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Before the Titanic Sank, a Cheerful Passenger Wrote in a Postcard That He Was 'Leaving for the Land of Stars and Stripes'
A historic postcard stamped April 11, 1912, is about to go to auction. On its back is a hand-scrawled message from British ...
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Titanic widows' watch gift to hero rescuer: Gold timepiece given by wives of liner's wealthiest victims to captain of rescue ship after 1912 disaster is tipped to sell for £ ...
Captain Rostron received the gift ... due to out-of-date maritime safety regulations. After leaving Southampton on April 10, 1912, Titanic called at Cherbourg in France and Queenstown in Ireland ...
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Plan to identify unknown Titanic dead unveiled in Southampton
The plan was endorsed by descendants at the annual meeting of the British Titanic Society (BTS) in Southampton ... there's a debate to be won between leaving the dead to rest in peace or entering ...