Titanic Events
The city council is organising programme of events in April to commemorate the 95th anniversary of the maiden voyage and the subsequent loss of the RMS Titanic.
Contact Details:
Telephone: 023 8083 2691
Details of service:
The programme of events will include
Exhibitions - A special White Star exhibition will be coming to Southampton and the city's own Maritime Museum will be unveiling a revamped Titanic Gallery, featuring material from the council’s collections.
Talks - focusing on the long term impact the disaster had on the city.
Guided Walks - Titanic Trail walks in the city led by the Southampton Tourist Guides, walks of the Titanic graves around the cemetery on Southampton Common led by The Friends of Old Southampton Cemetery and a walk around central parks taking you back to 1912.
Maritime Collectors Market at the Bargate.
Titanic Quiz and research material at the Central Library.
The events will close with an outdoor public service and wreath laying on Sunday morning 15 April at the Titanic Engineer's Memorial by the Cenotaph in Above Bar Street.
Titanic Quiz - So You Think You know The Titanic?
Date: Thursday 15th March
Venue: Southampton Central Library
Times: 7pm
Entry: Free. Places are limited and tickets should be collected in advance
Contact: 023 8083 2205 or the Reference Library
To mark the 95th anniversary of the Titanic disaster the Southampton Local History Forum is offering everyone the chance to find out more about the famous ship, the crew and the passengers. Come along to the Local Studies and Maritime Library, situated in the Southampton Central Reference Library and take part in a FREE Titanic Quiz. Use the Library's extensive collection of Titanic related material to find answers to the quiz questions and be in with a chance of winning a signed copy of "Titanic Voices".
White Star Exhibition
Date: Saturday 7th April – Sunday 15th April
Venue: Old Magistrates Courts, Havelock Road.
Opening Times: 10am – 5pm (last entry 4pm)
Entry: £2
Contact: Tourist Information Centre on 023 8083 3333
For the first time in England, an exhibition of White Star artefacts and memorabilia telling the story of the magnificent White Star Line of which the Titanic was the pride of the fleet will be shown. It will include: table settings showing the differences in the dinner places for first, second and third class passengers; fixtures and fittings from RMS Olympic; stewards’ uniforms on display and an array of original items.
Titanic Trail
Date: Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th April and Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th April
Venue: Meet at the Bargate Monument, South side*
Times: 2pm & 3pm (7th & 8th), 2pm, 3pm & 415pm & 5pm (14th), 2pm, 3pm & 4pm (15th)
Duration: Approx 1 hour & 45 minutes
Entry: Free, spaces to be booked in advance
Contact: Don Robertson (STGA) Tel: 023 8057 1858 (between 9am & 5pm)
A gentle walk through the City Centre. with a Southampton Tour Guide following the Titanic Trail. Meet at the South side of the Bargate Monument.
*In the event of there being a market at the Bargate, the Guide will be situated by the railings next to the staircase entrance into the building.
Titanic Graves Walk
Date: Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th April and Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th April.
Venue: Meet at the gates at Southampton Old Cemetery, Cemetery Road
Times: 1030am on the 7th & 8th April, 2pm & 430pm (14th), 130pm & 415pm (15th)
Duration: One hour, 45 mins
Entry: Free, spaces to be booked in advance from Gillie Blake (FoSOC)
Contact: Gillian Blake (FoSOC) Tel: 023 8067 1083 (9am – 5pm)
The Old Southampton Cemetery holds many memories linked with the Titanic.
Friends of Southampton Old Cemetery (FoSOC) will lead the Titanic Graves walk in the Old Cemetery on Southampton Common.
In Titanic's Time - A Guided Walk in Central Parks
Date: Thursday 12th April
Venue : Central Parks, meet at the Art Gallery Fountain
Times: 2pm
Entry: Free
Contact: 023 8067 1921
A guided walk with an insight into how the parks would have looked in 1912. The walk is led by Gary, the City Council's Park Ranger, the great, great grandson of William Bessant a fireman/stoker who perished in the disaster.
Titanic 95th Commemoration - A Maritime Talk
Date: Thursday 12th April
Venue: Tudor Merchants Hall, Westgate
Time: 730pm
Entry: £3.50 ( £2.50 concessions)
Contact: 023 8063 5904
Titanic 95th Commemoration - Rear Admiral Lang gives a new perspective.
