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Lowe then took a crew of seven crewmen and one male passenger who volunteered to help, and then rowed back to the site of the sinking. The whole operation took about three-quarters of an hour. By the time No. 14 headed back to the site of the sinking, almost all of those in the water were dead and only a few voices could still be heard. [205]
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.
Nevertheless, Titanic continued to steam at full speed, which was standard practice at the time. [154] Although not trying to set a speed record, [ 155 ] timekeeping was a priority, and under prevailing maritime practices, ships were often operated at close to full speed; ice warnings were seen as advisories, and reliance was placed upon ...
The first full-size digital scan of the Titanic has revealed the world’s most famous shipwreck as never seen before, and experts hope that it will provide more insight into how the liner came to ...
The first 3D digital scan of the Titanic shipwreck offers a never-before-seen detailed view of the ill-fated ocean liner in its entirety. The unprecedented replica shows a complete image of the ...
Deep-sea mapping of more than 700,000 images by Magellan Ltd carried out in 2022 has revealed a complete view of the wreck, which lies 12,500ft (3,800 metres) below the surface of the Atlantic ocean.
The sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 14–15, 1912 resulted in an inquiry by a subcommittee of the Commerce Committee of the United States Senate, chaired by Senator William Alden Smith. The hearings began in New York on April 19, 1912, later moving to Washington, D.C., concluding on May 25, 1912 with a return visit to New York.
This image provided by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution shows the deck of Titanic 12,500 feet (3.8 kilometers) below the surface of the ocean, 400 miles (640 kilometers) off the coast of ...