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Type Talks and tours
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Date and Times Wednesday 26 February 2025 l 6.30pm-7.30pm l SOLD OUT
Prices Free for Members
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Please note this event is now sold out, should you wish to be added to our Waiting List, please email our Membership Team on membership@rmg.co.uk with your name and the amount of tickets you wish to reserve. 

Please be advised we recommend this event for ages 12+. 

Through private letters, family photographs and archival documents, Dan E. Parkes shares the untold story of the tragic and inspirational legacy of Titanic’s legendary Captain E.J. Smith and his only daughter Mel.

Never before published private letters and family photographs tell the true, untold story of a legendary captain, the mysterious death of a British spy and an inspirational daughter who stepped out of the shadow of misfortune to carve her own path. By the time Mel was 49 she had lost her father, mother, husband, son and daughter, all in unusual circumstances. Yet she would become a pilot, a driver of fast cars, an artist’s muse and collector of fine art, living within a family of suffragettes, politicians, Russian spies, yachtsmen, and the fabulously wealthy.

About the speaker

Dan E. Parkes, managing director of a UK-based film production company, has been researching, writing, and making award-winning films about the Titanic for almost 40 years. With a large collection of memorabilia, he runs three extensively researched websites (First Officer William Murdoch: www.williammurdoch.net, Titanic Officers: www.titanicofficers.com, Debunking the Titanic Switch: www.titanicswitch.com) and the associated YouTube videos have attracted millions of views. He has been interviewed about the Titanic on television and in podcasts. Titanic Legacy: The Captain, the Daughter and the Spy is his first book.

You'll also have a chance to purchase a copy of 'Titanic Legacy: The Captain, the Daughter and the Spy'. 

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