About the author
The author and website designer, Dan Parkes, is based in Brighton, the United Kingdom. He has been researching the Titanic and especially the ship's officers, since the late 1980s when his interest began with the building of a large scale cardboard model of the ship. Since then he has formed a large collection of books and memorabilia.
After the release of James Cameron's film in 1997 he took a particular interest in the controversy surrounding the portrayal of First Officer William Murdoch and decided to launch an impartial investigation into his life and the mystery surrounding his death which resulted in a website (www.williammurdoch.net).
In February 2025 he released his first book based on new information he discovered about the life and legacy of Captain E.J. Smith. Entitled "Titanic Legacy: The Captain, the Daughter and the Spy" the 416 page book (with 130 images) was published by Amberley Publishing and after widespread media coverage the first edition hardcover sold out in May 2025. A second edition was released shortly thereafter and was voted the Best Book of 2025 by the Titanic Book Club.
In his day job he is a camera operator/Director of Photography and alternatively can be contacted via his website here now to find out more.
This website is in honour of the 1,496 people who died during the Titanic disaster, and of the wreck of the ship that remains on the North Atlantic ocean floor. We can honour the memory of those lost and respect the wreck by ensuring the truth about such commercially exploitive farbrications as the 'switch' theory is rightfully exposed. Please bookmark and share this website so that we can finally 'switch' off the insulting 'switch' theory.