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More than 1,500 lives were lost -- but some argue that could have been avoided. According to a recent post on Reddit , another ship was close by and could have saved the doomed passengers.
This theory suggests that if these doors had been opened, the Titanic would have settled on an even keel and therefore, perhaps, remained afloat long enough for rescue ships to arrive. However, this theory has been rebutted for two reasons: first, the first four compartments were naturally watertight, thus it was impossible to lower the ...
Intertitle: [ Some of the heroes of the Titanic's crew picked up at sea. ] Various shots of some of the crew wearing lifejackets while being interviewed by a reporter. Two of the crew act out how one saved the other from drowning. Intertitle: [ Reporters interviewing survivors. ] Mid-shot of a group of journalists.
It may have formed in 1910 or 1911 and could have drifted north with the West Greenland Current into Baffin Bay, from where it would have drifted south again thanks to the Labrador Current. An iceberg can, for example, be washed up on the coast or run aground. There it melts, or it comes free again and continues its journey south. [1]
Had the ship been equipped with enough lifeboats for passengers, or had fewer of the watertight compartments been breached, perhaps more lives could have been saved.” Skylar Baker-Jordan writes:
A search is ongoing for the five missing passengers somewhere in the vicinity of the Titanic wreckage. Titanic submersible: How sunken subs have been recovered in the past [Video] Skip to main content
The SS Californian had been "much nearer [to Titanic] than the captain is willing to admit" and the British Government should take "drastic action" against him for his actions. J. Bruce Ismay had not ordered Captain Smith to put on extra speed, but Ismay's presence on board may have contributed to the captain's decision to do so.
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