Remembering The Titanic in Cobh

Cobh remembers Titanic 

Cobh located in the magnificent natural splendour of Cork Habour will always be associated with the Titanic, for that very reason they hold  each year a  memorial service for those that lost their lives on board the ill-fated ship.  The service took place on this Sunday, April the 15th.  It marked the poignant occasion the 106 year anniversary since the ship sank in the North Atlantic Ocean.

At 3:00pm a colour party from the Cobh O.N.E. Branch lead a procession from the Cobh Urban Offices at Lynch’s wharf to the Titanic Memorial in Pearse sq., as those gathered paid their respects to the passengers from all over the world that boarded the doomed ship at Cobh, Titanic’s last port of call.

The  Irish Naval Service Officers  Male Voice Choir performed throughout a wreath-laying ceremony at the memorial. From there the proceedings move to the Promenade, near the long-lasting Heartbreak Pier. Not far from Commodore Hotel and Cobh Holiday apartments.  It was from this location that the passengers left to board the ship in  Cobh.

It was from this location that the passengers left to board the ship in  Cobh.

These passengers would later die in the cold waters of the North Atlantic Ocean, Their names were read out as the gentle sounds of Island Strings played ‘Nearer My God to Thee’.
The hymn is that  alleged to be last song the band played on Titanic before the ship sank.
After a decade's long search, 2 portions of  the Titanic were found lying upright in two sections virtually four hundred miles south off Newfoundland in 1985.


Successive dives on the vessel have found no proof of a huge gash thought to have been ripped within the ship’s hull by an iceberg.
It’s believed a series of thin tears caused a separation of joints within the ship’s hull structure resulting in its sinking.
Nowadays cruiseliners from around the world dock in Cobh. Recently the largest ever liner to visit arrived. The MSC Meraviglia with 5700 guests arrived.  She is 167,600 gross tonnage. 
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