New White Star Line Collection

June 27, 2011 - PRLog -- *****  NEW PRODUCT ***** The Belfast Titanic Shipyard Worker's Linen Tea Towel.

This beautiful black and white image of crowds of shipyard men leaving Queen's Island, Belfast Harbor in May 1911.

Copyright - National Museums Northern Ireland. Collection Harland & Wolff, Ulster Folk & Transport Museum.

Size : 19 inches x 29 inches.

This item will be securely packaged for worldwide shipping.

Other items in the White Star Collection include

Titanic Gantry Cotton Bib Apron,  Titanic Gantry PVC Medium Shopping Bag and the Titanic Fine Bone China Red Mug.

Items unique to the Belfast Titanic Gift Shop online include the Titanic Fine Bone China Clock,  Fine Bone China Plate,  Fine Bone China Tea Pot Set and  Fine Bone China Set of 4 Mugs.  All attractively gift boxed and the Titanic 100th Anniversary Pin Badge.

All available from the Belfast Titanic Gift Shop online at

http://www.RMSTitanic100.com  (priced in 5 currencies for out international customers). TRADE ENQUIRIES WELCOME.

The RMS Titanic was an Olympic-class passenger liner owned by the White Star Line and was built at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. At the time of her construction, she was the largest passenger steamship in the world.

Shortly before midnight on 14 April 1912, four days into the ship's maiden voyage, Titanic struck an iceberg and sank two hours and forty minutes later, early on 15 April 1912. The sinking resulted in the deaths of 1,517 of the 2,223 people on board, making it one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history.

The high casualty rate was due in part to the fact that, although complying with the regulations of the time, the ship did not carry enough lifeboats for everyone aboard. The ship had a total lifeboat capacity of 1,178 people, although her maximum capacity was 3,547.

A disproportionate number of men died due to the women and children first protocol that was followed.

The Titanic was designed by some of the most experienced engineers, and used some of the most advanced technologies available at the time. It was popularly believed to have been unsinkable.

It was a great shock to many that, despite the extensive safety features, the Titanic sank. The frenzy on the part of the media about Titanic's famous victims, the legends about the sinking, the resulting changes to maritime law, and the discovery of the wreck have contributed to the continuing interest in, and notoriety of, the Titanic.

Check out the wide selection of RMS Titanic, Olympic and Nomadic collectables and gifts from the Belfast Titanic Gift Shop online.

All available from the Belfast Titanic Gift Shop online at

http://www.RMSTitanic100.com  (priced in 5 currencies for out international customers). TRADE ENQUIRIES WELCOME.

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The Belfast Titanic Gift Shop online. For a wide range of Titanic books, calendars, collectables and memorabilia shipped from the birthplace of Titanic.