Dog Names Meaning Destiny

When the Titanic left port on April 10, 1912, from Southampton, England, she carried twelve canine passengers. All of the dogs were pets of first-class passengers. Ann Elisabeth Isham owned a big, lumbering Great Dane. She was the daughter of a successful American attorney named Edward Swift Isham. Elisabeth had spent the last nine years before boarding the Titanic living in Paris, France with her beloved dog. She had decided to return to the U.S. to spend the summer with her brother and had booked passage on the luxury liner. 

Elisabeth's ticket number was 17595. She was staying in cabin C-49. Unfortunately, she was not allowed to keep her Great Dane with her in her cabin. As per the ship's rules, her dog had to be kept with the other canine passengers. It was rumored to have broken Elisabeth's heart to be separated from her furry friend. Surviving passengers remember that she would visit her large dog daily. Her Great Dane is pictured in one of the only known photos of some of the dogs who were aboard the Titanic. The photo was taken on the deck of the Titanic. It shows a Bulldog, a Spaniel, and a Great Dane seated and laying beside each other. 

In the early morning hours of April 15, 1912, the Titanic ran into a massive iceberg and suffered severe damage. As the ship started to take on water, the crew knew that they had only a short time to get the lifeboats into the water and evacuate the passengers. It is rumored that crewmen set the dogs loose from their kennels. Elisabeth found her Great Dane and boarded a lifeboat. However, she was told that she could not have her large dog on the boat. Her cherished companion took up too much room that could be used by another human passenger. Elisabeth refused to be parted from her canine friend and chose to disembark the lifeboat to stay with her dog. 

When the rescue boats arrived to look for survivors, it is rumored that they found her floating with her Great Dane. Her arms were wrapped firmly around the dog's neck. Sadly, both had perished. Although Elisabeth's furry companion had no recorded name, history books clearly remember her dog and call him the 'Great Dane of the Titanic.' His destiny and fate are forever entwined in the ill-fated ship's history.