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Published. 1927. Genre. American folk music. Songwriter (s) William and Versey Smith. " The Titanic " (also known as " It Was Sad When That Great Ship Went Down " and " Titanic (Husbands and Wives) ") is a folk song and children's song. "The Titanic" is about the sinking of RMS Titanic which sank on April 15, 1912, after striking an iceberg.
The Titanic ' s orchestra; Top: Clarke; Taylor. Middle: Krins, Hartley, Brailey. Bottom: Hume; Woodward; not pictured: Bricoux. The musicians of the Titanic were a septet orchestra who performed chamber music in the first class section aboard the ship. The group is notable for playing music, intending to calm the passengers for as long as they ...
1,490–1,635. RMSTitanicsank on 15 April 1912 in the North Atlantic Ocean. The largest ocean linerin service at the time, Titanicwas four days into her maiden voyage from Southamptonto New York City, with an estimated 2,224 people on board when she struck an icebergat 23:40 (ship's time)[a]on 14 April.
SS Californian was a British Leyland Line steamship. She is thought to have been the only ship to see the Titanic, or at least her rockets, during the sinking, [2] [3] but despite being the closest ship in the area, the crew took no action to assist. The United States Senate inquiry and British Wreck Commissioner's inquiry into the sinking both ...
Wallace Henry Hartley (2 June 1878 – 15 April 1912) was an English violinist and bandleader on the Titanic during its maiden voyage. He became famous for leading the eight-member band as the ship sank on 15 April 1912. He and the rest of the band died.
There's still so much we don't know about how the ship met its fateful end. This breakthrough could fill in the holes. Amazing New Details May Reveal Exactly What Happened the Night the Titanic Sank
RMS Mauretania was a British ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett and built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson on the River Tyne, England for the Cunard Line, launched on the afternoon of 20 September 1906. She was the world's largest ship until the launch of RMS Olympic in 1910. Mauretania captured the eastbound Blue Riband on the maiden ...
William McMaster Murdoch, RNR (28 February 1873 [1] – 15 April 1912) was a Scottish sailor, who served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy Reserve and was the first officer on the RMS Titanic. He was the officer in charge on the bridge when the Titanic collided with an iceberg, and was amongst the 1,500 people who died when the ship sank. [2]