Food loaded onboard Titanic included 1,500 gallons of fresh milk and 600 tons of condensed milk. Titanic also carried 36,000 oranges and 16,000 lemons.
On April 14, 1912, the day of the disaster, Titanic received seven iceberg warnings.
The violin of Titanic bandleader Wallace Henry Hartley was found strapped to his body when it was discovered two weeks after the sinking. Its case had preserved the violin, which was initially given to a Salvation Army musician by Hartley's fiancee, but was later sold for $1.7m (approximately £1.3m) at auction.
Fruit and Vegetables
36,000 – oranges. 13,000 – grapefruit. 16,000 – lemons. 40 – tons of potatoes.
Bottles of wine in ship's wine cellar: 1,000
On April 21, 1912, The New York Times reported the luxury liner was carrying cargo worth $420,000 ($11 million today). The manifest included such items as 3,000 teacups, 40,000 eggs, five grand pianos and 36,000 oranges.
The ship sailed from Southampton, England, on April 10, 1912, with 800 bundles of asparagus, forty thousand fresh eggs, forty thousand sausages. And so much more edible fare, not to mention the necessary cutlery, the dishes, the glassware, the linens, the teacups.
Rose Eveleth Contributor March 31, 2014 Titanic Then... On board the ship's disastrous inaugural journey were around 12 dogs, four roosters, four hens, one yellow canary, 30 cockerels, an unspecified number of rats, and the ship's rat-catcher feline, Jenny.
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To feed the passengers and crew, Titanic had 86,000 pounds of meat, 40,000 eggs, 40 tons of potatoes, 7,000 heads of lettuce, 3,500 pounds of onions, 36,000 apples, and 1,000 loaves of bread on board.
The ship was loaded with 34,000 kg of meat, 4,990 kg of fresh fish, 40 tons of potatoes, 40,000 eggs, 7,000 heads of salad, 4,536 kg of sugar, 250 barrels of flour, 36,000 apples, 1,500 gallons of milk and 15,000 bottles of beer.
According to the ship's manifest, the drink order for the Titanic included 1,500 bottles of wine, 15,000 champagne glasses, 20,000 bottles of beer and stout, and at least 850 bottles of spirits. The cargo manifest reveals further reserves of 17 cases of cognac, 70 cases of wine and 191 cases of liquor.
Gold jewelry, broaches, pocket watches, and other accessories have been recovered over the years. A traveling showcase that commemorated the 100 year anniversary of the sinking featured lavish golden jewelry from the wreckage. These artifacts carry extraordinary stories from the Titanic's passengers.
Introduction. After the Titanic sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912, hundreds of the survivors, families of victims, and owners of cargo filed claims against the White Star Line for loss of life, property, and for injuries sustained. Their claims totaled $16.4 million.
In the end, the company paid a total settlement of $664,000 to be divided among them. While it's unclear whether Sjöblom received the full $6200 she asked for, she did make it to the Northwest, succeeded in reuniting with her father, and lived to the age of 81. Claim of Anna Sofia Sjoblom, 1913. National Archives.
History books record that the white-whiskered skipper was woken in his cabin when the ship struck the iceberg and decided to go down with his ship. But a previously unseen account by survivor Emily Richards blamed Captain Smith for the tragedy and said he had been drinking just hours before the catastrophic collision.
The second study, by British historian Tim Maltin, claimed that atmospheric conditions on the night of the disaster might have caused a phenomenon called super refraction. This bending of light could have created mirages, or optical illusions, that prevented the Titanic's lookouts from seeing the iceberg clearly.
Titanic sank at approximately 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, claiming the lives of 1,500 passengers. With the Californian stopped in the ice before any SOS messages were sent from the Titanic, the ship didn't see the sinking liner's calls for help until dawn, hours after they'd been sent.
“The Big Piece” as it is referred, weighed nearly 20 tons and measured approximately 27 x 20′ when it was recovered from the R.M.S. Titanic wreck-site debris field. It was originally located on the starboard side of the ship between the 3rd and 4th funnels of the B and C decks.
It's believed that upwards of 1500 people died in the accident, however, amongst the survivors was one Charles Joughin. He was the head baker on the Titanic, but his real claim to fame is the story of how he survived the shipwreck.
One of these is a species of bacteria -- named Halomonas titanicae after the great ship -- that lives inside icicle-like growths of rust, called "rusticles." These bacteria eat iron in the ship's hull and they will eventually consume the entire ship, recycling the nutrients into the ocean ecosystem.
The ship carried at least twelve dogs, only three of which survived. First-class passengers often traveled with their pets. The Titanic was equipped with a first-rate kennel and the dogs were well-cared for, including daily exercise on deck.
Of the 2,208 people on board the RMS Titanic's maiden voyage, an estimated 1,503 perished after the cruise liner struck that infamous iceberg. There were 128 children aboard the ship, 67 of which were saved. The youngest Titanic survivor was just two months old; her name was Millvina Dean (UK, b.
Last Dinner Served on Titanic: Course 4
Filet mignons lili — seared filet, sliced truffles on bed of crispy potatoes, cognac, Madeira, red wine sauce. Sauté of chicken lyonnaise — onion, tomato sauce on bed of crispy potatoes. Vegetable marrow farci — zucchini stuffed with fresh herbs and vegetables.
Were there horses aboard the Titanic? That's still a mystery. Some sources say there were polo ponies aboard, and there's an unverified story about a German racehorse who had a private paddock on C deck.
Bottles of wine, shoes, suitcases are among the items that can be seen strewn across the ocean floor, reminders of lives that were cut short by the icy Atlantic waves. But, crucially, plenty is still missing: human remains. Some 1,160 people went down with the Titanic. but no bodies have ever been found.
Three small dogs, two Pomeranians and a Pekingese, survived the Titanic disaster cradled in their owners' arms as they climbed into lifeboats. Miss Margaret Hays, aged 24, boarded Titanic at Cherbourg and was travelling home with two friends to New York with her Pomeranian called Lady.