Rescuing Titanic: A true story of quiet bravery in the North Atlantic (Hidden Histories)

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Beveridge, Bruce; Hall, Steve (2011). "Description of the ship". In Halpern, Samuel (ed.). Report into the Loss of the SS Titanic : A Centennial Reappraisal. Stroud, UK: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7524-6210-3.

Former Klaus Flugge Prize judge, Senior Lecturer in Education: Primary English and Children's Literature, Mat Tobin interviewed Flora about her book. Cimino, Eric (Spring 2019). "Walking Titanic's Charity Trail in New York City: Part One". Voyage: Journal of the Titanic International Society. 107: 109–110. Archived from the original on 6 January 2021 . Retrieved 3 May 2019. The work of constructing the ships was difficult and dangerous. For the 15,000 men who worked at Harland and Wolff at the time, [88] safety precautions were rudimentary at best; a lot of the work was carried out without equipment like hard hats or hand guards on machinery. As a result, during Titanic 's construction, 246 injuries were recorded, 28 of them "severe", such as arms severed by machines or legs crushed under falling pieces of steel. Six people died on the ship herself while she was being constructed and fitted out, and another two died in the shipyard workshops and sheds. [89] Just before the launch a worker was killed when a piece of wood fell on him. [90] Rescuing Titanic by Flora Delargy is one of the six books on the shortlist for the 2022 Klaus Flugge Prize. The last living survivor, Millvina Dean from England, who, at only nine weeks old, was the youngest passenger on board, died aged 97 on 31 May 2009. [237] Two special survivors were the stewardess Violet Jessop and the stoker Arthur John Priest, [238] who survived the sinkings of both Titanic and HMHS Britannic and were aboard RMS Olympic when she was rammed in 1911. [239] [240] [241] Age/ sex

The US Senate's inquiry into the disaster was initiated on 19 April, a day after Carpathia arrived in New York. [207] The chairman, Senator William Alden Smith, wanted to gather accounts from passengers and crew while the events were still fresh in their minds. Smith also needed to subpoena all surviving British passengers and crew while they were still on American soil, which prevented them from returning to the UK before the American inquiry was completed on 25 May. [208] The British press condemned Smith as an opportunist, insensitively forcing an inquiry as a means of gaining political prestige and seizing "his moment to stand on the world stage". Smith, however, already had a reputation as a campaigner for safety on US railroads, and wanted to investigate any possible malpractices by railroad tycoon J. P. Morgan, Titanic 's ultimate owner. [209] Rostron joined the Cunard Line in January 1895 and earned a position as fourth officer on the ocean liner RMS Umbria. In the years afterward he would serve on other Cunard ships including the Aurania, Etruria, Servia, Cherbourg, Ultonia and Saxonia. As a member of the RNR, Rostron regularly attended training at HMS Excellent (including in September 1902 [7]). He temporarily left the Cunard Line to serve with the Royal Navy during a period of international tension occasioned by the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905. [3]

a b c Cohen, Steven. "5 Things You May Not Know About Titanic's Rescue Ship". History . Retrieved 2 June 2019. [ permanent dead link]Main article: Changes in safety practices after the sinking of the Titanic An ice patrol aircraft inspecting an iceberg Rescuing Titanic shows that a glimmer of hope can be found even in great tragedy and that heroes are not always big and mighty, but can also be small and unassuming. This is the debut book in the Hidden Histories series, which explores with beautiful illustrations and vivid details the untold parts of stories we thought we knew. International Mercantile Marine Lines (advertisement) / The Largest Steamers in the World". The New York Times. 15 April 2019. p.11. Archived from the original on 16 May 2019. The judges admired her use of colour and light and the way she fills the different scenes with life and movement, capturing the full drama of the events. Heyer, Paul (2012). Titanic Century: Media, Myth, and the Making of a Cultural Icon. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-313-39815-5.

Known afterward as the "Unsinkable Molly Brown" due to her efforts in helping other passengers while the ship sank. Each inquiry took testimony from both passengers and crew of Titanic, crew members of Leyland Line's Californian, Captain Arthur Rostron of Carpathia and other experts. [211] The British inquiry also took far greater expert testimony, making it the longest and most detailed court of inquiry in British history up to that time. [212] The two inquiries reached broadly similar conclusions: the regulations on the number of lifeboats that ships had to carry were out of date and inadequate, [213] Captain Smith had failed to take proper heed of ice warnings, [214] the lifeboats had not been properly filled or crewed, and the collision was the direct result of steaming into a dangerous area at too high a speed. [213]A version of this spread first appeared in my university dummy book and the artwork isn’t too drastically different from the final version in the book but the text provides little information about the people boarding the ship.