RMS Titanic carried 2207 people. People all ages, people of great wealth and of bitter poverty. Unsuspecting witnesses to an event they could never have envisaged
If you could walk the decks of RMS Titanic you would hear a dozen or more languages being spoken with every imaginable dialect. Not surprisingly RMS Titanic is often described as a microcosm of society.
The route to understanding the RMS Titanic story is to learn about and understand the people that built her, the people that sailed on her, those that died and those that survived when she met her end.
Encyclopedia Titanica contains a biography for every single person that travelled on RMS Titanicon her maiden voyage as well as information about the places people came from and the ships her crew served on.
Constantly revised and updated by a dedicated crew of our own, Encyclopedia Titanica is the ultimate RMS Titanic resource.
Use the search engine to find people by name, perhaps even someone related to you or browse the comprehensive RMS Titanic Passenger List and Crew List.
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