Memorial to the Engine Room Heroes of the Titanic

Within sight of the one-​time headquarters of the White Star Line, located nearby at 30 James Street, which itself is now a Titanic-​themed hotel & restaurant, is this memorial to those Liverpool men who died onboard the ship during her maiden voyage, in the engine room, deep within her belly.
While the ship itself never made port of Titanic, as so many other ships did, its connection to the area rivals that of the area’s other main draw, The Beatles. Overlooking the River Mersey, it’s a fitting memorial to their efforts, as they bravely stayed at their posts & kept the ship lit & powered up as long as possible. At nearly 50 feet tall, it’s also an easy find as you wander along the waterfront. As you approach it, look closely for the marks of shrapnel damage left from World War II.

Titanic was owned by White Star Line the Oceanic Steam navigation, or more commonly known shipping company, which was founded in Liverpool. Thomas Ismay, founder of White Star Line lived on Marine Terrace in Waterloo, Liverpool, it is also rumoured that the captain of the Titanic, Edward Smith, who moved to Liverpool in the 1850s to begin his career, lived for a time on this same road. Smith died onboard the Titanic along with around 1500 people when the «unsinkable ship» sank in 1912. Many of the crew members, including six senior engineers were Liverpool born or had settled in the city. This is a fine memorial marking a poignant loss of life.

Although the doomed liner never actually came here, Liverpool is connected to the Titanic in more ways than you’d think. The head offices of the company that commissioned it stand just across the road from the Three Graces, twenty-​eight Liverpudlians went down with it and the word ‘Liverpool’ painted on the stern was probably the last piece of the boat that saw air before it slid into the Atlantic. Go us.
The Memorial to the Engine Room Heroes of the Titanic was built to commemorate the coal-​shovelling workers who kept the electricity going as the disaster unfolded. Since the granite statue was erected in 1916, its purpose was extended to include all engine room fatalities in the First World War, or as it was called then, the Only World War.