HK Maritime Museum - Titanic exhibition
by HK Maritime Museum on 30 Mar 2012
Titanic HK Maritime Museum
One hundred years ago, on 15th April, 1912 at 00:15 GMT, 08:15 in the morning Hong Kong Time, anyone listening on 500kHz would have heard a stream of dots and dashes. 'CQD, CQD, CQD…' they began…'Calling all stations – distress…'. The luxury, ‘unsinkable’, White Star liner Titanic, on her maiden voyage, had struck an iceberg and was sinking.
As a drama of the sea, leading to 8 movies, 27 documentaries, 54 non-fiction books and 14 fiction books, not to mention 23,400,000 hits on Google©, the Titanic disaster lives up to the ship’s name.
To mark this centenary the Hong Kong Maritime Museum’s last exhibition, before it closes for relocation and expansion in Central ‘Star’ Ferry Pier 8, will tell the story in words and images.
Come and learn about the Hong Kong passengers on the ill-fated ship. See the White Star ships that once carried passengers from Hong Kong to America. Read about China’s own ‘Titanic’ disaster in 1949. Get the details of this once in a century story and its tragic leviathan of the sea. See copies of the official documents from the US District Court where the Chinese survivors got compensation for lost belongings. Read historical Chinese newspaper clippings.
The shortcomings of the safety and rescue systems that led to the tragic loss of life when the Titanic sank were soon put right. But as the recent stranding of the Costa Concordia shows, the human error that led to the Titanic speeding into an iceberg is something no safety legislation can remedy.
Don’t miss the chance! HKMM will be closing on 4 June 2012 and re-opening at Pier 8, Central, in early 2013.
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