Memorial to the Engine Room Heroes of the Titanic Memorial to the Engine Room Heroes of the Titanic The Memorial to the Engine Room Heroes of the "Titanic" is a granite monument located on St. Nicholas Place, at the Pier Head, in Liverpool, England. The city of Liverpool is strongly associated with the ill-fated liner that sank on 15 April 1912, after striking an iceberg in the North Atlantic with the loss of some 1,517 lives. The RMS "Titanic" was owned by White Star Line which was founded in Liverpool in 1840. Liverpool was also the port of registry of the liner with the words 'Titanic, Liverpool' visible on
RMS Titanic in popular culture visited in two Russian submersibles in the summer of 1995. With the advent of television, the themes and social microcosm provided by the "Titanic" scenario inspired TV productions, from expansive serial epics to satirical animated spoofs. The list of genres relating to the "Titanic" grew to include science fiction; and beginning with the first episode of "The Time Tunnel" in 1966, titled "Rendezvous With Yesterday", the RMS "Titanic" has become an irresistible destination for time-travelers. The "Titanic" was also spoofed in the "Pokémon" series as the S.S. "Cussler" in the episode "An Undersea Place to Call Home!.". After it sunk,