he doomed ship – was forced to turn around and head towards the Irish coast after a passenger became unwell on board. A spokesperson for the Titanic Memorial Cruise, which had earlier been battered by 30 ft waves as it crossed the Irish Sea, said the ship turned around and headed 20 nautical miles east so the passenger could be picked up by a Coastguard helicopter and flown to hospital for medical…
The Titanic disaster has been revealed in extraordinary detailed images after researchers have pieced together what is believed to be the first comprehensive map of the entire 3-by-5-mile Titanic debris field. Researchers hope it will provide new clues about what exactly happened on that fateful night 100 years ago when the superliner hit an iceberg and plunged to the bottom of the North Atlantic…
as well as making a contribution to the Mirs’ operating costs. One of our most popular trips is to see the remains of the German battleship the Bismark, which was sunk by the Royal Navy in 1941 about 350 miles off the south-western Irish coast. The other, more notorious trip is to the wreck of the Titanic, which was discovered in 1986 by the renowned American oceanographer Dr Robert Ballard, who,…
of the ship and lost a lot of money when she sank. He was a very wealthy man and had to sell one of two farms to pay for the losses,” he said. “I’m a big fan of the story and I have 38 books about it and it’s always been part of my family history.” Carmel Bradburn, 55, a Briton now based in Adelaide, Australia, bought her partner Andreas Storic, 51, on the memorial c…
the wreck on 15 April, exactly 100 years after the Titanic sank. Many of those on board the memorial cruise had connections to the 1,500 people who lost their lives on Titanic. Paying passengers from 28 countries had booked tickets for the cruise, many years in advance. Balmoral cruise ship has arrived in New York after completing its journey to mark the centenary of the Titanic disaster The org…
Several events across the world are marking today the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, including the ship’s birthplace Belfast. A Titanic Memorial Garden – with the names of 1,512 victims etched on five bronze plaques – is being opened close to where the liner was launched. A service is being held in Southampton where the voyage to New York began. And at the Nort…
and hundreds of coroner inquest files. The collection has been gathered by the subscription-based family history website Ancestry.co.uk. However, access to the Titanic records collection is free until 31 May 2012. More than 200,000 Titanic-related records have been published online to mark the 100th anniversary from the ship's sinking The Titanic, which was built in Belfast, sank in the Atlan…
Clive Palmer, an Australian mining billionaire, has commissioned a Chinese state-owned company to build a 21st Century version of the Titanic. Clive Palmer told Australian media that construction will start at the end of next year. It would be ready to set sail in 2016. The plan, Clive Palmer added, is for the vessel to be as similar as possible to the original Titanic in design and specification…
ater at the dock was Alan Stote, who was paying respects to his great uncle Thomas Instance. Pensioner Alan Stote, 76, from Totton near Southampton, Hampshire, said: “My grandfather’s brother was only 31 when he lost his life. “He was a fireman aboard the Titanic. Although very upsetting, today’s event was well organized and very professional. “I feel lucky to have been able to be a part of the da…
After seven years of investigation, auctioneers found out that the violin thought to be the one played by the band leader of the Titanic as it sank is genuine. Wallace Hartley and his orchestra famously played on as the Titanic sank in 1912 and were among the 1,500 who died. In 2006, Titanic specialist auction house Henry Aldridge and Son in Wiltshire were approached by the violin’s owner w…
…ird floor deck to allow easier access for divers. Seventeen people are still unaccounted for, but the last person to be found alive was on January 15 when a senior crew member was discovered less than 36 hours after the grounding. Costa Concordia ran aground after Captain Francesco Schettino veered from his approved course and gashed the ship’s hull on a reef, forcing the panicked evacuation…
The Chinese government censors ruled one of Titanic‘s steamier scenes had to go, as the 3D version of the blockbuster is expected to be a success in the country. The immortal sequence in which Jack, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, paints Kate Winslet’s character Rose in the nude has been butchered for Chinese audiences. An official at the State Administration of Radio, Film and Televisio…
…gathering of civilian volunteers assisting in police work, the Associated Press news agency reports. Jesse Robredo, 54, is a close ally of President Benigno Aquino and helped his election campaign in 2010. …
or warnings about Richard Reid, the so-called shoe bomber who repeatedly tried to light a fuse in his shoe to bring down American Airlines flight 63 bound for Miami in December 2001. He also cited the 300-gram “ink-cartridge bombs” planted on two cargo planes headed for the US from Yemen in October 2010. Those explosives were intercepted in Dubai, and at an East Midlands airport in Great Britain….
