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Description: | The memorial is placed at the entrance of Dock Gate 4, the dock from which the ill fated liner R.M.S Titanic sailed from on April 10 1912.
R.M.S Titanic sailed on her maiden voyage from Southampton Docks, April 10 1912. She had called at Cherbourg in France and Queenstown in Ireland. She did not however reach her final destination, New York City. On April 14 1912, she struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic, just 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. Due to an inadequate number of lifeboats only 706 people survived, whilst 1500 lives were lost.
This memorial was erected by Cobwebs, a local maritime antique dealer, P. Croucher, Associated British Ports and The British Titanic Society. It was unveiled 10 April, 1993. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | Hampshire Library and Information Service - Hampshire County Council | Subjects: | iceberg The British Titanic Society memorial death White Star Line Titanic memorial Cobwebs disaster shipping P Croucher Associated British Ports Titanic ocean liners | Temporal: | start=2004-08-09; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Zoe Darani, Hampshire Library and Information Service | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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