This event is organised as part of Southampton's Maritime Museum public activities programme. To book in advance please telephone Lisa Moore on 023 8063 5904
Titanic – Southampton Remembers Exhibition
Date: From Friday 13th April onwards
Venue: Maritime Museum, Town Quay Road
Opening Times: Mon: Closed
Tues: Fri 10am – 4pm, Sat: 10am – 12noon / 1pm – 4pm, Sun: 1pm – 4pm
Entry: £2, £1 concessions. (under 7 years free)
Contact: 023 8063 5904 (Maritime Museum)
The first floor of the Maritime Museum is being transformed with a new exhibition to commemorate the 95th anniversary of the Titanic tragedy. This unique display tells the story of her crew, the majority of whom came from Southampton. As the largest liner in the world, Titanic had a crew of 898, but only 212 survived the sinking.
This exhibition provides the opportunity to discover their story, what jobs they did, how they felt about the new ‘super liner’, their vivid recollections of the night Titanic struck the iceberg and the consequences for them and their families, which still reverberate in Southampton today.
Archive film footage, interviews with survivors, and unique artefacts combine to provide a new insight into the tragedy of Titanic’s loss and why the disaster continues to fascinate 95 years after she went to her watery grave.
Please note that the first floor of the Maritime Museum will be closed to the public for exhibition installation from Tuesday 5th March to Friday 13th March 2007.
Titanic Talks
Date: Saturday 14th April
Venue: Lecture Theatre, Southampton City Art Gallery. (Entrance by the fountain)
Times: 9.30am – 1.30pm approx.
Entry: £5 per person (includes entry to talks and the White Star exhibition in the Old Magistrate's Court).
Contact: Tickets – Tourist Information Centre 023 8083 3333
A series of talks by four guest speakers on the Titanic and its impact on Southampton.
Una Reilly is from Belfast and she will tell the story of the Titanic’s design and construction.
Genevieve Bailey a local historian will outline the local links that the City has with the Titanic tragedy.
Sheila Jemima, one of the authors of the most successful Titanic Voices, will recount the long lasting impact that the loss of the Titanic had on Southampton citizens.
Geoff Watts, one of the City’s Tour Guides will give a virtual tour of all the Titanic monuments in the city.
Maritime Market
Date: Saturday 14th April
Venue: Bargate
Time: 9am – 5pm
Entry: Free
The market will be at the pedestrian area of the Bargate. It will be full of maritime collectables and products including china, silver-plate, on-board souvenir items, original artwork, prints and postcards.
Titanic Research Material
Date: Monday 2nd April onwards
*14th April – see below
Venue: Southampton Central Library, Civic Centre
Opening Times: Mon – Fri: 9.30am – 7pm
Sat: 9.30am – 4pm
Sun: Closed
Entry: Free
Contact: David Hollingworth Tel: 023 8083 2462
Southampton Central Library in the Civic Centre has a large collection of Titanic related research material available for anyone to see. The collection includes books, journals, newspaper reports, information on crew and passengers, videos and much more. Visit http://www.plimsoll.org/Southampton/Titanic/default.asp to look at the crew list or further information.
* On Saturday 14th April an expert will be on hand to talk about the collection.
Commemorative Service
Date: Sunday 15th April
Venue: Open air service at Memorial, Above Bar Street
(Road Closure in place)
Times: 11am
Entry: Free
Duration: Approx 40 minutes
The commemorative service will be held at the Titanic Engineer’s Memorial in Above Bar Street, (opposite the Cenotaph). The service will be lead by Rev Ian Johnson and the Mayor of Southampton will give a welcome speech.
The Mayoral Party will parade from the Civic Centre to the Memorial.
Some seating will be provided for public use. Spaces are on a first come first served basis.
Please use city centre car parks. Please note there are parking charges on Sundays from 12.00 noon to 5.30pm.
Titanic
Date: February – December
Venue: Outside Council Chamber, Civic Centre Foyer.
Times: 9am – 5pm Monday – Friday
Entry: Free
An exhibition by the City's Archive Department based outside the Council Chambers. Access via the Civic Centre foyer. This will include documents about passengers, the crew and their dependents, the tragedy and Southampton in 1912.
Titanic Voices
A third edition of Southampton City Council’s best selling book Titanic Voices is now available from Southampton Maritime Museum, Tel 023 80 223941 or e-mail Sheila.jemima@southampton.gov.uk It is also available from Tourist Information Tel 023 80 833333 or e-mail, tourist.information@southampton.gov.uk
Titanic Voices tells the story of the Titanic disaster from the first hand accounts of the crew and passengers who were actually there, and this new hardback edition of over 300 pages, features new information and images as well as a DVD containing archive film of the Titanic and Olympic and the authentic voices of 2nd officer Lightoller and 4th officer Boxhall as well as many others. Price £25.00 excluding P/P
For further information on the Titanic events, telephone the contact number listed with each event or telephone the Tourist Information Centre on 023 8083 3333
If you would like to contact someone about this page, please send an email to events@southampton.gov.uk
Updated: 10/04/07
Last updated: 25 July 2008
