Charles Lightoller’s life reads like that of a barely believable action hero. He was shipwrecked and faced near starvation on one of the remotest islands on earth. He was caught in a cyclone and ...

Seafaring veteran CH Lightoller describes how he sailed Sundowner, his 58ft boat, to rescue troops from Dunkirk at the request of the Admiralty. On 1 June 1940, Lightoller, together with his eldest ...

Rare letters that provide a fascinating glimpse into life on Titanic and the liner’s fateful final moments are up for auction in the U.K. A letter written by Titanic’s second officer Charles ...

On the night the Titanic struck an iceberg in 1912, Second Officer Charles Lightoller helped organize the lifeboats and survived one of the deadliest maritime disasters in history. Swept into the ...

A remarkable eyewitness account of heart-wrenching scenes on board the sinking Titanic has emerged for the first time - and it's expected to fetch up to £15,000 at auction. The letter was written by ...

The legend of the Titanic disaster has been plumbed, plundered and presented in 3-D, but the ship that famously sank 100 years ago today in the North Atlantic has shown remarkable tenacity in its grip ...

This surprising claim comes from the granddaughter of the ocean liner’s second officer, Charles Lightoller. “It just makes it seem all the more tragic,” Louise Patten told London ‘s Daily Telegraph on ...

THE MOST senior officer to survive the disaster was Second Officer, Charles Lightoller. Lightoller, the son of mill owners, grew up at Yarrow House, Chorley on the site now occupied Albany Science ...

Carl Merritt is a history buff. He doesn’t just watch YouTube videos about World War II, he reads the comments. This time around, he was watching a video about the evacuation of Dunkirk when he came ...

LETTERS, photographs and mementoes which belonged to the most senior officer to survive the Titanic tragedy are expected to fetch around £25,000 when they are auctioned at Sotheby's in London next ...

This week we see the anniversary of the passing of a remarkable man. A hero of two world wars as well as of a famous disaster in peace time, he was a survivor. Many of you, especially moviegoers, will ...