The ''Titanic'' Engineers' Memorial is a memorial in East (Andrews) Park,

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, United Kingdom, to the engineers who died in the ''Titanic'' disaster on 15 April 1912. The bronze and granite memorial was originally unveiled by Sir Archibald Denny, president of the

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on 22 April 1914. The event was attended by an estimated 100,000 Southampton residents.

History

Statue on Titanic Engineers' Memorial, Southampton

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Oval in London.

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was the sculptor. It is officially a

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. It features a bronze statue of

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, the Greek Winged Goddess of Victory, created by Trieste-born sculptor Romeo Rathmann, and carvings which represent the engineer officers of the ship, who died in the disaster. On a sunny afternoon on 22 April 1914, 100,000 people gathered in Andrews Park, Southampton to witness the unveiling of the memorial to the engineers who had lost their lives on the ''Titanic'' two years earlier. The bronze and granite structure was draped in the Union flag. Unveiling the statue, Sir Archibald Denny said: ''"By the manner of their deaths he engineerscarried out one of the finest traditions of our race."'' ''"They must have known that pumping could do no more than delay the final catastrophe, yet they stuck pluckily to their duty."'' ''"Driven back from boiler-room to boiler-room, fighting for every inch of draught to give time for the launching of the boats, not one of those brave officers was saved."'' The monument bears the following inscription: Inscription on Titanic Engineers' Memorial, Southampton

Inscription on Titanic Engineers' Memorial, Southampton

The monument was restored in 2010 in a joint venture between Southampton City Council and TV production company

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. Almost opposite the main memorial, on the corner of Cumberland Place and London Road, is the Titanic Musicians' Memorial to

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and the other musicians who played on the ''Titanic''.

References

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Bibliography

External links

The ''Titanic'' Engineers, by Dr. Denis Griffiths

Titanic-Titanic.com

''BBC'' Archive: ''Titanic''

''Titanic'' Historical Society

RMS ''Titanic'', Inc
Corporate information and the official ''Titanic'' archive
Surviving the ''Titanic''
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