About Us

   Born 20th July 1936, the eldest son of three children to Eric Francis Faulkner and Gwendolyn Louise Woolley.
   Douglas’ mother Gwen, left home at the age of 19 to live in Hereford but lack of work forced her to move to Liverpool, where she found work at a foundry in Bootle. With the outbreak of war her work was changed to weapons manufacture and as it was no longer safe to live in big cities, a 3-year-old Doug was sent to live with his grandfather in Worthen. He went on to school locally and his dream of raising the Titanic began while he was a pupil there.
   George ‘Pops’ Woolley had served during W.W.1 with the the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, as both young Douglas and his father would also do. George was not a rich man and life was hard but his stories were filled with such vibrancy that the young boy found out all about his family, the Amphletts and how their history would shape his future.
   Sally and Ellen (better known as Nel) were his great aunts and had booked a passage on the Titanic. Their belongings had all been placed on board but a premonition before they set sail scared them to the point they decided to stay onshore, leaving their luggage to head off without them.
    It was having been told this story that Douglas became hooked on the Titanic. As he grew older, so did his passion for the great liner. By the time he was 12, he had extensive knowledge of the ship and worked out a way of raising her from her watery grave.

  Douglas still feels today, as he felt all those years ago, that the Titanic should be raised, towed to New York to finish the journey and then be brought back to Southampton, England, the port she started her voyage from. This seems to be the most fitting way to remember the tragic loss of so many people, particularly as most of the crew members originated from the city, rather than leave her buried on the sea bed 2.5 miles down.
  As the history of our claims prove, this company was founded by those involved for a number of years with the persuit of the truth in an effort to hold up Mr. Woolley’s rightful claim to the salvage rights to the R.M.S. Titanic.
With the ever-increasing support and financial backing received, SSMI are seeking additional professionals to further enhance the already established, committed team. Any enquiry, whether it be from financial institutions, professionals or merely Titanic enthusiasts in search of truth, justice and the completion of the world’s most exciting adventure, would be gratefully received.

-My claim was made under the Sea Merchant Act of 1894.
-U.S. Courts have no juristiction over such claims.
There are recorded documents dated:5th October 1971, 16th July 1982 and 24th October 1986 also-
Records in Hong Kong dated: 2nd May and 15th August 1979

These clearly prove the claims made by Douglas John Faulkner Woolley regarding his salvage rights to the R.M.S Titanic.

The RMS Titanic Inc. Are claiming salvors in possession rights to the great liner. This is clearly in conflict with Mr. Woolley’s claims.
U.S. Courts cannot expand salvage rights on a British ship (RMS Titanic), seeking an unprecedented expansion of the U.S. Courts over British salvage claims and titles.
In accordance with the Sea Merchant Act of 1894, both fax and recorded mail were sent on 6th July 1999 to the aforementioned company giving them notice to object to Mr. Woolley’s claims.

No response has ever been received!

Back in 1995, a letter from Mr. George Tullock, on behalf of RMS Titanic Inc.was sent to Mr. Woolley regarding ‘The Truth’:
‘As promised, we will be delighted as the right thing to do is present your story before the people of the world as we move forward to the exhibition. In that effort in the six months ahead we should arrange a meeting between yourself and the proposed exhibition designers in London.
I finally must say that MAIL article was proof of the worst side of journalism. Indeed, “A lie can travel half way round the world before the truth has tied it’s shoes”, as Mark Twain once said.
And, as Lincoln said, “The truth is the best defence”, it just takes time.’