fact
In the weeks following the Titanic sinking, over 118,000 people had joined the “just missed it club”, claiming they had missed or canceled their trip at the last moment.
The post In the weeks following the Titanic.. appeared first on Crazy Facts.
The elderly couple seen hugging on the bed in Titanic (1997) while water floods their room were the owners of Macy’s department store, Rosalie Ida Straus and Isidor Straus. Ida refused a seat on a lifeboat, stating “Where you go, I go” which inspired Rose’s line in the film. Isidor was offered a place on […]
The post The elderly couple seen hugging… appeared first on Crazy Facts.
One of the 2 co-owners/founders of Macy’s died on the Titanic, along with his wife, because he refused to board rescue ships before women and children were helped. His wife chose to stay behind because she did not want to abandon her husband, so they both died together aboard the Titanic.
The post One of the 2 co-owners/founders of Macy… appeared first on Crazy Facts.
When you think about when and where the Titanic slipped beneath the water for the final time, it’s completely astounding that we know as much about her as we do.
We have images, written history, video – largely thanks to the obsession of James Cameron – that mean one of history’s most epic disasters will never be forgotten.
That said, like all great ships, the Titanic seems determined to hold onto at least a few of her mysteries, scientific advancements be damned.
All of the Titanic’s binoculars were in a locked storage compartment – and the key was with a disembarked crew member back in London. He was transferred last minute and “forgot” he had the key.
Coincidence? Accident? Or something more…
There is credible evidence that the ship had been damaged by a coal fire that had raged for three weeks before she even left port.
The fire could have weakened the hole, causing the swift sinking after the collision.
The S.S. Californian was nearby – less than 20km away – and radioed to inform Titanic that they were stopped by a “dense ice field.” The radio operator, Jack Phillips, either never conveyed the warning to Captain Smith or relayed it as “non-urgent.”
We’ll never know which, or why, because he went down with the ship.
The prevailing theory on this is simple – there was pressure on Captain Smith to make the crossing as fast as possible, since Titanic was supposed to be the newest, best thing in ocean travel.
One Robert H. Essenhigh, though, published a paper claiming the real reason for speed was to burn coal as quickly as possible due to the aforementioned coal fire issue.
We mentioned how close the Californian was when Titanic’s first distress calls went out – yet, they never responded. They claimed that they didn’t ignore the repeated calls for help, but instead didn’t hear them because the radio operator had gone off duty.
Plenty of fodder there for a conspiracy theory, if you’re so inclined.
It was 1985 when oceanographer Robert Ballard first discovered Titanic’s wreckage, 2.5 miles below the surface of the ocean.
We learned for the first time that the ship had broken in two before sinking, and engineers began to speculate whether design flaws and skimping on quality materials could have been the cause of death for hundreds.
A Norwegian ship, the Samson, was also nearby – maybe even closer than Californian – but they ignored distress calls, too.
It’s thought they were out hunting seals illegally and didn’t want to get caught.
Some conspiracy theorists believe a German U-boat torpedoed the ship, and if you think that’s farfetched, well…they did sink a passenger ship, the Lusitania three years later.
There’s no disagreement on the fact that, had there been sufficient lifeboats for passengers and crew, far fewer people would have perished that fateful night.
Instead of having enough for everyone, the “luxury” liner carried only 20 lifeboats – the legal minimum – which smacks of cutting corners.
Corners that cost hundreds of lives.
Professional mariner Captain L.M. Collins, and others with similar experience, believe that the Titanic steamed into a hidden floe of “pack ice,” instead of hitting an iceberg.
Pack ice is multi-year-old sheets of ice floating near the ocean’s surface, and Collins points out that eyewitness accounts could be due to the natural optical illusion. Also, he believes the ship would have sunk much quicker had an iceberg been the real culprit.
I’d never even considered some of these and now I want to know! Argh!
What’s your favorite Titanic fact? Share it with us in the comments!
The post The Titanic Might Keep These 10 Secrets Forever appeared first on UberFacts.
The fourth funnel on the Titanic was fake. It was for appearances only: it made the ship look bigger. It was not connected to the charcoal ovens, but it was connected to the first-class smoking room, making it a sort of oversized kitchen hood.
The post The fourth funnel on the Titanic… appeared first on Crazy Facts.
The Chief Baker on the Titanic “fortified” himself using alcohol and survived the freezing for two hours until he was rescued from the sinking ocean liner.
In 1898, Morgan Robertson wrote a novel about an ocean liner sinking in the North Atlantic after hitting an iceberg. That is 14 years before the Titanic sunk in the same place and in the same way. And if this was not enough, the novel was titled: “The Wreck of the Titan: Or, Futility”. The […]
26 years before Titanic, William Thomas Stead wrote a story called “How the Mail Steamer Went Down in Mid Atlantic by a Survivor.” The title’s pretty descriptive, with the concern of the story being a lack of adequate safety precautions, specifically lifeboats. Stead himself would die on Titanic.
A young Irishman threw a message in a bottle from the sinking Titanic. He drowned. A year later, the bottle washed up on a beach — just a few miles from his mother’s home in Ireland. 00
A single Boeing 777 Engine delivers twice the horsepower of all the Titanic’s steam engines combined. 00
– – #titanic #titanicship #titanicart #art #titanic1912 #ship #oldship
| Second officer Lightoller and first officer Murdoch (right) prepare to close the gangway before Titanic’s departure from Queenstown, Ireland, April 11th, 1912. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This is the last photograph of Murdoch or any Titanic officer ever seen ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #rmstitanic #titanic #titanic1912 #rmstitanic1912 #photo #history #naval #ship #1912 #historia #whitestarline #barco #olympicclass #beautiful #nice #oceanliner #southampton #england #belfast #olympic #sinking #titanicdisaster #wreck #titanicsinking⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 
| El segundo oficial Lightoller y el primer oficial Murdoch se preparan para cerrar la puerta antes de la partida del Titanic en Queenstown, Irlanda, 11 de abril de 1912. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Esta es la última fotografía de Murdoch o de cualquier otro oficial del Titanic.
#Titanic #RMSTitanic #Titanic1912 #RMSTitanic1912 #TitanicSinking #SinkingOfTheTitanic #TitanicWreck #WreckOfTheTitanic #TheTitanic #LeTitanic 
Pics from the 1997 movie 
, hospital 
, Turkish bath spa 
, squash court 
, barber shop 
, and even a post office 
. . . . [Photo description: A post card shows a depiction of Titanic's pool which was located on F Deck . . . . . . . #historylovers #history #historyfacts #historical #titanicsinking #titanichistory #titanicfacts #titanicmemorial #titanic #rmstitanic #coronavirus #covid19 #wuhanvirus #pandemic #selfisolation #socialdistancing #washyourhands #strangehistory #fact #interesting #truth #news #trustworthy
#tellyourstory #stjohnsharbour #sunset #stjohns #packice #explorenl #newfoundland #localart #emptywalls #pieceofhome Order Here 
http://ow.ly/yuyy50z3HMz