Memorials and monuments to the RMS Titanic victims at His Post When the Vessel Foundered in Mid-Atlantic On the 15th Day of April 1912 </poem> The cloister has been altered over the years in response to vandalism and neglect but was renovated in 1993. Phillips is also commemorated in nearby Farncombe, his home village, where a brass tablet was erected in the Church of St. John the Evangelist. "Titanic"s captain Edward Smith is commemorated by a statue in Beacon Park, Lichfield – a town with which he had absolutely no connection, as he had been born in Hanley, Staffordshire and lived in Southampton. Officially the decision was taken
Changes in safety practices after the sinking of the RMS Titanic it was agreed that rockets at sea would be interpreted as distress signals only, thus removing any possible misinterpretation from other ships. After the "Titanic" disaster, the U.S. Navy assigned the Scout Cruisers "Chester" and USS "Birmingham" (CL-2) to patrol the Grand Banks for the remainder of 1912. In 1913, the United States Navy could not spare ships for this purpose, so the Revenue Cutter Service (forerunner of the United States Coast Guard) assumed responsibility, assigning the Cutters "Seneca" and "Miami" to conduct the patrol. The "Titanic" disaster led to the convening of the first International Convention for the Safety