The Titanic was officially registered on the 25th of March 1912, at 30 James Street, Liverpool. This was the headquarters of the White Star Line. The White Star owned the Titanic; alongside the Titanic's two sister ships the Olympic and the Britannic. The Titanic was built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast for the White Star Line. The completion of Titanic was in March 1912, two years after the building of the ship had started. Registering The Titanic The Titanic was registered by a man named Harold Arthur Sanderson, at 30 James Street Liverpool, on the 25th of March 1912. This was just a few days before the Titanic began her sea trials, and eventually her doomed maiden voyage. Titanic (Yard No. 401)
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On the 25th of March, 1912, all of Titanic's sixteen lifeboats and all of its safety equipment was tested on this day.
All of the Titanic's life-saving equipment was tested on this day too. The testing of the Titanic's equipment and lifeboats, came just days before the Titanic's sea trials would begin. The Titanic's sea trails eventually commenced on the 2nd of April 1912, after being delayed the previous day, due to bad weather.
The Olympic has departed from Belfast, on the 7th of March 1912.
The Olympic was docked at Belfast after breaking a propeller a few days earlier. After the successful completion of repairing the Olympic's broken propeller, she set sail from Belfast docks on the morning of the 7th of March 1912. The Olympic will now make way for Southampton.
Jack the Ripper is the World's most notorious serial killer. A shadow man, whose identity remains unknown to this day - though, there are many theories as to who Jack the Ripper was. Some of these theories about Jack the Ripper seem credible, while other theories about Jack the Ripper seem fanciful.
His identity revealed, could have enlightened us to how many people Jack the Ripper actually killed. We may never know who Jack was, or how many victims he actually passed - far too much time has passed, which probably means that the Jack the Ripper events will largely remain a mystery. There are things that are less of a mystery though. The Whitechapel Murders There was a total of 11 women killed in the Whitechapel district of London, between the 3rd of April 1888 and the 13th of February 1891. All of these women at one point or another throughout history, have thought to have been the victim of Jack the Rippers. All of the women were (in order they were murdered): Emma Smith Martha Tabram Mary Ann Nichols Annie Chapman Elizabeth Stride Catherine Eddowes Mary Jane Kelly Rose Mylett Alice McKenzie Frances Cole And an unknown woman whose torso was found. Today, however, not all of the Whitechapel Murders are thought to have been at the hands of Jack. Six of the women are not thought to have been victims of the Ripper. The Canonical Five Five of the women from the Whitechapel Murders are now thought to have been the work of one man - Jack. These women were: Mary Ann Nichols Annie Chapman Elizabeth Stride Catherine Eddowes Mary Jane Kelly The Ripper at least killed five of these women. Could there have been more women that the police didn't discover, that were also victims of Jack the Ripper? Possibly. Who Built the RMS Titanic? The RMS Titanic was built by a company known as the White Star Line. White Star Line was founded in 1845 in Liverpool, England. The RMS Titanic was built by a company known as Harland & Wolff. Harland & Wolff also built the Titanic's two sister ships, the RMS Olympic, and the RMS Brittanic. Harland & Wolff was founded in 1861, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Where was the Titanic built? The RMS Titanic was built in Northern Ireland. How long did it take to build the RMS Titanic? The idea to build the Titanic came in April 1907 from J. Bruce Ismay over a dinner with William James Perry. The following year, in July 1908, plans for both the RMS Olympic and the Titanic were drawn up. Work on Olympic began first. Her Keel was laid down in Belfast on the 16th of December 1908. Work on the Titanic began on the 31st of March 1909, when Titanic's keel was laid down in Belfast. Titanic's hull was launched on the 31st of May 1911, in front of thousands of spectators. Olympic began her maiden voyage on the 14th of June 1911. Consturction of the Titanic was complete on the 31st of March 1912. Just under two weeks before her maiden voyage. It took ten months to complete Titanic from when her hull was launched. It took exactly three years for Titanic to be complete from when her keel was laid down.
Source: http://www.titanicfacts.net/titanic-timeline.html
The RMS Olympic departed Belfast docks on the morning of the 4th of March 1912.
The RMS Olympic departed Belfast that morning after it's propeller was replaced. A few days earlier, the RMS Olympic had been undergoing repair, as it had lost a propeller while returning from New York. However, the RMS Olympic was to go through another mishap, as while it was leaving Belfast docks, she scrapped the West Twin Island. Because of this, the RMS Olympic had to return to the Belfast docks to ensure that no serious damage was done. Source: http://titanicbelfast.com/Discover/On-This-Day.aspx
There were many letters proclaiming to be from Jack the Ripper sent to the police in 1888. However, most of these Jack the Ripper letters have since been forgotten, lost in historical obscurity.
