Titanic

Atlantic VOYAGE FROM LIVERPOOL

TITANIC's registered port was Liverpool(ref.1,2) but never been to there

Atlantic Ferry route starts from Liverpool(ref.3)

White Star Line, 1850, Australian mine trade

Oceanic - largest ship of the world(1899)

Celtic, Cedric - larger than Oceanic(1901)

Olympic - larger and more luxurious than Mauritania, sister ship of the Titanic(1908)

TITANIC - build at Belfast with Olympic

Britannic - launched after Titanic(1914), hospital ship(1915), sunk by U-Boat(1916)

Cunard Line, 1839, Royal Mail to Canada and the USA

Mauretania - fastest ships of the time(1907), Blue Riband 1907-1929

Carpathia - rescues the survivors of Titanic(1912), the story told by the crew(ref.4), sunk by U-Boat(1918)

Queen Mary - launched by Her Majesty Queen Mary(1934)

Queen Elizabeth - largest liner ever built(1938)

Queen Elizabeth II(1969)

Titanic Plaque in Liverpool

dedicated to 'The Heroes of the Engine Room'

End of the ferry era

White Star Line and Cunard Line combine. Cunard White Star(1935 - late 1940s) now Cunard Line.
First jet crosses the Atlantic(1959) More people crossed by air rather than by sea.

ref.1 TITANIC, movie program, Japan, 1997, p19
ref.2 JAMES CAMERON'S TITANIC, ED W. Marsh,TAKE SHOBO, Japan, 1997, p22
ref.3 TITANIC Music As Heard On The Fateful Voyage, CD booklet, Japan, 1997, p8
ref.4 personal mail from my netfriend whose relative was the crew of the Carpathia

BGM
TITANIC Music As Heard On The Fateful Voyage, The White Star Orchestra, RHINO R2 72821(AMCY-2458), Japan
AND THE BAND PLAYED ON Music played on the ships of the White Star Line, LONDON POCL-1788, Japan
TITANIC Music from the motion picture, Sony Classical SK 63213

Katsumi Kashimura for The Society of British Culture, 9-10 May 1998

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