Travelling on Titanic: with Father Browne

Father Francis Browne SJ's photographs are a valuable record of the Titanic's ill-fated voyage, including an original deck plan, menus, letters, and newspaper cuttings. He was saved from disaster by a telegram from his Jesuit superior and his photographs appeared on the front pages of newspapers all around the world. In 1985, Fr Eddie O Donnell re-discovered 42,000 photographs, including the Titanic collection.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 144 pages
Publication date: 11 April 2022
Publisher: Messenger Publications

Father Francis Browne SJ's photographs are an invaluable record of the Titanic's ill-fated voyage. In addition to taking a unique set of photos, Father Browne also assembled an invaluable album of Titanic material, including an original deck plan, menus, letters to him from fellow passengers, contemporary newspaper cuttings, and other documents. Many of these documents are reproduced here. Thanks to the gift of a ticket from his uncle, a young Jesuit named Francis Browne traveled on the Titanic during her maiden voyage from Southampton to Cherbourg to Cork. Invited to remain with the ship as it crossed the Atlantic, Fr Browne was saved from possible disaster by a telegram from his Jesuit superior ordering him to get off that ship. When the unthinkable happened and the Titanic sank, Fr Browne's photographs appeared on the front pages of newspapers all around the world. For many years, Fr Browne's photographs were forgotten until 1985, when Fr Eddie O Donnell happened across an old tin trunk in the Jesuit archives and re-discovered 42,000 photographs, including the Titanic collection.

Weight: 640g
Dimension: 232 x 240 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781788125246
Edition number: 3 Revised edition