Richard "Dick" Norris Williams II, generally known as R. Norris Williams, was an American tennis player and passenger aboard RMS Titanic. He survived the sinking of the Titanic. He won the U.S. Nation
Richard Norris Williams
Williams in 1916 at his match against Bill Johnston
Richard Norris Williams II
R. Norris Williams Tombstone in St. David's Episcopal Church graveyard
Lifeboats played a crucial role during the sinking of the Titanic on 14–15 April 1912. The ship had been supplied with 20 lifeboats that, by lifeboat capacity of that time, could accommodate 1,178 peo
R. Norris Williams
…funnel, still belching smoke. It seemed to me that two cars could have been driven through it side by side." He made his way to the partially submerged Collapsible A, holding onto its side for quite a while before getting in. When Williams entered the water, he was wearing a fur coat which he quickly discarded along…
Titanic's wooden lifeboats in New York Harbor following the disaster. The word "R.M.S. Titanic" was etched onto the photograph as the lifeboats bore the name "S.S. Titanic" on a plaque mounted at the other end of the boat.
Arrangement of lifeboats on the forward part of the Boat Deck of Titanic, shown on a large-scale model of the ship
Dorothy Gibson in a promotional photo for Saved From the Titanic (1912), wearing the clothes she wore the night of the sinking
Isidor and Ida Straus, who refused to board a lifeboat while there were younger people still waiting to board