Engineer9860
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The unsinkable RMS Titanic sank.
100 years ago today.
In Memoriam: Liberty Belle
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Lessmore
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One of my wife's ancestors lost his life due to the sinking of the Titanic. He was a passenger on this ill fated ship.
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Engineer9860
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I have had the distinct honor of being able to touch a small section of hull plate from the Titanic.
Reality. When you see shoes laying in pairs on the ocean floor, there can be only one explaination as to how they got there.
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The Mad Norsky
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Always makes me wonder how many more could have been saved had they used to full capacity all life boats available. (including the collapsible ones stowed behind the bridge I believe.)
Certainly, confusion and some panic cost more lives that night.
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Deb and Ed M
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I spent a lot of yesterday afternoon watching the various Nat Geo programs dedicated to the Titanic - it was very interesting. They said the boat was truly state-of-the-art; and that her twin-sister ship the Olympia sailed without a problem for over 20 years.
Something interesting:
It was pointed out that most boats that are sinking, eventually tip over onto their sides. The Titanic never did, despite the gash on one side of the boat and its fairly topheavy build. They speculated that engineers were at work, below the decks, pumping ballast water back and forth in an effort to keep the boat upright so more people could be rescued?
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The Mad Norsky
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I had heard that also, regarding the below decks crew sacrificing themselves by keeping the pumps going, past the point where any of them could have escaped.
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Engineer9860
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I'm sure there are many stories of heroism that cannot ever be told.
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I just read an interesting article in a local newspaper that dedicated one of its stories to a local doctor that perished on the Titanic. It was told by his wife, who survived the accident. It was so addicting to read her words and hear her talk of her husband and how he helped load the lifeboats and how they said their good-byes. It was very, very touching... I even know where the town road is that is named after him, just never knew who he was until now... If I can find it I'll post some of the article.
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Old-Biscuit
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Yep........it was a large boat that sank and lives were lost.
100 years later......large boats are still sinking and lives are still being lost.
100 years from now..large boats will probably still sink and lives will still be lost.
Mankind in all it's glory & wisdom still continues to make stupid mistakes.
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Deb and Ed M
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Old-Biscuit wrote:
Mankind in all it's glory & wisdom still continues to make stupid mistakes.
Ego sometimes comes into play - in the case of the Titanic - to be the fastest crossing ever (yeah - so how'd THAT work out?) - and didn't the Captain of the liner that sank recently, run aground because he was doing a "show-off lap"???
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