titanic

"Contrary to the popular interpretation the White Star Line never made any substantive claims that the Titanic was unsinkable - and nobody really talked about the ship's unsinkability until after the event, argues Howells." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17515305 More at the link.

According to a news item on Yahoo, the granddaughter of the Titanic's 2nd officer (who was the highest-ranking survivor) made 2 claims that haven't been made in the past, one of which is very significant: 1) That the Titanic could have avoided the iceberg if a panicky helmsman hadn't steered the...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100922/lf_nm_life/us_britain_titanic_book fascinating. in the movie, the ship completely stops. I guess this is false. and in the movie, the ship does try to steer to the left of the iceberg. I guess this is also, false.

More Britons than Americans died on Titanic 'because they queued' Discuss :D

I've been doing some reading on the Titanic Disaster, several what if's about this event. Was wondering if anyone has any insight. 1. Captain Smith - Many point to him calling him negligent for proceeding into a known ice area at high speed. He did "turn the corner" about 15 miles south of the...

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One night last week I watched "Hollywood Science" on the National Geographic channel. This particular episode dealt with the making of the movie "Titanic." Apart from the special effects wizardry on display, I was fascinated by James Cameron's approach to the project, his total immersion in his...

The idea that the Titanic was sunk by ice is stupid. It like saying a piece of ice could break a sword. Now why would the designer call it the unsinkable ship? Their is so many inconsistancy in the after report that the people have to be lying, however reports suggest something different happen.

:jaw-dropp Unfastened coins: http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=af07 I thought it was pretty funny

Yet another Troother site.... Sheesh!! http://maddox.xmission.com/

Robertson's novel "Futility" about an enormous luxury cruise vessel getting sunk by an iceberg written some 14 years before the sinking of the Titanic seems to parallel real-world events in many details such as to size, weight, passenger load, point of origin, destination, month of sinking and...

"You can believe what they told you, or you can believe your own eyes: thevideo.google.com "I was asleep in my cabin when the crash came," said Mrs. Bucknell, beginning her account of the disaster. "I cannot explain just what the noise was like, except that it was horrible and sounded like a...

I was over on the LC forums after reading KTs thread and decided to peruse the "debate" section when I came accross Dylan Avery posting this drivel about the WTC: I suppose he finally figured out there was quite a bit more energy released than the solo 707 flying in on approach through the fog...