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A nearby tugboat, Vulcan, came to the rescue by taking New York under tow, and Titanic ' s 62-year-old Captain Edward Smith, the most senior of the White Star Line's captains, ordered her engines to be put "full astern". [7] The two ships avoided a collision by a distance of about 4 feet (1.2 m).
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:1912 deaths. It includes 1912 deaths that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Victims of the RMS Titanic .
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The official death toll was 470, though some evidence suggests that the ship was overcrowded and the true death toll may have been much greater, likely more than 1,600. [7] 1,600 (estimated) 1993 Haiti: Ferry Neptune – Sank on 16 February. [8] [9] [10] 1,500 (estimated) 1912 United Kingdom
Titanic was long thought to have sunk in one piece and, over the years, many schemes were put forward for raising the wreck. None came to fruition. [ 254 ] The fundamental problem was the sheer difficulty of finding and reaching a wreck that lies over 12,000 feet (3,700 m) below the surface, where the water pressure is over 5,300 pounds per ...
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Dean died of pneumonia on the morning of 31 May 2009, aged 97 at a care home in Ashurst, Hampshire; [2] [20] her death coincided with the 98th anniversary of the Titanic's launch on 31 May 1911. She was cremated, and on 24 October 2009, her ashes were scattered from a launch at the docks in Southampton where the Titanic set sail. [21]
Missing Titanic submarine: Timeline of how the deep-sea tragedy unfolded 06:03 , Graeme Massie Five crew members are presumed to be dead after the Titan submarine suffered a ‘catastrophic ...