Maritime History

Transport & Travel

The RMS Titanic was an Olympic-class British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic on 15 April 1912 after striking an iceberg during her maiden transatlantic voyage fr...

Celebrity Profiles

This reference covers verified ages and roles for central Titanic figures, combining passenger lists, crew manifests, and inquiry records. The focus is on name, age at time of s...

Celebrity Profiles

Real pictures of the Titanic before it sank are photographs taken while the ship was completed and afloat between its launch in May 1911 and its departure on the maiden voyage i...

travel-and-exploration

The Santa Maria replica refers to a historically informed reconstruction of Christopher Columbus’s flagship, built to illustrate fifteenth-century ship design and Atlantic exp...

Celebrity Profiles

The Titanic wreck date of discovery is 1 September 1985, when a joint French‑American expedition led by Jean‑Louis Michel and Robert Ballard located the ship in two main pie...

transportation

In 2025, the Titanic remains a powerful symbol of technological ambition, maritime tragedy, and enduring cultural curiosity. More than a century after it sank on its maiden voya...

maritime-history

The picture of the Titanic wreck is not a single image but a carefully assembled visual record gathered across decades of exploration. Taken from cameras mounted on remotely ope...

maritime-history

The RMS Titanic ocean liner was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic in the early hours of 15 April 1912 after striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage...

history-and-legacy

2023 marked significant anniversaries and memorial moments connected to the Titanic disaster, prompting reflection on the lives lost and the event’s lasting legacy. This overv...

Historical Maritime

Certain Titanic photographs stand out not for beauty but for unease, often because they capture moments that seem to resist explanation. From the quiet emptiness of the bow afte...