On The Dead Foot Diver Podcast, Curt Steve Santini, a Titanic and shipwreck historian in Canada, to tour his home museum collection and discuss Titanic history through artifacts from the ship, the shipyard, the rescue, and later expeditions. Steve explains pieces tied to Halifax and the body recovery ships, including a Titanic deck chair recovered by the Mackay-Bennett and items made from floating wreck wood by crew of the cable ship Minia. The conversation covers a White Star Line flag, shipyard material from Harland & Wolff (including an office clock, electrical wiring/controller book, and worker pass/clock-in boards), and numerous artifacts connected to Titanic victims and survivors such as Wallace Hartley’s recovered sheet music, a pocket watch stopped near the sinking time, and items linked to Thomas Andrews and John Jacob Astor. They also examine Carpathia-related objects (including a teapot salvaged from the Carpathia wreck, medals commissioned by Molly Brown for the crew, and other documents), plus rare postal and onboard items like RMS mail stamped for Titanic’s intended sailing date and Spode cobalt-and-gold china made for the ship’s parlor suites. Steve discusses the OceanGate Titan implosion, including a model of the sub, P.H. Nargeolet’s sextant and mission suit, and Steve’s aim to preserve this chapter of Titanic history; they also highlight an original mission sign from the dive that discovered Titanic, signed by Bob Ballard and others, and a depth-crushed cup taken down on early dives. The episode ends with promotion of Steve’s book, “Titanic and Legendary Shipwrecks,” available at titaniczone.com, and mentions that his broader collection includes other notable wrecks such as Lusitania, Empress of Ireland, Andrea Doria, Edmund Fitzgerald, and Costa Concordia.
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