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The lifejacket bears the signature of Francatelli along with other survivors including leading fireman Charles Hendrickson, fireman George Taylor and able seaman James Horswill and is one of very few remaining original lifejackets that are identifiable to the person who wore it.<\/p>\n
The artefact will form part of a wider free exhibition \u2018Women of Titanic: Survival, Influence & Legacy\u2019, <\/strong>located on Level 1 Apex of the world-leading visitor attraction and will explore the stories of the women who travelled onboard Titanic including Helen Churchill Candee, Marjorie Anne Newell and Annie Clemmer Funk.<\/p>\n Eimear Kearney, Commercial Director of Titanic Belfast said: \u201cWe are honoured to display the lifejacket worn by Laura Mabel Francatelli, a survivor of RMS Titanic and celebrate the women who travelled onboard through our \u2018Women of Titanic: Survival, Influence & Legacy\u2019 <\/strong>exhibition. It offers a deeply personal connection to the story of Titanic and to one of its passengers, whose life was spared in the tragedy but irrevocably changed and shaped forever.<\/p>\n Displaying an artefact worn and signed by Laura Mabel allows us to tell a powerful story of survival, memory and legacy. We are thrilled to be able to give guests from around the world this added experience to view yet another rare piece of Titanic history.\u201d<\/p>\n Andrew Aldridge, Managing Director of Henry Aldridge and Sons, said: \u201cWe are delighted to be able to place such a significant artefact on public display at Titanic Belfast ahead of its forthcoming auction. Exhibiting Laura Mabel Francatelli\u2019s lifejacket in the city where Titanic was built offers visitors a unique opportunity to view this object of historical importance and find out more about the human story behind it.\u201d<\/p>\n For further information on the \u2018Women of Titanic: Survival, Influence & Legacy\u2019<\/strong> exhibition or to book tickets for the Titanic Experience, visit titanicbelfast.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" TITANIC Belfast has welcomed an original lifejacket worn by a female survivor which will be on public display for a limited time. The rare artefact is on loan from Wiltshire auction house Henry Aldridge and Sons, the world\u2019s leading Titanic memorabilia auctioneers, until Sunday 5th April, before going to auction on 18th April. It was … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24898"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24898"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24900,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24898\/revisions\/24900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}