The bronze and granite memorial was originally unveiled by Sir Archibald Denny, president of the Institute of Marine Engineers[1] on 22 April 1914.
[6][7] It was designed and built by Whitehead and Son of the Imperial Works, Kennington Oval in London.
[8] It features a bronze statue of Nike, the Greek Winged Goddess of Victory, created by Trieste-born sculptor Romeo Rathmann, and carvings which represent the engineer officers of the ship, who died in the disaster.
[13] On a sunny afternoon on 22 April 1914, 100,000 people gathered in Andrews Park, Southampton to witness the unveiling of the memorial to the engineers who had died on the Titanic two years earlier.
Unveiling the statue, Sir Archibald Denny said: "By the manner of their deaths [the engineers] carried out one of the finest traditions of our race.