Encyclopedia Titanica

John P. Eaton

Cancelled Passages Aboard Titanic
Passengers that cancelled their tickets for the Titanic...
CANCELLED PASSAGES ABOARD TITANIC
A Captain's Career
When anyone asks me how I can best describe my experience in nearly 40 years at sea, I merely say- uneventful. Of course there have been winter storms and gales and fog and the like, but in all my experience I have never...
A CAPTAIN'S CAREER
Oceanic
White Star Line Not only was Oceanic operated by the same company that operated Titanic, she was also directly associated with Titanic at the beginning of her maiden voyage as well as during the first weeks f...
OCEANIC
Bulgaria
(aka Canada,Hercules, Philippines,Drachtenstein)Hamburg-Amerika LineOnTuesday, April 9, while traveling westbound Hamburg-Southampton-Baltimore,received a wireless message from the Caledonia warning of ...
BULGARIA
Caledonia
Anchor LineOn 9 April at 2:55 p.m. Caledonia, eastbound New York-Glasgow, relayed to Bulgaria an ice warning received earlier from Cassandra.Port of Registry: GlasgowFlag of Regist...
CALEDONIA
Cassandra
(Donaldson Brothers)On 9 April, while eastbound St. John, New Brunswick to Glasgow, Cassandra transmitted a warning of ice at 43 degrees 38’ N. by 49 degrees 16’ W. which was relayed at 2:55 p.m. by the Caledonia to the Bulga...
CASSANDRA
Royal Edward
Canadian Northern Steamships, Ltd. Westbound Avonmouth to Halifax. On 8 April encountered and reported an ice field in the vicinity of the subsequent Titanic disaster site : 42 degrees 50’N, 49 degrees 30’W to 42 degrees 30&rsq...
ROYAL EDWARD
Annie
West Hartlepool Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.Port of Registry: West HartlepoolFlag of Registry: BritishSignal letters: P Q N SSteel hull, one funnel, two masts...
Rio Pirahy
European and Brazilian Steam Ship Co., Ltd. (Petersen and Co., Ltd. Managers) Westbound, Narvik, Norway to Philadelphia via Halifax. Arrived Philadelphia 22 April and reported that on 8 April, in the vicinity of 42 degrees 44 ‘ N. ...
Armenian
Cestrian, sister ship to th...
ARMENIAN
Neptune
Port of Registry: SouthamptonFlagof Registry: BritishFunnel:Red, black topCompanyflag: Divided by crossed lines into four equal triangles. Blue at ho...
Ajax
Call letters: S P G B Port of Registry: Southampton Flag of Registry: British Funnel: Red, black top Company flag: Div...
Hercules
One of the tugs that got lines aboard New York and kept her from striking Titanic as the latter was leaving her Southampton dock.Port of Registry: Southampt...
Vulcan
Vulcan struggling to pull the stern of the New York (left) away from Titanic's port side (Eaton-Haas Collection)...
VULCAN
The tugs at Titanic's Departure
Albert Edward, Hercules, Vulcan, Ajax, Hector Neptune ...
THE TUGS AT TITANIC'S DEPARTURE
Samara
Samara Steam Ship Samara Co., Ltd. (Maclay & MacIntyre, Managers)Westbound Cardiff to Philadelphia on April 1st at 43 degrees 12’ N. by 45 degrees 14”W. southeast off Newfoundland’s Grand Banks, rescued the c...
United Steamship Co. : Alexandra
Det Forenede Dampskibs Selsk (United Steamship Co.) Departed Emden, Germany for Boston, 13 March. On 3 April at 45 degrees 04'N. by 56 degrees 38'W. saw drifting ice and ice fields. Arrived at Boston 7 April....
Lord Cromer
Departed Stockton-on Tees, England 14 March, 1912 on her maiden voyage bound for Louisburg, Nova Scotia, in ballast. During her crossing she was badly damaged by ice and after 19 days of a voyage which should have taken no mor...
Lucigen
Lucigen – Lucigen Steamship Co., (H.E. Moss & Co.) Departed Bremen, Germany 8 March for New York. On 24 March at 46 degrees N, 46 degrees West, encountered heavy pack ice with numerous bergs, an...
Kura
Kura Steamship Co., Ltd. (Stephens, Sutton & Stephens, Managers.)(Westbound, Bremerhaven to New York via St. John’s Newfoundland) On 18 March encountered ice at 42 degrees N. 47 degrees 11&#...
Musgrave
On October 1911, when Titanic was moved from the deep water wharf to the Alexandra Wharf to clear a convenient mooring for the incoming Olympic, the move was accomplished with the assistance of the Musg...
Hornby - Tug that assisted Titanic at Belfast
May 31, 1911 Assisted following the launch of Titanic April 2, 1912 Assisted Titanic on her sea trials Port of Registry Liverpool Flag of Registry British Funnel Buff, blac...
HORNBY - TUG THAT ASSISTED TITANIC AT BELFAST
Jackal
While the Titanic was outfitting, Jackal served as an auxiliary vessel moored alongside, her generator providing light and power aboard the ship for the outfitting workers. Also used as a yard tug. ...
JACKAL
Collingwood
(Akties Collingwood) (Zernichow & O. Gotaas) Arrived at Belfast ( Musgrave Channel) 16 October 1908 from Bangkok via the Azores carrying a cargo of teak wood logs which in a finished state, were...
Alexandra Towing Co. : Alexandra
Alexandra Towing Co., Ltd. Alexandra assisted during Titanic’s launch on 31 May, 1911 and during her sea trails Port of Registry...
Royal Standard
The story of a White Star liner that struck an iceberg 47 years before the Titanic......
ROYAL STANDARD
Herculaneum
In addition to maneuvering Titanic after launch, Herculaneum also assisted during Titanic’s sea trials out of Belfast on 2 April 1912. Alexandra Towing Co., Ltd. ...
Duke of Albany
(F. Kemp & Company)The center anchor of the Titanic weighs 15 ½ tons and was fabricated by Messrs. N. Hingley & Sons, Ltd. Of Netherton, Dudley, Worcestershire. Typical of the manner by which the many an...
DUKE OF ALBANY
Wallasey
Wallasey assisted during Titanic's launch on May 31, 1911 and stood by on her sea trials out of Belfast on 2 April, 1912. Port of Registry: LiverpoolFlag of Registry: Briti...
Glendun
GLENDUN (Antrim Iron Ore Co., LTD.) On Sunday, December 10th, 1909, the immense stern framing of Titanic was transported from Darlington Forge Company’s works at Darlington by the North Eastern Railway...
Titanic passengers that cancelled or missed the crossing
This page contains the names of several people who planned to travel on the Titanic but, for one reason, failed to do so.  Some had actually booked cabins and these are confirmed by their presence in ...
Captain Smith in the 1890s
A photograph of Edward John Smith later Captain of the RMS Titanic, taken sometime in the 1890s when he was a Captain in the White Star Line....
CAPTAIN SMITH IN THE 1890S
Rosalind
New York, Newfoundland and Halifax Steam Ship Co., Ltd. (C.T. Bowring & Co., Ltd. Managers) Departed St. John’s, Newfoundland 6 April for New York. On 7 April at 45 degrees 10 ‘ N. by 56 degrees 40” W. encount...