![]() They obviously appreciated the importance and history of it.' Both items have hung in the boardroom of Burlinghams for almost 100 years. 'This photograph was regarded by generations of Burlinghams as 'The Titanic Iceberg'. 'Walter Lord contacted Burlinghams maritime lawyer when researching the book and this photograph was used in the book alongside the caption 'The Iceberg that sank Titanic?' 'The photo is known of as it was published in a Night to Remember but the note is practically unknown and unheard of. SS Prinz Adalbert Hamburg America Line.'Īfter the official inquiry into the disaster in which 1,523 people died, both items were framed and hung in the company's boardroom until they went out of business in 2002.īoth documents are being sold as one lot by Henry Aldridge and Son of Devizes, Wiltshire.Īndrew Aldridge, of Henry Aldridge and Son, said: 'The strength of this photograph of an iceberg lies in the fact that it was used by Burlingham for their liability hearing and that it is accompanied by this contemporary account by someone who was there. 'On one side red paint was plainly visible, which has the appearance of having been made by the scraping of a vessel on the iceberg. The Titanic disaster was not yet known by us. ![]() He wrote: 'On the day after the sinking of the Titanic, the steamer Prinz Adalbert passes the iceberg shown in this photograph. ![]() The Titanic had sunk at 2.20am on the same day. Linoenewald was the chief steward on the German liner Prinz Adalbert that passed the disaster scene on the morning of April 15. The written account and picture are now to go on sale for an estimate of £10,000-£15,000 in a Wiltshire auction house. The German steward, named only as M Linoenewald, then took a photograph of the iceberg, which has now emerged after spending nearly 100 years on the wall of a maritime law firm's boardroom. ![]() 'On one side red paint was plainly visible, which has the appearance of having been made by the scraping of a vessel on the iceberg Steward Linoenewald wrote: On the day after the sinking of the Titanic, the steamer Prinz Adalbert passes the iceberg shown in this photograph. ![]()
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