The Titanic Saga started in Liverpool.

The Titanic dream was born in Liverpool - and though the world’s most famous ship never reached the city, the dreams of those who survived one of the world’s greatest peacetime maritime disasters lived on here.

As the home port of RMS Titanic, Liverpool is where the idea was born and the decision to commission the greatest ever oceangoing vessel was taken.

Yet tragically, Titanic never visited Liverpool, the port where she was registered.  But have no doubts: the Titanic Saga has its roots here in what was then described as the Second City of Empire.

To learn more join our Guides on a tour of the Liverpool connections with this legend of the seas, as we prepare commemorate 100 years since the Titanic’s sinking in April 1912.

White Star H.Q.

See the sights and hear the stories that will bring history to life a century after the unthinkable happened and Titanic, thought unsinkable, hit an iceberg on her maiden voyage resulting in the tragic loss of 1,517 lives.
 

Engineers Memorial

Your Titanic Tour will start at The White Star Line Building, where the fateful decision to build the Titanic was taken. Then on to Seaforth where Marconi radio operators Jack Phillips and Harold Bride trained. See the homes of Captain Smith and White Star Line owner, Thomas Ismay in Waterloo, overlooking the River Mersey – the great ships would sound their horns in salute as they sailed past.  

Then to the sedate Crosby suburbs which were home to many of the Titanic officers, including Joseph Bell, Chief Engineer, and Charles Lightoller,  the only deck officer to survive the sinking.  Learn the tragic story of Chief Officer Henry Wilde, lost at sea and yet should not even have been on Titanic.

Back in the city centre to see the memorial to the Titanic musicians, who played on as the ship sank, in the Philharmonic Hall (when open) - bass violinist Fred Clarke lived in Liverpool and was a member of the city’s world class, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra .

Then we visit the Anglican Cathedral (when open) to see the Ismay stained glass window and the Captain Smith window as well as the "hidden" Titanic. We complete your tour at Merseyside Maritime Museum, where you can explore The Titanic Gallery at your leisure – a new Titanic exhibition opens in 2012.  

The Original Titanic Tour Liverpool will last approximately two hours. The tour does not include visits inside the Titanic related houses, which are all private residences.  We reserve the right to change the route taken.

If you are planning a trip to Liverpool and would like to take a Titanic Tour please contact Philip and Paula Coppell by email for more details.

Philip Coppell in the Anglican Cathedral on a Titanic Tour.