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  2. British Wreck Commissioner's inquiry into the sinking of the

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    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.

  3. Charles Lightoller - Wikipedia

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    Then the Titanic ' s Number 1 (forward) funnel broke free and hit the water, washing the collapsible further away from the sinking ship; it killed several people and closely missed Lightoller. [ 43 ] Lightoller climbed onto the boat and took charge, calming and organising the survivors (numbering around 30) on the overturned lifeboat. [ 44 ]

  4. Sinking of the Titanic - Wikipedia

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    On 1 September 1985, a joint US-French expedition led by Robert Ballard found the wreck of Titanic, [241] and the ship's rediscovery led to an explosion of interest in Titanic ' s story. [242] Numerous expeditions have been launched to film the wreck and, controversially, to salvage objects from the debris field. [239]

  5. James Cameron knew about the Titanic sub implosion days ... - AOL

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    But the ‘Titanic’ filmmaker has been immersed in the deep-sea exploration community for decades, Bevan Hurley writes James Cameron knew about the Titanic sub implosion days before it was found ...

  6. A Night to Remember (book) - Wikipedia

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    A Night to Remember is a 1955 non-fiction book by Walter Lord that tells the story of the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912. The book was hugely successful, and is still considered a definitive resource about the Titanic. Lord interviewed 63 survivors of the disaster and drew on books, memoirs, and articles that they had written.

  7. Titanic - Wikipedia

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    Titanic was 882 feet 9 inches (269.06 m) long with a maximum breadth of 92 feet 6 inches (28.19 m). The ship's total height, measured from the base of the keel to the top of the bridge, was 104 feet (32 m). [16] Titanic measured 46,329 GRT and 21,831 NRT [17] and with a draught of 34 feet 7 inches (10.54 m) and displaced 52,310 tonnes. [5]

  8. Why did the Titanic sub implode? - AOL

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    The Titan set off from its mothership, the Polar Prince, on Sunday 18 June, heading for the remains of the Titanic some 3,800 metres below the surface of the ocean. Communications ceased about an ...

  9. Missing Titanic sub update - Debris confirms deaths as family ...

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    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 ...