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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 Trail - tour historic Southampton and learn about Titanic's home port
Take a Titanic tour of Southampton, and see the town the passengers of the ill-fated liner would have known.
From the White Star Line offices and hotels frequented by first class passengers to the memorials erected around the city to remember the 542 souls from Southampton who perished.
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
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
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
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.
From our archives - contemporary reports of the tragedy
Titanic arrives in Southampton
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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