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Shipping
& Seafaring
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Sydney, 1959
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sail round Cape Horn, Harmondsworth, 1949
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Großsegler, Stuttgart, 1988
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1996
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Navigation Company), no place, 1990
Hayes, Sir Bertram, Hull Down. Reminiscences of Wind-jammers, Troops
and Travellers, London2, 1925
Jensen, Jens Kusk, Handbuch der praktischen Seemannschaft auf
traditionellen Segelschiffen, Königswinter, 1998
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Mills, Simon, RMS Olympic. The Old Reliable, Dorchester, 1993
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Windjammers, London2, 1999
Quedens, Georg, Inseln der Seefahrer: Sylt, Amrum, Föhr und die
Halligen, Hamburg, 1996
Rentell, Philip, Historic White Star Liners, Truro, 1987
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1962
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Titanic
Bäbler, Günter,
Reise auf der Titanic, Zürich3,
1998
Behe, George, Titanic Tidbits 1. The Launching of the Lifeboats: A New
Chronology, no place, 1991 [private publication]
Behe, George, Titanic Tidbits 2. "The Bridge Paid No Attention to my
Signals", The untold story of Lookout Frederick Fleet's three futile attempts to
warn the bridge that the Titanic was nearing an icefield, Mt. Clemens, 1993
[private publication]
Beesley, Lawrence, The Loss of the Titanic, London, 1929
Davie, Michael, The Titanic. The Full Story of a Tragedy, London,
1986
Gracie, Colonel Archibald, Titanic. A Survivor's Story,
Gloucester, 1995
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Southampton, 1994
Lisibach, Josef Karl & Bäbler, Günter, Carpathia, Wald, 1999
Molony, Senan, The Irish Aboard Titanic, Dublin, 2000
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date
Cameron's
Titanic
Cameron,
James, Titanic. James Cameron's Illustrated Screenplay, London, 1999
Lubin, David M., Titanic, London, 1999
Marsh, Ed W., James Cameron's Titanic, London, 1998
Society &
Surroundings
Cecil, Robert,
Life in Edwardian England, Newton Abbot, 1972
Cofradia de los Capitanes del Cabo de Hornos, Oktober 2001 [private
publication]
Cumming, James, My Early Years in Sail, The Scaur, Colvend,
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Maclead, Innes, Discovering Galloway, Edinburgh5,
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Additional
Sources:
Cooper, Gary,
The Man Who Sank the Titanic? The Life and Times of Captain Edward J. Smith,
Stoke-on-Trent, 1992
The Institute of Marine Engineers Guild of Benevolence, 1912 - 1992.
80th Anniversary of the Sinking of RMS Titanic. A Tribute to the Engineering
Staff, London, 1992
Lightoller, Charles Herbert, Titanic and other Ships, London and
Manchester, no date
Maxtone-Graham, John (Herausgeber), Titanic Survivor. The Memoirs of
Violet Jessop Stewardess, Stroud9, 1998
Stenson, Patrick, 'Lights'. The Odyssey of C. H. Lightoller,
London, 1984
Stenson, Patrick, Titanic Voyager. The Odyssey of C. H. Lightoller,
Tiverton and Altrincham, 1998
Belfast Public Record Office:
Crew Agreement Titanic Home Trade for voyage
from Belfast to Southampton (2A/45/381A)
Canterbury Museum:
Stone's Directory 1919-20, 1928, 1935, 1936, 1941
Christchurch Public Library:
Electoral Role for 1917
New Zealand Gazette 1894, 1895, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905,
1906, 1907, 1908
Guildhall Library
Lloyd's Register of Captains 1904 - 1911
Liverpool Records Office:
Liverpool Street Directory 1892, 1895, 1896, 1905,
1907
Memorial University of Newfoundland:
Crew Agreements and Official Log Books Sheitan
(ON 62763) for voyages terminated 1873
Crew Agreements of Eskdale (ON 69238) for voyages terminated 1888 and
1889
Crew Agreements Charles Cotesworth (ON 74526) for voyages terminated
1888, 1889, 1890, 1891 und 1892
Crew Agreement Iquique (ON 99427) for voyages terminated 1893
Crew Agreement St. Cuthbert (ON 91163) for voyages terminated 1896
Crew Agreement Lydgate (ON 102120) for voyages terminated 1899
Crew Agreement Cedric (ON 115354) for voyages terminated March and April 1906
National Library New Zealand:
Appendix to the Journals of the House of
Representatives of New Zealand; Education: Annual Reports of the Minister of
Education: 1898, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1905, 1906
City of Wellington Supplementary Roll for 1899, 1905-06, 1908
National Maritime Museum:
Application to be examined for a Certificate of
