Titanic


Titanic and Southampton

Titanic in Southampton

The Southern Daily Echo and its sister-publications in the region were established long before the time of the Titanic.

Below are a selection of stories from the newspapers' archives about Titanic, written and published around the time of its launch, news items about the doomed maiden voyage as well as the very latest stories concerning artefacts and the wreckage itself, as well as efforts to commemorate the tragedy in and around her home port, Southampton.

You can also take a tour of the Southampton to find out which places played a key role in the Titanic story.

Titanic News

The latest Titanic-related news headlines, from news about the wreck to how the tragedy is being commemorated or information on artefacts rescued from the ship.

Titanic street theatre

The Titanic

4:30am Tuesday 31st January 2012

THE story of the Titanic’s sinking as it unfolded in Southampton will be brought to life on the streets of the city.

Matchstick tribute to Titanic

Dave Reynolds' matchstick model of Titanic

11:40am Friday 20th January 2012

Retired seafarer David Reynolds has once again taken to his matches to create the ultimate tribute to the world’s most famous liner on the centenary of her sinking.

Historic sea captain's granddaughter in port

Sir Arthur Rostron

1:15pm Tuesday 10th January 2012

THE granddaughter of the Southampton sea captain who saved the lives of more than 700 survivors of the Titanic disaster, visited the city’s port today.


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If you want to learn more about the Titanic disaster, and how it relates to Southampton, take a look at our Titanic Questions and Answers section.

From our archives - contemporary reports of the tragedy

Titanic arrives in Southampton

Hampshire Chronicle 13th April 1912

AN extract from the Hampshire Chronicle, documenting the arrival of Titanic in Southampton, April 13, 1912.

The arrival of the Titanic

4:12pm Monday 2nd April 2007

Quietly and unostentatiously, without any blare of trumpets, the Titanic, the world's latest and biggest ship, steamed up the silent waters of the Solent and docked at Southampton at midnight on Wednesday, taking the same berth in the new wet dock that the Olympic occupied 12 hours before.

Wreck of the Titanic - 1,635 persons drowned

AN extract from the Southern Daily Echo on April 20, 1912.


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Titanic cutting from the Hampshire Chronicle 13/04/1912


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