Titanic passengers' letters on sale Dec 31, 2008
Letters on White Star Lines stationary inscribed with "On board RMS Titanic" are "extremely rare and are among the most prized artefacts from the disaster," said Robert Litzenberger, a specialist at Spink Smythe auction house. On January 16, the letters are expected to sell for 10,000 dollars to 20,000 dollars each, he said. (India Times, India)
Titanic Unveiling on Top of Angkor Wat Dec 30, 2008
What links the RMS Titanic and the Cambodian jungle temple of Angkor Wat. Author Helen Churchill Candee survived the infamous maritime disaster to write Angkor the Magnificent, history's most captivating account of Southeast Asia's mysterious Khmer Empire. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition Invited to Madrid Nov 11, 2008
ATLANTA, Nov. 11, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RMS Titanic, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Premier Exhibitions, Inc. (NasdaqGM: - ) announced today that it will present Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition in Madrid, Spain ... RMS Titanic, Inc. is the only company permitted by law to recover objects from the wreck of the Titanic. (Primezone Releases)
New boutique hotels in Atlanta Nov 7, 2008
org The exhibit tells the story of the world s most famous shipwreck, from the building of the RMS Titanic to its tragic sinking to the restoration of the artifacts recovered from the wreckage miles below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean. The exhibit runs through spring 2009. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Last Titanic Survivor to Sell Mementos to Pay for Care Oct 17, 2008
LONDON Millvina Dean was just two months old when she was wrapped in a sack and lowered into a lifeboat from the deck of the sinking RMS Titanic. Now, more than 95 years later, Dean, the last living survivor of the disaster, is hoping to help pay her nursing home fees by selling artifacts of her rescue a suitcase and other mementos expected to auction for about $5,200. (Fox News)
Last Titanic survivor sells mementos Oct 16, 2008
As a 2-month-old baby, Millvina Dean was wrapped in a sack and lowered into a lifeboat from the deck of the sinking RMS Titanic. Now, Dean, the last living survivor of the disaster, is selling some of her mementos to help pay her nursing home fees. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Gil Kenan jumps from film school to select company Oct 14, 2008
Kenan and his crew darted around Europe for months before discovering Belfast's Titanic Quarter, so called because the RMS Titanic was built there along with other ships, conveniently leaving behind hangars that soar 90 feet in the air. Northern Ireland Screen, the local film commission, offered more than $1 million in funding and waived the rent on the otherwise abandoned hangar in hopes of launching a film industry. (Boston Globe)
A shipwreck, a heroine and a lost fortune Sep 18, 2008
The RMS Titanic was an Olympic-class passenger liner, then the largest in the world, owned by the White Star Line and built at the Harland shipyard in Belfast. On the night of 14 April, 1912, during her maiden voyage, Titanic hit an iceberg and sank, resulting in the deaths of 1,517 people. (Scotsman)
Travel Briefs Aug 24, 2008
The exhibitor, RMS Titanic, has conducted seven search and recovery expeditions to the ship s wreckage. The exhibition was scheduled to open Aug. 22. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Great Moments in Chuck Schumer History Jul 18, 2008
April 14, 1912: Chuck Schumer s great great Uncle, Edward Schumer Smith, steers the RMS Titanic into a passing iceberg in order to safely push it out of the way of any smaller boats that might pass by later. After the mass drowning of Titanic passengers, Schumer Smith takes credit for discovering the laxity of lifeboat oversight in the cruise industry. (Human Events Online)
Lowering the roof Jul 15, 2008
The 100,000-square-foot building was completed in 1916 -- four years after RMS Titanic struck an iceberg and one year before the United States entered World War I.In 1976, the building was closed for not meeting earthquake standards, but historic preservationists worked for years to save and restore it. Work on the building finally started last November and is scheduled to be completed in 2010. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Titanic exhibit opens at the Science Center May 22, 2008
"Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition" takes visitors on a vivid journey through one of history's most tragic chapters -- the sinking of RMS Titanic, which struck an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912 ... "Titanic" was produced by RMS Titanic Inc., which is the only company legally allowed to recover items from the Titanic wreck, and its parent company, Premier Exhibitions ... RMS Titanic Inc. has conducted seven recovery expeditions, starting in 1987, bringing back more than 5,500... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Carnegie Science Center seeks local ties to Titanic for exhibit May 14, 2008
The Carnegie Science Center is looking for stories from local descendants of RMS Titanic passengers or crew. Their tales will become part of the "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition" that opens May 24. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Unbelievable shipwreck dives May 10, 2008
