Marconi cancelled his Titanic voyage
1 On 10 April 1912, when the Titanic set out on its fateful maiden voyage, Marconi’s wireless telegraph had been installed aboard the ship. The fact that the inventor was not also on the vessel was a case of chance.
The White Star Line shipping company had offered Marconi and his family free tickets. However Marconi chose to travel on the earlier sailing of the Lusitania instead, partly because he was
