I have been listing the PEOPLE, PLACES, AND THINGS in my great grandfather’s diary of 9 volumes. I have read much of it over the years, but I decided it was time to really do a job and put it on my computer for my posterity. While working in the 8th volume, I read about my great grandfather’s reaction to the Titanic Tragedy; he was in New York at the time. I decided to see if I could find images on the Internet which I could inset into the computer copy I am working on. I ran into these images, and I felt I had to post them. Wow! These days, Mrs. Moore and I return to England on the Queen Mary2 at least once a year, and I never fail to think of the horror that night in April, one hundred years ago, must have been. Strange how tragedies like this unite a world audience. TITANIC is still a world in all of our vocabularies.
The Killer iceberg which hit the Titanic, photo taken from the Carpathia
Thomas Moore email: TMooreSr@me.com Telephone: 801.791.9918
The stern – propeller photo is of interest. While the rudder and propeller configuration are similar to those spotted in other Titanic – Olympic photos, the apparent water line (the lighter, probably white marking between the black and terracotta painted hull portions) was not a feature of finished White Star ships of this era (as can be noted from other posted photographs.)
I’d be curious if this photo was taken in an early construction phase, say for testing purposes, or perhaps of the latter sister ship Britannic in a similar stage of production whose construction was altered after the sinking. Any additional information on this image would be fascinating
Comment by Atl2Sea — April 27, 2012 @ 10:16 pm