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"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"
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Posted on 04/15/2016 6:07:39 AM PDT by artichokegrower
This Day in History – At 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, the British ocean liner RMS Titanic sinks into the North Atlantic Ocean about 400 miles south of Newfoundland, Canada.
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The sinking of the SS TRUMPTANTIC will be equally shocking.
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Another odd theory I’ve read concerning the “Titanic” is that the mystery ship that could be seen in the distance but did not respond to the distress flares and calls may have been a schooner engaged in illegal whaling and its crew may have avoided “Titanic” out of fear of being reported for such activity.
All the passengers were rescued except for the ones who died.
It took many hours after the sinking for the real, horrible news to get out. Even then, ships with wireless could relay reports of last contact with Titanic and the rescue of survivors.
Delays in publishing the truth were entirely due to the powers that were.
The ship in the distance was the Californian, stopped dead in the water due to ice, and with her wireless shut down at midnight. Titanic’s first SOS went out around 12:20 a.m.
Californian reported seeing eight distress rockets being fired “from a large ship” but her captain did nothing.
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"Nooooooooo!!!!!"
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"
"Nooooooooo!!!!!"
They all died. The last one in 2009.
Actually, the lookouts had no binoculars that night. Five pair were known to be on board, but none of the ship’s officers could locate them.
When the lookouts spotted the iceberg with the naked eye, it was too late.
Anybody know of any other significant sinkings caused by collision with an iceberg? Obviously the Titanic was the most consequential, but you never hear of any others (at least I haven’t).
Anyone that has run into Rosie O'Donnell....
There was a story about a new ocean liner written in the late 1800’s that hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage. The ships name in the story was The Titan. The name of the story was “Futility” see:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futility,_or_the_Wreck_of_the_Titan
It appears (or didn’t) that there was no moon out that night, it hadn’t risen yet. Sliver of a moon came up about 2 hours before dawn.
Thank you. Interesting that the death toll with the Titanic was almost twice that of all the other nine tragedies put together.
Thanks—did not know this. Fascinating.
Because of this incident, International Maritime regulations require commercial ships to have radios manned 24/7.
The Titanic disaster was not attributable to any one thing, but to a combination of many factors from the type of steel used in her construction to the poor command of her skipper. If any of those factors had not taken place, the disaster would not have happened.
The greatest lesson is that of overweening human pride and sense of self-importance that tells us we can build an “unsinkable” ship. It’s that same hubris that tells us we are so powerful that we can change the climate.
Was the Captain’s last name Clinton?
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