SS Mesaba (1898)
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SS Mesaba was a UK transatlantic cargo liner. She was launched in Ireland in 1897 as Winifreda, and made her maiden voyage to New York in 1898. Later that year she changed owners, and was renamed Mesa
Mesaba at anchor in Gravesend Reach
Columbia and Shamrock, rivals in the 1899 America's Cup.
Titanic's senior wireless officer, Jack Phillips, in Marconi Company uniform
Titanic
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RMS Titanic was a British ocean liner that sank in the early hours of 15 April 1912 after striking an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City. Of the 2,208 passengers
SS Mesaba (1898)
…1909, ATL took delivery of the new liner Minnewaska, and relegated Mesaba to be held in reserve. In 1912, Mesaba sent a wireless telegraph signal to RMS Titanic, warning her of sea ice. On three occasions between 1912 and 1914, ATL loaned Mesaba to Red Star Line. In 1918, a German U-boat sank Mesaba by torpedo…
RMS Titanic departing Southampton on 10 April 1912
RMS Olympic's rudder with central and port wing propellers; the man at the bottom shows scale.
Marconi Company receiving equipment for a 5-kilowatt ocean liner station in the wireless radio room of Titanic's sister ship, Olympic
The only known picture of Titanic's wireless radio room, taken by the Catholic priest Francis Browne. Harold Bride is seated at the desk.