Bruce Beveridge

For Bruce Beveridge, Titanic - The Ship Magnificent is the culmination of a lifelong interest in ships and maritime history. What started in the early 1990s as a personal research project ultimately led to Bruce’s being recognized within the Titanic community as one of the world’s foremost visual and technical historians of Olympic and Titanic. He has been consulted by such firms as The Danbury Mint, Minicraft Models and the auction firm of Henry Aldridge and Son. He has been interviewed and quoted on Titanic-related matters by the U.S. and British press, and has appeared on the U.K.’s Sky 1 television in a “Titanic Conspiracy” documentary. Bruce has traveled to Southampton as well as places local to his home state to present talks on Titanic.

Bruce’s achievements include a wide variety of subject matter, but he is most well know for his publicly released works such as his co-authorship of Olympic and Titanic- The Truth Behind the Conspiracy with Steve Hall of Australia and his consultation back in the 1990s on the Titanic CAD Plans created by Robert Hahn of Germany. Bruce is also well known for his highly sought-after General Arrangement plans of Titanic that were originally drawn for, and subsequently used by, dive teams

UK Sky 1 TV Documentary
'Titanic The Ship That Didn't Sink'.

Robert Hahn & Bruce displaying orginal
Olympic / Titanic Plans 2003.

dive teams investigating the interior of the wreck.rA detailed plan of this type had never been done before, with researchers having to make do with plans of Olympic that differed in many interior details, and missing a great deal of information in the crew and machinery spaces.

Bruce is a founding trustee of the Titanic Research and Modeling Association as well as an honorary lifetime member of the British Titanic Society - a recognition accorded to only two other individuals, Robert Hahn and Titanic survivor Elizabeth “Milvina” Dean. He has also held membership in the Irish Titanic Historical Society, Titanic International and the U.S.-based Titanic Historical Society. He has written articles for these organizations on numerous occasions, specializing in technical matters relating to Titanic and her sisters.

Bruce also offers his research and investigative expertise for hire on matters not related to the famous White Star Line sisters. He has been contracted to do private historical research and create booklets and other writings for businesses and pioneer establishments in local communities in the Chicago metropolitan area. He is currently the historical archivist for his local library in Summit Argo, Illinois, and works extensively with other local historical societies in assisting them with their endeavors.

Bruce lives in the Chicago area and is a former police sergeant and investigator. He currently works in private investigation while providing security services for high-risk clients. With the release of Titanic - the Ship Magnificent, Bruce has stated that he will take a break from “rivet counting” and center his attentions on local history, his family and his four young children.