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Wednesday, 12 July 2023

Yorkshire - Titanic Exhibition

 

Titanic Exhibition Dorman Museum IJ

The RMS Titanic sank on it's maiden voyage in the early hours of the morning 15th April 1912 after hitting an iceberg. An exhibition was staged at the Dorman Museum in Middlesborough. 

Titanic Exhibition Dorman Museum 

Titanic Exhibition Dorman Museum
Titanic Lifeboat Nameplate


This ship sank with the loss of over 1,500 people. One of the passengers who was lost was William Thomas Stead, a  pioneer of investigative journalist former editor of Northern Echo.

Titanic Exhibition Dorman Museum
Northern Echo Reports

William Thomas Stead