An "extremely rare" postcard written by a Titanic passenger who died after the liner hit an iceberg on 14 April 1912 has fetched £20,000 at auction. First-class passenger Richard William Smith wrote ...
A postcard written by a first-class passenger on the Titanic will go up for auction ... with scheduled stops in Cherbourg in France and Queenstown – now known as Cobh – in Ireland.
Richard William Smith was a first-class Titanic passenger who boarded the doomed ship in Southampton, England on April 10, 1912. A tea merchant, Smith was traveling on the behalf of his employer, ...
“Hope you are all quite well at home. Kindest regards, R.W.S.” Before embarking on its journey across the Atlantic, the Titanic made stops in Cherbourg in France and Queenstown, known today as Cobh, ...