It was almost a century ago, on a cold and starry April night in the north Atlantic, that the unthinkable occurred: A giant iceberg tore through the underbelly of the RMS Titanic, sending the unsinkable ship to a frosty grave, and claiming the lives of nearly 1,500 passengers onboard. For more than 70 years, the ships secrets lay on the ocean floor. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Click for Full Story Apr 10, 2008
Ninety-six years ago today, the RMS Titanic set sail from South Hampton, England on its ill-fated maiden voyage ... Today's Highlight in History:On April 10th, 1912, the RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton, England, on its ill-fated maiden voyage. (KWTX.com, TX)
Premier Exhibitions Chooses Ticketmaster VISTA Apr 1, 2008
The Company's wholly owned subsidiary RMS Titanic, Inc. is the only entity permitted by law to recover objects from the wreck of the Titanic. The Company was granted Salvor-in-possession rights to the wreck of Titanic by a United States federal court in 1994. (Primezone Releases)
Company Requests Money For Salvaging Titanic Artifacts Dec 18, 2007
U.S. District Judge Rebecca Smith ruled in October that the Atlanta-based company, RMS Titanic, is not entitled to keep the 3,700 artifacts from the ocean liner that sank in 1912, but can preserve them. The French government decreed that RMS Titanic does own the remaining 1,800 artifacts it recovered from salvaging operations that began in 1987 ... RMS Titanic president and CEO Arnie Geller says preserving the artifacts is a priority. (WTKR.com, VA)
RMS Titanic, Inc. Files for its Historic Salvage Award with the United States District Court Dec 2, 2007
ATLANTA, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- RMS Titanic, Inc. ("RMST"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Premier Exhibitions, Inc. (Nasdaq: ) today announced that it has filed a motion for an interim salvage award with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Norfolk Division (the "Court") docket number: 2:93-cv-00902. Pursuant to this motion, RMST seeks compensation for its efforts to date in recovering over 3500 artifacts from the wreck of the RMS Titanic during its expeditions... (PR Newswire)
IGN Discovers The City of Ember : We visit the Belfast set of the new fantasy fi... Sep 17, 2007
The remarkable sets were constructed at the Harland and Wolff paint hall in the Titanic Quarter of Belfast, where the doomed RMS Titanic was painted after being constructed in the shipyard right outside. This industrial location, found after a worldwide search, afforded the filmmakers 90' tall ceilings for them to build a fully functional city for the film. (IGN FilmForce)
No icy reception for musical 'Titanic' at Toby's Sep 14, 2007
Nearly 100 years after the supposedly unsinkable RMS Titanic struck an iceberg four days out of England and sank in the freezing North Atlantic waters, its legend lives again on stage for all to see and hear at Toby's--The Dinner Theatre of Columbia. Co-directed by Toby Orenstein and Lawrence B. Munsey, "Titanic: The Musical" lovingly captures the whole range of emotions that accompanied the ship's fateful maiden voyage. (Columbia Flier, MD)
Indo-US Nuclear Deal Deserves Safe Passage Sep 1, 2007
The RMS Titanic disaster killed 1500 people. People didn t stop building ships and today we build ships that are a lot bigger and safer. (Merinews)
Reuters gets that sinking feeling Aug 12, 2007
But it has now emerged that the footage actually showed two Finnish-made Mir submersibles that were employed on location filming at the scene of the wreck of the RMS Titanic ship in the north Atlantic some 10 years ago. This footage was used in sequences in James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster about the 1912 disaster. (Guardian Unlimited)
U.S. Congress considers bill to protect Titanic Jul 28, 2007
BEIJING, July 27 (Xinhuanet) -- The RMS Titanic struck an iceberg and went down in the North Atlantic 95 years ago, and now the U.S. Congress will consider a bill from the Department of State to protect the historic shipwreck from unregulated salvage and other activies that could harm its remains ... If enacted, this legislation will implement the agreement called for by Congress in the RMS Titanic Maritime Memorial Act of 1986 (Titanic Memorial Act), and will allow the United States to work in... (Xinhuanet, China)
Premier Exhibitions, Inc. Announces Historic Acquisition of Personal Property From the Titanic Jul 19, 2007
ATLANTA, July 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Premier Exhibitions, Inc. (Nasdaq: - ) through its wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively the "Company") today announced it has acquired Ownership Rights to the personal property on board the doomed ocean liner RMS Titanic from Liverpool and London Steamship Protection and Indemnity Association Limited (Liverpool and London) ... In 1994, a United States Federal Court declared RMS Titanic, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, as the... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Long-Range Lithium Battery May 29, 2007
Phoenix International representatives were on hand with one of the xBot Remote Operated Vehicles used on to explore the RMS TITANIC. The batteries powering the vehicles are amongst the safest lithium-ion batteries in the world for their energy density. "We are proud of our strategic partnerships which continue to afford us the opportunity to explore and develop new technologies and to break new ground," remarks Brandt. (BusinessWeek)
