1. The Stephen B. Luce Library Presents
The RMS TITANIC
100 th Anniversary
of Her Tragic Sinking
April 14 - 15, 1912

2. 100 th Anniversary of the TITANIC Tragedy
The RMS
TITANIC:
100th
Anniversary
o Owned by the White Star Line o A Cruise liner and Royal Mail Ship
o Launched May 31, 1911 o Designed by Alexander M. Carlisle
o Delivered to White Star April 2, o Built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast,
1912 Yard No. 401

3. 100th Anniversary of the TITANIC Tragedy
Admiral
Stephen B.
The RMS
Luce
TITANIC:
(1827-1917)
100th
Anniversary
o 46,328 gross registered tonnage
o 882 ft 9 in overall length
o 852 ft 6 in length between perpendiculars
o 92 ft wide

4. 100 th Anniversary of the TITANIC Tragedy
The RMS
TITANIC:
100th
Anniversary
First Class Turkish Bath First Class Gymnasium
TITANIC boasted electric elevators, a swimming
pool, a squash court, a Turkish Bath, and a
gymnasium with a mechanical horse and
mechanical camel.
Source: National Museums Northern Ireland

5. 100 th Anniversary of the TITANIC Tragedy
TITANIC’s Reading and
The RMS
TITANIC:
Writing Room
100th Located on the Promenade
Anniversary Deck and decorated in the
late Georgian style of 1770
to 1780, with soft white
paneling and elegant
furniture.
Source: titanic-online.com

6. 100 th Anniversary of the TITANIC Tragedy
The RMS
TITANIC: TITANIC’s First Class
100th Reception Room
Anniversary As published in The
Shipbuilder, 1911.
Source: National Archives

7. 100 th Anniversary of the TITANIC Tragedy
The RMS
TITANIC:
100th
Anniversary
o A short “shakedown” test sail was done on March 31, 1912.
o Departed Southampton, England for New York on April 10, 1912.
o Ports of call were Cherbourg, France and Queenstown, Ireland.

8. 100 th Anniversary of the TITANIC Tragedy
o1,308 passengers and 898 crew 1st Class Parlor
Suite B60
The RMS for a total of 2,206 were on
TITANIC: board.
100th
Anniversary
o A First Class (“Parlor Suite”)
ticket cost $4,350, which
translates into $90,000 present
day USD.
2nd Class Single
Berth Stateroom
o The Titanic was designed to
hold 32 lifeboats, but only 20 3rd Class 2 Berth
were on board. Stateroom
Source: National Museums Northern Ireland

9. 100 th Anniversary of the TITANIC Tragedy
The RMS 1912 illustration of
TITANIC: the TITANIC's
100th
Anniversary intended voyage to
New York and the
location of her
sinking.
Source: National Museum of Northern Ireland

10. 100 th Anniversary of the TITANIC Tragedy
The RMS
TITANIC:
100th
Anniversary
Chart showing the TITANIC’s transatlantic route, with the site of
sinking.
Source: Encyclopedia-Titanica.org

11. 100th Anniversary of the TITANIC Tragedy
o Early in the day on April 14, 1912, TITANIC received warning messages of icebergs in the
surrounding area.
o At 11:40 p.m. on April 14, lookout rang warning for an iceberg right ahead.
The RMS o TITANIC struck an iceberg on the starboard side of her hull after attempting an evasive
TITANIC: maneuver.
100th o Five of 15 watertight compartments were damaged, destroying the ship’s buoyancy.
Anniversary
U.S. Navy daily memorandum
reporting the TITANIC's collision
with an iceberg, April
15, 1912.
Source: National Archives

12. 100 th Anniversary of the TITANIC Tragedy
The RMS
TITANIC:
100th
Anniversary
o A distress “S.O.S.” call for help was sent at 12:01 a.m., April 15.
o 18 of the 20 lifeboats were lowered between 12:45 and 2:05 a.m.
o At 2:10 a.m. on April 15, the hull split and the TITANIC sank.
o 703 survivors were rescued by the CARPATHIA; 1,503 lives were lost
and only 320 bodies were ultimately recovered.

13. 100 th Anniversary of the TITANIC Tragedy
RMS CARPATHIA
The RMS The CARPATHIA took four
TITANIC:
hours to arrive at the
100th
Anniversary accident scene.
Between 4:14 a.m. and
8:30 a.m., 315
women, 52
children, 126 men, and
210 crew members
were taken aboard.
Source: yourdiscovery.com

14. 100 th Anniversary of the TITANIC Tragedy
Here is one of the
The RMS
TITANIC:
TITANIC’s
100th lifeboats, filled with
Anniversary survivors and
waiting to be
brought aboard the
CARPATHIA. This
photograph was
taken by a passenger
on board the
CARPATHIA.

15. 100 th Anniversary of the TITANIC Tragedy
New York Times
The RMS headline on April
TITANIC: 15, 1912.
100th
Anniversary
News of the tragedy
spread quickly, but
those shore side
waited for more
details until the
CARPATHIA arrived in
New York.

16. 100 th Anniversary of the TITANIC Tragedy
In summer of
1985, the wreck of
The RMS the TITANIC was
TITANIC: located by a joint
100th American-French
Anniversary
expedition – at
12,500 feet below
the water’s
surface, and
approximately 350
miles (531 km)
southeast of
Newfoundland, Can

17. Sources and Resources on the TITANIC Tragedy
at the Stephen B. Luce Library
•Bainbridge, B. (1996). Every man for himself. New York, NY: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc.
•Ballard, R.D. (1988). Exploring the Titanic. P. Crean, (Ed.). New York, NY: Madison Publishing
Inc.
The RMS
•Ballard, R.D. (2001). Adventures in ocean exploration. Washington, D.C.: The National
TITANIC: Geographic Society.
100th
Anniversary •Ballard, R.D., & Archbold, R. (1998). Ghost liners: Exploring the world’s greatest lost ships.
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company.
•Bonner, K., & Bonner, C. (2003). Great ship disasters. St. Paul, MN: MBI Publishing Company.
•Butler, D.A. (1998). Unsinkable: The full story of the RMS Titanic. Mechanicsburg, PA:
Stackpole Books.
•Eaton, J.P., & Haas, C.A. (1996). Titanic: Destination disaster, the legends and the reality. New
York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
•Eaton, J.P., & Haas, C.A. (1999). Titanic: A journey through time. New York, NY: W.W. Norton &
Company, Inc.

18. Sources and Resources on the TITANIC
Tragedy, Continued
•Green, R. (2005). Building the Titanic: An epic tale of the creation of history’s most famous
ocean liner. Pleasantville, NY: The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc.
•Heyer, P. (1995). Titanic legacy: Disaster as media event and myth. Westport, CT: Praeger
The RMS Publishers.
TITANIC: •Jessop, V. (1997). Titanic survivor: The newly discovered memoirs of Violet Jessop who
100th survived both the Titanic and the Britannic disasters. Dobbs Ferry, NJ: Sheridan House, Inc.
Anniversary
•Lynch, D., & Marschall, K. (2003). Ghosts of the abyss: A journey into the heart of the Titanic.
Ontario, Canada: Madison Press Books.
•O’Donnell, E.E. (1997). The last days of the Titanic: Photographs and mementos of the tragic
maiden voyage. Niwot, CO: Roberts Rinehart Publishers.
•Thrush, P. (1992). Titanic: The truth behind the disaster. New York, NY: Crescent Books.
•Winchester, S. (2010). Atlantic: Great sea battles, heroic discoveries, titanic storms, and a vast
ocean of a million stories. New York, NY: HarperCollins.