Most people think of the Titanic as a luxury liner, but offically it was an 'Emigrant Ship'. The government department repsonsible for merchant shipping. the Board of Trade, defined as an emigrant ship any ship that carried more than 50 steerage passengers ie. people travelling without cabins, sailing from a British port to ports outside of Europe. All such ships had to obtain a certificate for clearance before they could sail, testifying to the vessel's seaworthiness and that it was adequatley provided with life-saving equipment. This certificate would only be issued after the ship had been inspected by a Board of Trade surveyor who completed this form - Surveys 27. Titanic was certified to carry up to 3,547 passengers and crew, although her lifeboat capacity was only 1,178, which was considerably more than she was legally required to provide.
April 1912 Pro reference MT 9/920 F [no.36]
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The Making of History
| Register for Transmission to Registrar-General
of Shipping and Seamen | The Report of
Survey of An Emigrant Ship |
| Titanic's boilers |
Leaving for the New World
| Certificate for Clearance |
Boarding Card | Luggage Stickers |
Steerage - the Aks family |
On Board
| Passenger List | Music
Booklet | Notes for First-Class Passengers
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| 1st Class Dinner Plate |
| First-Class Lunch Menu | The
"Last Dinner" Menu |
Disaster
| Telegraph transcripts from Titanic intercepted
By SS Birma |
Lifeboats and Carpathia
| Photograph of a Survivor climbing aboard
SS Carpathia | Landing Card |
Aftermath
| Correspondence from the White Star Line
to the Board of Trade concerning loss of Titanic |
| Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Worker's
Union |
| The politician's responce | Commemorative
Medal |
British and American Inquiries
| Sub-committee of the Committee on Commerce
of the United States Senate | A
Report on the Loss of the "Titanic" (S.S) |
| Report on the Senate Committee enquiry
report into the loss of the Titanic |