Media Advisory/Photo-Op - Media Preview of Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition May 25, 2007
Produced by RMS TITANIC INC. A Division of Premier Exhibitions, Inc.. For further information: Ellen Flowers, (416) 696-3154 OR day of event cell phone (416) 771-2614; Alicia Stanton, (416) 696-3161 OR day of event cell phone (647) 206-8856. (Canada Newswire)
Turtle Bay brings Titanic legend to life Apr 26, 2007
In the early morning hours of April 15, 1912, the mighty, unsinkable RMS Titanic went down in the icy waters of the North Atlantic after striking an iceberg, taking over 1,500 souls two and a half miles down to the bottom of the cold, dark sea. The two halves of the Titanic were discovered in 1983 and thousands of items have since been brought up from the area surrounding the wreck. (Mount Shasta News, CA)
Romance, tragedy linger on the Titanic Apr 16, 2007
The stern of an 8-foot scale model of RMS Titanic, created by German craftsmen at Titanic, The Artifact Exhibition at the Metreon in San Francisco. (Eric Risberg/AP Photo). (Globe and Mail -- National)
Pieces from Titanic used to make watches Apr 14, 2007
The gold, platinum and steel time pieces have black dial faces made of lacquer paint that includes coal recovered from the debris field of the Titanic wrecksite, offered for sale by the US company RMS Titanic Inc.. Arpa said the combination of new and old materials infused the watches with a sense of renewal, instead of representing a reminder of the 1,500 passengers who drowned when the oceanliner met her tragic end off the coast of Newfoundland. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Titanic resurfaces as posh watch Apr 14, 2007
The gold, platinum and steel time pieces have black dial faces made of lacquer paint that includes coal recovered from the debris field of the Titanic wreck site, offered for sale by the U.S. company RMS Titanic Inc.. Arpa said the combination of new and old materials infused the watches with a sense of renewal, instead of representing a reminder of the 1,500 passengers who drowned when the ocean liner met her tragic end off the coast of Newfoundland. (CNN -- International)
Deep sea is our last frontier: Scientist shares thrill of his many discoveries Apr 13, 2007
On Sept. 1, 1985, Ballard found the RMS Titanic, the luxury oceanliner that hit an iceberg and sank in 1912. When Ballard's mother heard the news of his discovery, she told him, hat's too bad because now they'll only remember you for finding Titanic. (Davis Enterprise, CA)
Northern Ireland Housing Market Flourishes as Era of Violence Comes to End Apr 11, 2007
April 11 (Bloomberg) -- Jackhammers and bulldozers have broken five years of silence at the derelict Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast, from whose slipways the RMS Titanic was launched 96 years ago. The 185-acre site, which teemed a century ago with 40,000 workers, hasn't been used for shipbuilding since 2002 and is being readied for the first phase of the Titanic Quarter development. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
This Day in History Apr 10, 2007
Today s Highlight: In 1912, the RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton, England, on its ill-fated maiden voyage. On this date: In 1790, President George Washington signed into law the first United States Patent Act. (Montana Standard, MT)
A Sinking Supper Apr 8, 2007
On April 13 and 14, the City Hotel, located inside Columbia Historic State Park, will serve a six-course dinner "based on the actual First Class offerings aboard the RMS Titanic on the night of April 14, 1912.". Musicians will play the songs performed in the dining room and on deck that night, and costumed performers will include the "unsinkable" Molly Brown and a "befuddled" captain, while a simulated wireless radio broadcasts iceberg warnings. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition to Open in Panama City, Florida Mar 29, 2007
ATLANTA, March 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RMS Titanic, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Premier Exhibitions, Inc. (Nasdaq: - ) has entered into an agreement to present Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition at the Visual Arts Center of Northwest Florida ... RMS Titanic, Inc. is the only company permitted by law to recover objects from the wreck of the Titanic. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Daily Briefing Mar 3, 2007
A Premier Exhibitions unit, RMS Titanic Inc., owns full title and rights to the wreck of the Carpathia, which was famous for rescuing survivors of the Titanic after it sank in 1912. Premier Exhibitions also said it received $1. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Shipwreck From Early Islamic Period Discovered Off Israeli Coast Jan 29, 2007
-- RMS Titanic was an Olympic class passenger liner that collided with an iceberg and sank in 1912. The second of a trio of superliners, she and her sisters, RMS Olympic and HMHS Britannic, were. (Science Daily)
Inside Mo's big guns Jan 23, 2007
Dimensions: 887 feet long and 108 feet wide, making it 5 feet longer and 18 feet wider than the RMS Titanic. Speed: In excess of 30 knots (35 mph). (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
