Reference

 

Books Documents Newspapers People Institutions
 

Books:

Shipping & Seafaring
Adams, Bill,
Ships and Women, Boston, 1937
Beaumont, J. C. H.,
Ships - and People, London, no date
Bisset, Sir James, Sail Ho! My Early Years at Sea, Sydney, 1958
Bisset, Sir James,  Tramps and Ladies. My Early Years in Steamers, Sydney, 1959
Bone, David W., The Brassbounder: A personal record of a voyage in sail round Cape Horn, Harmondsworth, 1949
Brennecke, Jochen, Windjammer, Hamburg4, 1996
Dyson, John & Christopher, Peter, Spirit of Sail. Clipper, Windjammer, Großsegler, Stuttgart, 1988
Harland, John, Seamanship in the Age of Sail, London7, 1996
Haws, Duncan, Merchant Fleets. White Star Line (Oceanic Steam 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
Learmont, James S., Master in Sail, London, 1950
Mills, Simon, RMS Olympic. The Old Reliable, Dorchester, 1993
Newby, Eric, Learning the Ropes. An Apprentice in the last of the Windjammers, London2, 1999
Quedens, Georg, Inseln der Seefahrer: Sylt, Amrum, Föhr und die Halligen, Hamburg, 1996
Rentell, Philip, Historic White Star Liners, Truro, 1987
Stone, Julie, Learning the Ropes: A Seaman's Apprenticeship, York, 2000
Villiers, Alan, Of Ships and Men. A Personal Anthology, London, 1962
Wiese, Eigel, Männer und Schiffe vor Kap Horn, Hamburg, 1997

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
Hyslop, Donald, Forsyth, Alastair, Jemima, Sheila, Titanic Voices, Southampton, 1994
Lisibach, Josef Karl & Bäbler, Günter, Carpathia, Wald, 1999
Molony, Senan, The Irish Aboard Titanic, Dublin, 2000
Molony, Senan, A Ship Accused, Dublin, 2002
PRO Publications, Loss of the S.S. "Titanic". Court of Inquiry. Report. Evidence, & C. 1912, Kew, no date
Sebak, Per Christian, Titanic. 31 Norwegian Destinies, Oslo, 1998
Thayer, John B., The Sinking of the S.S. Titanic, no place, no 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, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, unpublished draft [private collection]
Irving, Gordon, The Solway Smugglers, Dumfries3, 1977
Lloyd's Register of Captains, Vol. 1903 - 1911
Lloyd's Register of Ships,
Vol. 1899/1900 - 1914/15
Maclead, Innes, Discovering Galloway, Edinburgh5, 1997
Pakenham, Thomas, The Boer War, London2, 1979
Pearsall, Ronald, Edwardian Life and Leasure,, Newton Abbot, 1973
Public Record Office,
Titanic. The True Story, Kew, 1999 [CD-ROM]
Thomson, John, The Smuggling Coast, Dumfries, 1989

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

 

Documents:

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)

 

Contemporary Newspapers:

Dumfries & Galloway Standard & Advertiser

Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser

Liverpool Daily Post & Mercury

Liverpool Echo

Lyttleton Times

The Press

The Stewartry Observer & Wigtownshire News

 

People

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)

 

Institutions:

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

 

 

 

 

 

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