1903

Is there any information about the average frequency with which the lookouts in the Crow's Nest rang 3 bells because they saw - or thought they saw - an object ahead in the ship's path during transatlantic voyages in the early part of the 20th century leading up to the Titanic disaster? There is...

I do not pretend to be an expert on the extracurricular activities of the Ismay family, but I don't think I've ever come across this before. 26 August 1903: Bruce Ismay and seventeen others (none of them of any significance for the purposes of this series) are appointed Justices of the Peace...

The San Francisco Call, 4 January 1903 Retrieved from the California Digital Newspaper Collection web site, http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cdnc/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=p&p=home

MAB note: At the time this picture was published, Beadnell was chief officer of Coptic in the transpacific service. This picture accompanied an article about his being temporarily in command for one trip due to the illness of Coptic's Capt. Rinder. Beadnell later became a White Star...

The San Francisco Call, 23 October 1903 Retrieved from the California Digital Newspaper Collection web site, California Digital Newspaper Collection Will Command Mongolia --- Captain John H. Rinder, commander of the steamship Coptic, has resigned from the service of the White Star Line to...

The San Francisco Call, 5 January 1904 Retrieved from the California Digital Newspaper Collection web site, http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cdnc/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=p&p=home COPTIC PICKS UP EXTRA CHRISTMAS DAY AND CELEBRATES HOLIDAY TWICE --- Liner Brings From the Orient One of the Most Cargoes Ever...

MAB Musing: I wonder if the second officer had anything to do with judging the costumes at the ball. The Advertiser, Adelaide, 24 June 1903 Retrieved from the National Library of Australia web site, http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE *** SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE ***...

The Times, 23 November 1903 BELFAST, Nov. 22 --- On Saturday the launch took place at Belfast of the steamship Baltic, which will be by far the largest vessel afloat, her dimensions being:---Length, 725ft. 9in.; depth, 49ft.; and breadth, 75ft., while her gross tonnage will be nearly...

MAB Note: Arabic II left Liverpool on her maiden voyage on 26 June 1903 and arrived in New York on 5 July. This article appeared the next day The New York Times, 6 July 1903 NEW WHITE STAR LINER --- Latest Addition to Transatlantic Fleet Arrives on Maiden Trip --- The White Star...

(As I post this, it's still 20 February here. So, for a few more minutes, Cedric, second of the "Big Four", arrived in New York on her maiden voyage 99 years ago today. This article was published the following morning.) The New York Times, 21 February 1903 LINER CEDRIC IN PORT ---...