Titanic Historical Society Commutator 252
THS Commutator No. 252, Winter 1at Quarter, January to March 2026
Contents
HMHS Britannic: Three Decades of Wrecksploration… by Simon Mills
Monday 15th September 2025 will probably always stand out as one of the most significant dates in my ten-year collaboration with the Greek archaeological authorities, when I awoke to the news that the Greek Ministry of Culture had finally published its long-awaited press release on the 2025 Britannic archaeological retrievals.
Harold Bride – This Kind of a Time,“ from The New York Times, April 19, `1912-
Titanic’s junior wireless operator dictated this story to a New York Times reporter in the wireless room of S.S. Carpathia a few minutes after the rescue ship docked. His account rooted three Titanic legends: the tenacity of Jack Phillips, the incident of the thieving stoker and the resoluteness of the band.
The Marvelous Hertzian Waves, from the San Francisco Examiner
This story informed readers that ‘1500 Perish on Liner Titanic.’ Everyone awaited the mute Carpathia with, as it proved, 705 survivors on board. This is a brief excerpt of the original article that pays passing tribute to H.R. Hertz’s work on frequency that helped make wireless telegraphy possible.
Olympic passes a 100-foot High Iceberg – Vintage Vignettes
He Saw the Launch and Death of Titanic by Edward Kamuda-
“I am the only man living who saw the launching and sinking of the ship…the only man to survive the Boer war and the Titanic.” Frederick Dent Ray. Those words were written in assorted letters when he described his fascinating life.
Homeric and the Tragedy of the Raifuku Maru, from The New York Times
In mountainous seas and 50 knot winds, Homeric commanded by Capt. John Roberts raced 50 miles out of her course at top speed to render assistance to the Japanese freighter Raifuku Maru, which was sinking 180 miles southeast of Halifax. However, the freighter sunk about an hour after Homeric arrived at the scene, and her entire crew of 38 was lost. (The New York Times, 22, 23 and 24 April 1925.)
Dazzle Camouflage By K. Barber, Veteran Life
Razzle dazzle paint, another common term used for dazzle camouflage, is often credited to a British marine artist, Norman Wilkinson. Wilkinson was an artist from birth, and he spent a lot of his free time studying figure painting and working in poster design, oil and watercolor painting, and printmaking before moving on to marine subject matter.
Olga Elida (Lundin) Anderson 3rd class Titanic Survivor
“My life hasn’t been especially remarkable,” said Olga (Lundin) Anderson at age 78. Although she said her life wasn’t especially remarkable it wasn’t exactly ordinary. She was the housekeeper for the Norwegian Crown Prince while he was in exile in Washington D. C. during the Second World War. While there she got to know Presidents Roosevelt and Kennedy and made meals for them. As a passenger on Titanic and saw the liner sink and survived.
talian Boxer Primo Canera Reportedly had an Olympic First-Class Cabin Lengthened to Accommodate Him – Vintage Vignettes
Covers: 1919 oil painting Dazzle-ships in Drydock at Liverpool by British artist
Edward Wadsworth. (Public domain). Dazzle camouflage-Liverpool Museums
