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Was the Titanic really sank by an iceberg or was it a terrorist bomb that sank it?
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Was the Titanic really sank by an iceberg or was it a terrorist bomb that sank it?
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I watched a programme which stated that the sinking of the Titanic resulted in the greatest loss of life in maritime history. The presenters seem to have overlooked the loss of RMS Lancastria, sunk off St Nazaire in WWII while evacuating thousands of British troops from France. She sankwith the loss of over 4000 lives, more than the sinking of Titanic and Lusitania put together.
I saw a programme the other night on one of the Nat Geo channels (can't remember) which said that the Titanic went into an area which causes temperatures to fall rapidly and the sky was so bright that you could see a blanket of stars and you couldn't tell which was the sky and which was the ocean due to the stillness of the water and the reflection of the stars on the water. The iceberg coudn't be seen until it was too late and when they swerved to avoid it they didn't swerve far enough as the ice extended out under the water.
Also said these icy conditions can cause mirages which is why the ship which was 5 miles away from the Titanic didn't realise it was the Titanic. The flashing SOS signal from the Titanic was just seen as a twinkilng star.
It was a very interesting programme.
Also said these icy conditions can cause mirages which is why the ship which was 5 miles away from the Titanic didn't realise it was the Titanic. The flashing SOS signal from the Titanic was just seen as a twinkilng star.
It was a very interesting programme.
the Titanic was going to fast in bad conditions, that was the experts opinion on any number of programmes i watched recently. That she was further away from help because the coordinates given out to the nearest vessel were wrong. red flares were fired from the ship which were seen, but not acted upon because at that time it was not seen as a warning that a ship was in critical danger.
That changed like a lot of things after the inquest into the disaster. Like having a lifeboat for every passenger, which wasn't the case with the Titanic.
That changed like a lot of things after the inquest into the disaster. Like having a lifeboat for every passenger, which wasn't the case with the Titanic.
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