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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.
The last messages sent by the Titan submersible before it imploded last year during a doomed voyage to the wreck of the Titanic have now been revealed, showing how the five passengers experienced ...
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.
The story of the Titanic fascinates people to this day for many reasons, Ballard said. It was at the time the world's largest ocean liner and was supposed to be virtually unsinkable.
If the fatal iceberg was indeed about 125 m (410 ft) long, the total height would have been up to 100 m (330 ft). Above the water surface, it would therefore have been 15 to 17 m (49 to 56 ft) high, which would fit the witness statements about the height (above the water surface). The mass would have been 2 megatons. [34]
Saved from the Titanic was a 1912 American silent short film starring Dorothy Gibson, an American film actress who survived the sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912. Premiering in the United States just 31 days after the event, it was the earliest dramatization of the tragedy.
That implosion could have been caused by tiny fissures in the hull of the sub, according to Jasper Graham-Jones, an associate professor of mechanical and marine engineering at the University of ...
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.