The majority of this article is spent detailing the life of Morrogh. This article, however, appears to be a mixture of anecdotal assumptions (entire conversations are reproduced without any source material) and factual information. The claim that this is the final photograph of the Titanic stems largely from an article published by Encyclopedia Titanica in 2004. Morrogh's brothers would take the photo back to school where it would be published in the Castleknock College Chronicle. Morrogh, an alumni of Ireland's Castleknock College, was reportedly on holiday with his wife and younger brothers, two students at the Irish school, when they spotted the Titanic. The above-displayed photograph, referred to as the "Morrogh Image," was taken by John Morrogh during this brief stop in Queenstown on April 11, 1912. Several of the crème de la crème passengers had boarded at Cherbourg, therefore passengers boarding at Queenstown consisted of only 7 Second Class and 113 Third Class ticket-holders. Tenders PS Ireland and PS America were waiting in the dock to transport 123 passengers out to board - 63 men and 60 women, for many of whom Queenstown was the gateway to a great new world. Today named Cobh, the port was the luxury liner’s final port of call on its maiden journey, before setting sail on the longest leg of the voyage to New York, USA. On 11th April 1912 at 11.30am RMS Titanic dropped anchor in Queenstown, Ireland at Roches Point outer anchorage. The Titanic was spotted once more by a passing vessel after it left Queenstown for its main journey to New York, but no photographs were taken during this sighting. It was during this time period that the last photographs of the Titanic were taken. The ship would remain off the coast of Queenstown for less than two hours as a couple tender boats transferred boarding and disembarking passengers to and from the ship. The ship stopped in Cherbourg, France and then set sail for Queenstown (currently known as Cobh), Ireland, where it arrived around noon on April 11. The Titanic's maiden voyage started on April 10, 1912, in Southampton, England. Another photograph taken by first class passenger Kate Odell appears to have been snapped a few minutes after the above-displayed image.īefore we get into the nitty-gritty details of these photographs, let's set the scene. While this is truly one of the final pictures to show the Titanic afloat before its ill-fated journey, it isn't quite the "final picture" of the Titanic. This is a genuine photograph of the Titanic that was taken on April 11, 1912.
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