Acknowledgement and Copyright to Ken Marschall for this wonderful painting
Crosby, a small suburb of Liverpool, has had more than its fair share of interesting inhabitants over the years.
With the recent attention paid to the film Titanic, I decided to revisit the homes of some of the main protagonists in the three greatest sea disasters of all time........ Titanic, Empress of Ireland and Lusitania. Also Britannic
Also, the Weird Case of The Wicca Man from Blundellsands.
Coming Soon! The story of Commodore Sir Arthur Rostron (Carpathia) and his 30 years in Crosby.
New, a non-ship story: The Strange Case of The WAFFEN-SS MAN from Waterloo...
Map of Crosby Click here for the map, or use the hyperlinks of the ships' names above.
Page best viewed with Internet Explorer at 800 x 600 pixels
visitors
to this site since 26th July 1998
Any comments, suggestions are very welcome. If anyone has a photo of John Rice, or of Enfield House, Crosby please contact me.
Electronic mail address
Rod@crosbytitanic.co.uk
Links
Titanic
Phil Hind's superb Encyclopedia Titanica
My page on the restored Liverpool Musicians' Memorial
Liberty Magazine's Mysteries of the Titanic, gives Ismay a fair hearing.
Would you like to live in the Titanic owner's house? You can now buy it! Ismay House
for Sale
Empress
Northern Atlantic Diving's Empress of Ireland Site
Dan Lindsay's Empress of Ireland Site
Discovery Channel's Empress of Ireland Site
Lusitania
Captain Turner's biography at Lusitania
Online
Britannic
Michail Michailakis's Greek page on
the Britannic
Crosby, Liverpool
InterFace Design's The Crosby Channel, contains all you need to know about my home town.
Simon Markland's Marine Terrace Homepage, has useful info on the Beach Lawn / Marine Terrace conservation area.
The parish church of St. Faith's Homepage, tells more about the church that holds the Chief Engineer's Memorial.
Background Music: "Nearer My God to Thee", allegedly the last tune played by the Titanic's band, who were all lost.
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
nearer to Thee!
E'en though it be a cross that raiseth me,
Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to Thee.
Nearer to Thee!
Though like the wanderer,
the sun gone down,
Darkness be over me, my rest a stone.
Yet in my dreams I'd be nearer, my God to Thee.
Nearer to Thee!
There let the way appear,
steps unto heav'n;
All that Thou sendest me, in mercy given;
Angels to beckon me nearer, my God, to Thee.
Nearer to Thee!
Then, with my waking
thoughts bright with Thy praise,
Out of my stony griefs Bethel I'll raise;
So by my woes to be nearer, my God, to Thee.
Nearer to Thee!
Or, if on joyful wing
cleaving the sky,
Sun, moon, and stars forgot, upward I'll fly,
Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to Thee.
Nearer to Thee!
There in my Father's home,
safe and at rest,
There in my Saviour's love, perfectly blest;
Age after age to be, nearer my God to Thee,
Nearer to Thee!