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De Burgh's ship, which was in the lead, lunged at the French in a feint attack, but veered away when threatened. Against the advice of his admiral Eustace, the overconfident Robert of Courtenay ordered the French to attack. As the French shortened sail, the English ships gained the windward position and attacked.
Eustace was born a younger son of Baudoin Busket, a lord of the county of Boulogne.According to his biography, he went to Toledo, Spain, and studied black magic there. The author of the Histoire des Ducs de Normandie wrote in Eustace's own day, "No one would believe the marvels he accomplished, nor those which happened to him many times."
William McMaster Murdoch, RNR (28 February 1873 [1] – 15 April 1912) was a British sailor who served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy Reserve and was the first officer on the RMS Titanic. He was the officer in charge on the bridge when the Titanic collided with an iceberg, and was amongst the 1,500 people who died when the ship sank. [2]
At the time of her entry into service on 2 April 1912, the Titanic was the second of three [b] Olympic-class ocean liners, and was the largest ship in the world. She and the earlier RMS Olympic were almost one and a half times the gross register tonnage of Cunard's RMS Lusitania and RMS Mauretania , the previous record holders, and were nearly ...
In this account, his messenger took Lindemann's hand and the two walked to the forward flagmast. As the ship turned over, the two stood briefly to attention, then Lindemann and his messenger saluted. As the ship rolled to port, the messenger fell into the water. Lindemann continued his salute while clinging to the flagmast, going under with the ...
Mr Cameron added that he found the similarities between the two tragedies ironic. “I am struck by the similarity of the Titanic disaster itself, where the captain was repeatedly warned about the ...
The US Coast Guard continues recovery efforts on the site of the Titan’s wreck on the ocean floor. A week after the catastrophic implosion that killed all five passengers aboard the fated ...
The Attorney General, Sir Rufus Isaacs, presented the inquiry with a list of 26 key questions to be answered. When news of the disaster reached the UK government the responsibility for initiating an inquiry lay with the Board of Trade, the organisation responsible for British maritime regulations and whose inspectors had certified Titanic as seaworthy before her maiden voyage.