Just two weeks after landing its Curiosity rover on Mars, NASA has announced it will send another robot to the planet in 2016. The InSight spacecraft will be a static lander that will carry instruments to investigate Mars’ deep interior. Scientists say this will give them a clearer idea of how the rocky planets formed – the Earth included. InSight beat two other proposals in a competi…
The siege of Mohamed Merah suspected of seven killings in Toulouse, southern France, is nearing its end, police sources say. Three loud explosions were heard from the apartment block in the city of Toulouse at about 10:30 a.m., with reports police are now inside the flat. The siege of the building where Mohamed Merah, 23, is holed up has lasted more than a day. Interior Minister Claude Gueant had…
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, who was in his late 70s, has died “outside the kingdom”, the royal court has said. Prince Nayef, who was also deputy prime minister and interior minister, had left the country for a holiday and medical tests late last month. On 3 June, the deputy interior minister said the prince, who was 77 or 78, was in good health and…
…ulances intervened to rescue riot police whose vehicle mistakenly turned into a street full of protesters, Reuters reported. Egyptian state news agency Mena quoted a health ministry official as saying 388 protesters were injured. Most of them were suffering from tear gas inhalation as well as bruises and broken bones from rocks. A section of Al-Ahly supporters known as the “ultras” pla…
…outside the courthouse to keep apart the scores of pro- and anti-Mubarak protesters watching the proceedings of the trial on a giant screen. Egypt’s interior ministry has reported that at least 34 people have been injured outside the police academy where anti and pro-Mubarak protesters clashed. Mubarak made his first court appearance on August 3 and he is the first Arab state’s leader to st…
Fashion designer Jeremy Scott has created three limited edition models for Smart Car, titled Smart ForJeremy. Jeremy Scott, 38, whose trademark wings have adorned Swatch watches and high-top Adidas sneakers worn by the likes of Kanye West since 2008, has taken on a larger creative project with the Smart Car. Made of transparent fiberglass, rocket-shaped wings serve as the car’s brake lights…
headlines in April after getting film director, James Cameron, to alter the night’s sky as seen in The Titanic due to inaccuracies. The correction was made and can be seen in the re-release of Titanic 3-D. …
Kate Winslet has married boyfriend Ned Rocknroll in a secret ceremony in New York. Kate Winslet, 37, was given away by her Titanic co-star Leonardo DiCaprio at an intimate service in New York. A spokesperson for the actress said: “I can confirm that Kate Winslet married Ned Rock’nRoll in NY earlier this month in a private ceremony attended by her two children and a very few friends and fami…
…f this rock had some kind of spike beneath the water. I don’t know if it was picked up or not but on the nautical chart it said that we should have had deep water beneath us. [...] We were about 300 metres from the rocks, more or less, we shouldn’t have hit anything,” Francesco Schettino said. In an earlier interview, francesco Schettino was full of confidence in his abilities an…
ime, according to Stephanie Montgomery of the National Geographic Society, where the director is an explorer-in-residence. He spent a little more than three hours under water after reaching a depth of 35,756 feet before he began his return to the surface. James Cameron had planned to spend up to six hours on the sea floor. James Cameron’s return aboard his 12-ton, lime-green sub called Deeps…
The death toll from yesterday’s grenade attack at a Christmas market in Liege, Belgium, rose to six, including the killer himself. According to Belgian police, the body of a woman was found at an address used by the gunman Nordine Amrani. Nordine Amrani, 32, was armed with grenades and an assault rifle when he attacked holiday shoppers at Place Saint-Lambert in Liege. Attacker’s victims inc…
Angelina Jolie to play her mother Marcheline Bertrand in biopicAngelina Jolie will play her own mother in a biopic of the late actress Marcheline Bertrand, who died from ovarian cancer in 2007. Angelina Jolie, 37, who last week revealed…
Anna Wintour bans Kris Jenner from Met Gala 2013Anna Wintour may have accepted Kim Kardashian to the Met Gala last week, but she apparently banned Kris Jenner from attending as well. Kim Kardashian’s mother was…
John Lennon guitar sells for $408,000 at Julien's AuctionsA guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles has sold for $408,000 at auction. The custom-made instrument, built in 1966 by the VOX company, was bought…
Kim Kardashian finally puts her swollen feet in flatsAfter she raised eyebrows on Thursday as she crammed her swollen feet into Perspex heels, with painful looking results, Kim Kardashian finally seems to be giving her feet a…
Eva Longoria humiliating wardrobe malfunction at Cannes Film FestivalEva Longoria has suffered an extremely embarrassing wardrobe malfunction as she unfortunately revealed far more than she intended to upon screening of Jimmy P. (Psychotherapy…
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart split after cheating scandalRobert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have split after almost four years together, People magazine is reporting. The couple – who reportedly broke up briefly in December…
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