'A Night to Remember'

Numerous films and documentaries have tried to recreate what it would have been like to be on board the Titanic when she struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage in 1912 and sank with the loss of many lives. We can only guess, but Edith Russell knows.

Edith was a passenger on the Titanic and in a BBC interview in 1970 she talked about that fateful evening. She described in some detail how the iceberg struck the side of the deck and how some of the passengers used the ice to make snowballs!

	"I had on a white satin evening dress ...." Click on the speaker to listen to Edith Russell, a Titanic survivor.

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On the 90th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, presenter Walter Love broadcast a special radio programme dedicated to this special Belfast ship. ("Love Forty", 31st March 2002, BBC Radio Ulster)

	l"I had seen the Titanic and my father had worked on it ...." Ulster Titanic Society members John Parkinson, Alison Murphy and Bill Austin talk about the Society and their interest in the Titanic lll

	"H&W built many White Star ships including the Titanic ...." Michael McCaughan, Keeper of Transport at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, gives a historical perspective on shipbuilding in Belfast

Read more about the Titanic and its Comber connections .

The sinking of the Titanic was the worst peacetime disaster to befall the City of Southampton. Five hundred of its residents died and many households were left without a main breadwinner. BBC Southampton has put together a special feature about the city's Titanic connections.

Click here to read the transcript of a live chat with Douglas Carson, President of the Titanic Trust, which took place on 15th April 2002 (the 90th anniversary of the sinking of the ship).

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Your Responses...

Gemma Sleet - Feb '08
Hi I just want to say thanks you for sharing all this information because I've been doing a lot of studying on titanic and all this information has used up a lot of paper in my S.A and I was just wondering if theres anymore information you could share with everyone.

Chevon - Feb '07
The story of The R.M.S. Titanic is a magnificent story, and has inspired me in several ways. All the storys I have heard, and read, all the artifacts I have seen, it is increadible. To think of all that had happend, I feel so emty. I would love to know all I could about the true story of what happend to the titanic, and the true story of what happend with the passengers, all that went on and everything.
R.I.P to all who passed, and to the grandest ship in the world.

Melissa Talevski - June '06
As soon as the waves of the North Atlantic closed over the stern of RMS Titanic on 15 April 1912, the myths began surrounding her design, construction and transatlantic voyage. The Titanic disaster today is a classic tale, a modern folk story, but like all folk stories our understanding of what really happened has been clouded by the way the disaster has been recounted over the years.

The Titanic hit an iceberg in the northern artic ocean Because ship wasn't stable Titanic Sank On 1912 April The 10th At 2:00am

• 1,000 loaves of bread
• 2,200 lb. ground coffee
• 800 lb. tea
• 10,000 lb. rice and dried beans
• 10,000 lb. sugar
• 250 barrels flour
• 10,000 lb. cereal
• 36,000 apples
• 36,000 oranges
• 16,000 lemons
• 1,000 lb. grapes
• 13,000 grapefruit
• 1,120 lb. jam and marmalade
• 1,500 gallons fresh milk
• 1,200 quarts ice cream
• 600 gallons condensed milk
• 6,000 lb. butter
• 15,000 bottles of ale (beer)
• 1,000 bottles wine
• 850 bottles liquor
• 8,000 complimentary cigars Survivor
Rates:
Passengers Women and
Children Men Total
First Class 94% 31% 60%
Second Class 81% 10% 44%
Third Class 47% 14% 25%
Crew 87% 22% 24%
Total Survivability: 31.6%
Total Possible Survivability: 53.4% (with all lifeboats filled to capacity)

Luxuries and Accommodations:
• 28 fully decorated First Class Suites.
• Heated swimming pool.
• 4 electric elevators ( 3 in First Class and 1 in Second Class).
• Indoor squash court on F Deck.
• Indoor toilets.
• 2 libraries.
• 4 restaurants.
• 3 galleys.
• 2 musical ensembles (a quintet for First Class Lounge and a trio for the a-la carte reception room).
• Fully equipped gymnasium.
• 2 barber shops.
• a fully equipped darkroom.
• a fully staffed medical bay with 2 physicians and an operating room.
• Titanic used 14,000 gallons of drinking water each day. Galley Supplies:
• 57,600 crockery items (pots, pans, baking sheets)
• 29,000 pieces of glassware
• 44,000 pieces of cutlery
• 75,000 lb. fresh meat
• 11,000 lb. fresh fish
• 4,000 lb. salted and dried fish
• 7,500 lb. bacon and ham
• 25,000 lb. poultry
• 40,000 fresh eggs
• 2,500 lb. sausage
• 40 tons potatoes
• 3,500 lb. onions
• 800 bundles fresh asparagus
• 3,500 lb. tomatoes
• 2,500 lb.. green peas
• 7,000 heads lettu!
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YOUR RESPONSES

Becky rowan age 14 - Mar '07
Hi i just wanted to say thankyou for all this information on the Titanic and the interview with edith, it helped alot with my coursework and I also thought it was very interesting as I am very interested about the history of Titanic - thanks a lot for the help!!!

Michelle - Dec '05
This is very helpful!