Competency as Master or Mate, # 025780 (2nd mate)
Certificate of Competency as Second Mate of a foreign-going ship for William
McMaster Murdoch
Application to be examined for a Certificate of Competency as Master or Mate, #
025780 (1st Mate)
Certificate of Competency as First Mate of a foreign-going ship for William
McMaster Murdoch
Application to be examined for a Certificate of Competency as Master or Mate, #
025780 (Extra Master)
Certificate of Competency as Extra Master of a foreign-going ship for William
McMaster Murdoch
Application to be examined for a Certificate of Competency as Master or Mate,
#27371 (2nd Mate)
Certificate of Competency as Second Mate of a foreign going ship for Henry
Tingle Wilde
Application to be examined for a Certificate of Competency as Master or Mate,
#27371 (1st Mate)
Certificate of Competency as First Mate of a foreign-going ship for Henry Tingle
Wilde
Application to be examined for a Certificate of Competency as Master or Mate,
#27371 (Master)
Certificate of Competency as Master of a foreign-going ship for Henry Tingle
Wilde
Application to be examined for a Certificate of Competency as Master or Mate,
#27371 (Extra Master)
Certificate of Competency as Extra Master of a foreign-going ship for Henry
Tingle Wilde
National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside:
DX/504/12/1: J. Bell, Chief Engineer, report on
maiden voyage of Olympic, to FMR, Lymegrove, 24 June 1911
DX/504/12/4: Copy of a letter re: coal situation affecting speeds of the Olympic
+ Titanic, 28 Mar 1912
DX/504/19/1-16: Extracts + typed copies from P.A.S. Franklin to J. Bruce Ismay
re: Olympic arriving in New York on Tuesdays (in connection with Titanic Enquiry,
to show that J. Bruce Ismay opposed to fast running of White Star Liners) 11
July - 26 Sept 1911
Public Record Office:
ADM 116/1165; BT 26/215; BT 99/2746; BT 99/2747 (ON
124061); BT 99/2817 (ON 124061); BT 100/121 (ON 110596); BT 100/122 (ON 110596);
BT 100/123 (ON 110596); BT 100/124 (ON 110596); BT 100/126 (ON 110596); BT
100/245 (ON 131346); BT 100/246 (ON 131346); BT 100/247 (ON 131346); BT 100/248
(ON 131346); BT 100/249 (ON 131346); BT 165/32 (ON 113441); BT 165/83 (ON
113441); BT 165/92 (ON 118023); BT 165/95 (ON 70932); BT 165/139 (ON 113476); BT
165/244 (ON 115354); BT 165/373 (ON 124061); BT 165/428 (ON 124061); BT 165/469
(ON 124061); BT 199/1895 (ON 99427)
Southampton City Archives:
Street Directory 1907, 1908-1909, 1909-1910,
1911-12, 1913-14, 1932-33
State Library of New South Wales:
A list of the Crew and Passengers arrived in the
ship Medic on 21 September 1899 and 10 March 1900 (extract)
Dumfries & Galloway Standard & Advertiser
Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser
Liverpool Daily Post & Mercury
Liverpool Echo
Lyttleton Times
The Press
The Stewartry Observer & Wigtownshire News
Scott und Siv Murdoch, Schottland
H. C. Murdoch, Kanada
Derek Webley, Neuseeland
supplied me with information on their respective families.
Specialised information I received from:
Mark A. Baber (grounding Adriatic iin 1909)
Günter Bäbler (he had some very special information on the White Star Line)
George Behe (drew my attention to a very important part of Titanic passenger Stengel's evidence)
Ben Bennett (supplied me with information on 2nd wireless operator Bride)
Mandy le Boutillier (gave information on wireless in general and Jack Phillips in special)
John Graham und Paul Mitchell (general information on crew agreements, discharge books and the duties of the purser's department)
Remco Hillen (sone informationen on Robert Hume)
Maureen Landreth (a document from the possession of the McGiffin family)
Kapitän Otto Letz (some information on Cape Horn)
Margaret Scott (information on 34 Webb Street, Christchurch, New Zealand)
Hermann Söldner (information on Dr. O'Loughlin)
Brian Ticehurst (information on stopped payments from the Titanic Disaster Fund to Mrs. Murdoch)
Owen Thornton (information on Captain Thornton of the Medic)
British Library
Canterbury Museum
Canterbury Public Library
Christchurch City Library
Corporation of London Records Office
Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum
Ewart Library
Family Records Centre
Liverpool Records Office
Merseyside Maritime Museum
National Archives of Australia
National Archives of New Zealand Christchurch Regional Office
National Archives of Scotland
National Archives Wellington
National Library of Australia
National Library of New Zealand
National Maritime Museum
Public Record Office
Southampton City Archives
St. John's Memorial University of Newfoundland
State Library of New South Wales
State Library of Victoria
The University of Liverpool