First Titanic artefact arrives (From Daily Echo)
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First Titanic artefact arrives
12:40pm Thursday 23rd February 2012 in Titanic News
First Titanic artefact arrives
ONE of the first artefacts to arrive at Southampton’s new £15m Titanic themed SeaCity Museum will be unveiled today – an enormous scale replica of RMS Queen Mary.
The seven-metre long model, carved from one log of white mahogany and weighing over one tonne, has been relocated from the city’s former Maritime Museum in the Wool House.
Comments(4)
Northamboy
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2:38pm Thu 23 Feb 12
Paul-Lewis wrote:Its something to put inside the museum to help fill it. I think the Titanic museum has now been dropped in favour of the name SeaCity museum which will be about Southampton and the sea.
Am I missing something here? The Queen Mary is a beautiful ship and this model is impressive but what makes it a Titanic artefact?
Whatever it's called it's totally destroyed the look of the Civic Centre buildings. How did the monstrosity ever get planning permission?
X Old Bill
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2:40pm Thu 23 Feb 12
In 1934 the Queen Mary was awaiting completion but Cunard did not have any money.
White Star never quite recovered their reputation and losses, so also had no money.
So - HM Government stepped in and offered to pay for completing the Queen Mary on condition that both companies amalgamated.
The connection therefore is that if Titanic had not sunk then the Queen Mary might not have been completed, or may have been sold to Germany, Italy or France.
Maybe!
VW1956
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2:03pm Fri 24 Feb 12
Paul-Lewis says...
2:11pm Thu 23 Feb 12