Tag: RMS Titanic

• Monday, April 29th 2024 - 09:26 UTC

  Record auction price for 14-carat gold pocket watch belonging to the richest passenger on the Titanic

  

  A pocket watch that belonged to the wealthiest passenger aboard RMS Titanic sold for £1,175 million (€1,38 million, US$1,46 million) at an auction on Saturday, smashing a pre-sale estimate. Henry Aldridge & Son, the auction house, had anticipated it would sell for between £100,000/£150,000.

• Tuesday, May 1st 2012 - 08:53 UTC

  The Titanic II will mark the entrance of China to the cruise-ship industry

  

  Australian mining billionaire Clive Palmer plans to build a 21st-century replica of the Titanic and sail it from England to New York accompanied by the Chinese navy by the end of 2016.

• Monday, April 9th 2012 - 06:07 UTC

  Memorial cruise of the Titanic with 1.309 passengers sets off from Southampton

  

  Descendants of those who died in the Titanic disaster 100 years ago have set sail on a memorial cruise to the site of the wreck. The MS Balmoral left Southampton on Saturday on a 12-night cruise to commemorate the centenary of the sinking of the liner that hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage.

• Wednesday, March 7th 2012 - 03:11 UTC

  The moon to blame for the sinking of the Titanic, says forensic astronomer

  

  A century after the Titanic disaster, scientists have found an unexpected culprit for the sinking: the moon. Anyone who knows history or has seen the blockbuster movies knows that the cause of the transatlantic liner's accident 100 years ago next month was that it hit an iceberg.

• Friday, December 30th 2011 - 05:53 UTC

  Titanic sinking anniversary includes the auction of a 5.500 item collection

  

  The biggest collection of Titanic artefacts is to be sold off as a single lot in an auction timed for the 100th anniversary in April of the sinking of the famed ocean liner.