Out of the hundreds of Jack the Ripper letters sent, only a tiny handful remain relevant. The most infamous Jack the Ripper letters are the Dear Boss letter, the Saucy Jack Postcard, and the From Hell letter. These are the three Jack the Ripper letters which have been given the greatest attention. But. Are any of these letters authentic? If any of these letters were authentic, it would give us an insight into who Jack the Ripper was. It also perhaps gave us an inkling into his thinking, and perhaps a reason for his actions. There's so much we can deduce from a letter. From his style of writing, could tell us his educational status to his literacy level. Does that matter? If we think a letter is authentic, absolutely. If a letter suggests that it was written by someone who had poor writing skills, spelling mistakes etc...it would indicate that Jack was poorly educated. That could rule out several suspects, who are well educated - Montague Druitt, for example. It would narrow down the suspect's list if any of these letters were authentic.
Let's take the three letters, and see whether or not they were authentic.
The Dear Boss Letter The Dear Boss letter is the longest of the three, therefore, it gives us more of an insight into the author. The Dear Boss letter has been significant to this case, because it was dated on the 27th of September, and sent to the Central News Agency on the 29th of September...this was a day before the Double Event, where Jack the Ripper killed two women in the space of one night. The letter is significant because of its contents. The author says that on ''the next job I do I shall clip the lady's ear off''. One of the women who was killed on the night of the Double Event on the 30th of September 1888, Catherine Eddowes, had her ear clipped off. Reasons that this letter may be authentic: . The author sent the letter before the murder and wrote in the letter what would happen during the murder. Reasons that this letter may be a hoax: The police at the time weren't convinced that this letter was real. They thought that it was another hoax. The letter, along with the Saucy Jack Postcard, could have been written by journalists. The Saucy Jack Post Card A new study by Manchester University has suggested that the Dear Boss letter, and the Saucy Jack postcard, was written by the same person. The Saucy Jack Postcard, like the Dear Boss letter, surrounded the time of the Double Event. The Saucy Jack postcard was postmarked the 1st of October 1888, therefore, there was plenty of time to learn about the Double Event and then forge it. It's significant because if this letter was forged, then the Dear Boss letter must also have been forged, as they seem to be from the same author. Reasons this letter might be authentic: . It references the Dear Boss letter explicitly. Which makes it appear as if it's from the same author. . It also references the Double Event. This one is more tricky, as, as stated, there was plenty of time to forge it. Reasons this letter might not be a hoax: . It seems to contradict the Dear Boss letter. Where the Dear Boss letter says that the killer clipped part of a woman's ear off, the Saucy Jack postcard, however, said they didn't have time to get the woman's ears off. This indicates that rather than the author having foreknowledge of the clipped ear, it was just a lucky guess. ******* Whether or not these two letters were from the killer, is debatable. What is clear, however, is that both letters were sent by the same writer, according to recent research. Finally, we have the most infamous letter out of all of the letters, the From Hell letter. The From Hell letter is different from the other two letters for several reasons: . The style of writing and spelling is different . It's not addressed to the press; it was addressed to Mr George Lusk (a local man who was seeking to capture Jack the Ripper). . It wasn't signed off 'Jack the Ripper' like the other two letters were signed off. . The letter seems personal - it specifically refers to Mr George Lusk on several occasions. . It talks of cannibalism (he talks about eating half a human kidney - probably from Catherine Eddowes). . Half a human kidney was sent with the letter to George Lusk. The thing that stands out with this letter, is not really the letter itself, it's the human kidney that was sent with it. It's one thing to forge a letter, it's quite another to send half a human kidney along with that letter - that goes further than a hoax, and is probably the reason why this letter is authentic. Conclusion The From Hell letter probably is authentic. The kidney sent to Mr Lusk was a human kidney, it also belonged to a woman of Catherine Eddowes age, which makes it seem likely that this letter and the message sent with it, was authentic. The other two letters, however, don't appear to be authentic. The study of the two letters revealed that the handwriting on the letters matched ones which were found from the Central News Agency. Two of these letters were probably hoaxes, the other letter was probably authentic.
The RMS Olympic, the Titanic's twin sister, came to a halt in March 1912. This happened just weeks before the Titanic was set to set sail; something which set the Titanic's journey back.
The Titanic and the RMS Olympic were virtually identical. You can't really make out the difference between the RMS Olympic and the Titanic. A photo shows the two ships below in early March 1912.
The RMS Olympic already was at sea; she had her maiden voyage on the 14th of June 1911 from Southampton.
Just under a year later, the Titanic would follow in the Olympics footsteps. The Titanic set sail on her maiden voyage from Southampton on the 10th of April 1912. The RMS Olympic shared some other similarities with the Titanic: . Captain Smith was captain of both ships. . They had the same maiden voyage path. Both left Southampton, to go to Cherbourg, then to Queenstown, and finally out into the Atlantic Ocean to set sail to New York. Unlike the Titanic, the RMS Olympic did not hit an iceberg and sink on her maiden voyage. However, she was a cursed ship. The Olympic had several collisions. Including the one that docked her at Belfast in early March 1912. Olympic had to get repairs done, due to a problem being lost while she was at sea. This resulted in Titanic's maiden voyage being delayed from the 20th of March to the 10th of April. |
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