David Hume, the Chairman of the Executive Board of the World Ship Society, Port of New York Branch will present a power point presentation on the restoration of the Nomadic after the Saturday night banquet. Mr, Hume will also be displaying items for sale in the vendors’ space.
“On February 11, 2008, the chairman of the Ocean Liner Council of the South Street Seaport Museum announced that John P. Eaton and Charles Haas will be the next Silver Riband Award Recipients. The award ceremony will be held at the museum on October 18, 2008 at 2 p.m. A special exhibit of Titanic artifacts culled from the museum’s collection will be assembled for this program”.
It is the desire of the Ocean Liner Council to celebrate and recognize the life’s work of John P. Eaton and Charles Haas and their long dedication to the perpetual history of the R.M.S. Titanic. Their scholarship, authorship of numerous periodicals and books, and significant enthusiasm for continuing exhibits, lectures and research, sets them apart in the realm of great ocean liner history.
“Previous recipients include Frank Braynard, Hisashi Noma, Bill Miller, Commodore Ronald Warwick, and John Maxtone-Graham”.
What promises to be one of the most intriguing and enjoyable TIS conventions ever needs just one thing to make it perfect — your convention registration!
Exciting new talk topics and speakers, new bus stop tours and a new convention venue will make this a most memorable weekend.
Three stellar speakers are in our lineup. Have you ever seen any Carpathia dinnerware? Cdr. Paul-Henri Nargeolet will present a fully-illustrated informal talk about the 2007 Carpathia expedition, showing us remarkable photos of her recovered artifacts.
Think you know all about Titanic’s final breakup? Think again! Engineer Roy Mengot will be presenting a radical new sinking scenario that will turn Titanic’s story literally upside down. You’ll be among the first in the world to hear of this major rewrite!
The identification of Titanic’s unknown child — the most poignant of stories — has taken dramatic new turns, and Canadian researcher Alan Ruffman’s update marks one of its first American presentations.
Our famous bus tour features plenty of new stops: Murals by Titanic artist Francis Davis Millet, perhaps his last commissions; A dramatic and beautiful plaque to Titanic’s Dr. Francis W. F. N. O’Loughlin — see it now before it goes into storage prior to St. Vincent Hospital’s demolition! A visit to Woodlawn Cemetery, where no fewer than six Titanic people are at rest.
Nautical memorabilia dealers will be on hand. And so much more!
Online booking of hotel and convention is now fully operational through our weblog. Go to our website, www.titanicinternationalsociety.org, and click on the “Convention 2008″ link.
The registration deadline is rapidly approaching and your convention committee needs an accurate headcount. Please take a moment now, and arrange your participation in a truly remarkable convention, filled with friendship, learning and fun, in one of the world’s most exciting cities! See you there!
Abstract for the Mengot lecture
RMS Titanic collided with an ice berg and sank on the morning of April 15th, 1912. Testimony at hearings on both sides of the Atlantic included conflicting stories of the ship breaking in two or sinking whole. The discovery of the wreck in 1985 confirmed that the ship did break near the surface. Recent evidence and analysis indicates that the initial point of hull failure was at or near the double bottom and the ship effectively broke bottom-up.
Bio:
Roy Mengot teaches systems engineering tools and process for Siemens Corporation and resides in Plano Texas. His research of the wreck at Woods Hole produced a model of the wreck that has earned national awards and is on display at the Woods Hole Visitor’s Center. Roy has contributed articles to Voyage and has given Titanic talks in St. Paul, Topeka, Dundee Scotland, the Queen Mary in Long beach, and co-authored a paper on the break-up of Titanic for the Marine Forensics Panel that was presented to the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers.
Alan Ruffman, Research Associate, Maritime Museum of the Atlantic and President, Geomarine Associates Ltd. will speak on the investigation concerning Titanic’s “Unknown Child” on Saturday evening. Mr. Ruffman is a well-known Titanic historian and author of several books including: Titanic Remembered: The Unsinkable Ship and Halifax.
A poignant YouTube offering has just been posted on January 2nd with a contemporary interpretation and musical selection regarding the unknown child, and is well worth a look at the link below.
http://www.youtube.com/v/i8HOpOhofKE&rel=1“
Cmdr. Nargeolet will be speaking informally at the Friday evening reception and will share information about the 2007 dive to the wreck of the Carpathia.
A retired 22-year veteran (shown above with George Tulloch) achieving the rank of commander in the French Navy, Paul-Henri Nargeolet has been a submersible pilot for many years, having worked with the French Navy’s bathyscaphe program at Toulon’s naval base.
He was Director of Deep Ocean Submersibles and the”Nautile” program for the French national ocean agency IFREMER in Toulon for ten years, and was expedition co-leader of RMS Titanic, Inc.’s 1987, 1993, 1994, 1996 and 1998 Research and Recovery Expeditions. He has made over 30 dives to the RMS Titanic in the French submersible “Nautile.” P. H. also led RMS Titanic, Inc.’s 2007 expedition to the wreck of the RMS Carpathia, the first to recover a significant number of artifacts from the wreck.
P.H. has been accorded several honors, including the National Merit of Knighthood from the French government in 1984 and the National Maritime Merit of Knighthood from the French government in 1975.
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