executive has said.

Fri, 30 Jun, 2023

Mother reveals she gave her place on Titan submersible to teenage son
Mother reveals she gave her place on Titan submersible to teenage son
The mother of the teenager who died on the Titan submersible gave up her place to her son after the original trip was postponed due to Covid.

Mon, 26 Jun, 2023

Titanic tourist vessel missing
19-year-old who died on Titan brought Rubik’s cube with him in world record bid
Christine Dawood told the BBC her son Suleman was “so excited” to try and solve the puzzle 3,700 metres below the ocean surface

Mon, 26 Jun, 2023

Titanic tourist vessel missing
Safety investigators board Titan’s support ship after fatal implosion
A team of investigators has boarded the main support ship of the Titan submersible after it returned to the harbour following the deep-sea vessel’s fatal implosion.

Sun, 25 Jun, 2023

Titanic tourist vessel missing
Canadian police look into circumstances of five deaths in Titan implosion
Police are looking into the deaths of five people in the catastrophic Titan submersible implosion.

Sat, 24 Jun, 2023

Titanic tourist vessel missing
Titan’s main support ship returns to harbour following fatal implosion
Flags on board the Polar Prince were at half-mast as it arrived at the port in St John’s in Newfoundland on Saturday morning

Sat, 24 Jun, 2023

Titanic tourist vessel missing
Time to consider whether Titanic trips should end, society president says
In a statement published online, Charles Haas, president of the Titanic International Society, an organisation set up in 1989 to preserve the history of the Titanic, questioned whether visits to the historic site 3,800m below the surface should continue.

Fri, 23 Jun, 2023

Titanic tourist vessel missing
Regulations around Titanic trips ‘tricky to navigate’, says OceanGate co-founder
Guillermo Sohnlein, co-founder of OceanGate Expeditions, said there are regulations in place surrounding submersibles but they are “sparse” and “antiquated”.

Fri, 23 Jun, 2023

Titanic tourist vessel missing
Tributes paid to the five people killed onboard the Titan submersible
Families and friends of the victims have been speaking about their loved ones 

Fri, 23 Jun, 2023

Titanic tourist vessel missing
What happens next as five people on Titan sub killed in ‘catastrophic implosion’
In a press conference in Boston on Thursday, Rear Admiral John Mauger told reporters he could not say what the prospects were of recovering the bodies of those killed on the Titan expedition.

Fri, 23 Jun, 2023

Alita: Battle Angel World Premiere - London
Titanic director James Cameron says he predicted outcome of Titan submersible
“I knew that sub was sitting exactly underneath its last known depth and position. That’s exactly where they found it.”

Fri, 23 Jun, 2023

Titanic tourist vessel missing
Debris found in search area came from missing Titan sub, friend of crew says
The US Coast Guard said it was not commenting on what the debris consisted of

Thu, 22 Jun, 2023

The Titanic Museum - Belfast
Titanic Belfast reopening after multimillion-pound refurbishment
Also on display is a life jacket from an unknown victim which is one of only 12 now remaining from the 3,500 that were onboard

Tue, 28 Feb, 2023

Rare video of 1986 dive through Titanic wreckage being released
Rare video of 1986 dive through Titanic wreckage being released
The release of the footage is in conjunction with the 25th anniversary release on February 10 of the remastered version of the Academy Award-winning film Titanic.

Wed, 15 Feb, 2023

Clodagh Finn: Hook, line, and trinket — the women who scaled liners to sell souvenirs
S Clodagh Finn: Hook, line, and trinket — the women who scaled liners to sell souvenirs
Capturing a fascinating slice of social history before the trail goes cold

Sun, 25 Dec, 2022

What were the interiors like for first-class passengers on board the Titanic? 
What were the interiors like for first-class passengers on board the Titanic? 
We explore the first-class world of the Titanic 110 years after its sinking

Sun, 24 Apr, 2022

Expedition company charging €230k to visit dissolving Titanic wreck
Expedition company charging €230k to visit dissolving Titanic wreck
For those 110 years, the wreck has sat almost four kilometres below water, near Newfoundland

Fri, 15 Apr, 2022

Titanic 110th anniversary
Titanic lifejacket to be displayed in Belfast visitor centre
Priceless artefact goes on display for the first time on the island of Ireland

Fri, 08 Apr, 2022

Titanic 'smaller than people think'
Titanic survivor Molly Brown’s blanket to go under the hammer in Belfast
Items including a deck blanket and trinket box which reputedly belonged to famous Titanic survivor Molly Brown are to go under the hammer in Belfast.

Wed, 06 Apr, 2022

Cobh invites public to mark the 110th anniversary of Titanic disaster
Cobh invites public to mark the 110th anniversary of Titanic disaster
A Cork Harbour town which was the last port of the call for the doomed Titanic will mark the 110th anniversary of the tragedy early next month with its first public commemoration of the disaster since the pandemic.

Wed, 23 Mar, 2022

Titanic Centre in Belfast to be transformed into mass vaccination hub 
Titanic Centre in Belfast to be transformed into mass vaccination hub 
Health chiefs are hoping that 4,000 vaccines a day will be delivered at the site

Thu, 16 Dec, 2021

Postcard from Titanic’s radio operator being sold at auction
Postcard from Titanic’s radio operator being sold at auction
A postcard written by the Titanic’s senior radio operator just weeks before the ocean liner sank in the North Atlantic in 1912 has been put up for auction.

Mon, 12 Apr, 2021

Titanic hero honoured with hometown plaque in Cork
Titanic hero honoured with hometown plaque in Cork
Jack Foley was a storekeeper on the Titanic and helped women and children escape on a lifeboat. 

Mon, 17 Aug, 2020

Solitary floral tribute to the Titanic in Cobh marks ill-fated voyage
Solitary floral tribute to the Titanic in Cobh marks ill-fated voyage
For the first time in over 20 years, there will no public ceremony to mark the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic in its last port of call.

Thu, 09 Apr, 2020

Judge defers decision on Titanic salvage mission
Judge defers decision on Titanic salvage mission

The decision on proposals to recover the telegraph machine from the Titanic by cutting a hole in the ship’s hull has been deferred by the US judge presiding over the case.

Fri, 21 Feb, 2020

Titanic salvage mission should be stopped say Irish maritime experts
Titanic salvage mission should be stopped say Irish maritime experts
International maritime experts from Cork have urged a judge to consider the many Irish victims of the Titanic still entombed onboard as a US salvage company seeks to enter the wreckage.

Wed, 19 Feb, 2020

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