The luxury steamship RMS Titanic left the harbor of Southhampton in April 1912 with around 2200 passengers on board. On this fateful morning, no one knew that it would be a journey without return. Three days later, the luxury liner struck an iceberg and sank hours later, resulting in the d...
He served as commanding officer of numerous White Star Line vessels, including the Majestic (which he commanded for nine years) and attracted a strong and loyal following amongst passengers. In 1904, Smith became the commodore of the White Star Line, and was responsible for controlling its ...
The passengers on Titanic were mostly from ___. [ ] A. Britain B. America C. Ireland D. Sweden (5) Professor Frey had expected that ___. [ ] A. Americans would act more like gentlemen than the British B. only the Brits would queue for their turn to get on the lifeboats C. soc...
He had initially planned to visit the Titanic wreckage in 2021, before unforeseen circumstances prevented him from exploring the depths of the Atlantic Ocean until the following year. The Titan submarine no longer exists, as it tragically imploded this week with five passengers on board. YouTuber ...
Byline: LUCY WILSONONE of only four surviving passengers of the Titanic will be guest of honour at a Warwickshire fair.Millvina Dean, aged 90, from Woodlands, near Southampton, was just nine weeks old when she, her two-year-old brother and her parents boarded the ship to start a new ...
Mary thought for a few minutes and then said, “I would tell all the passengers to tie their seat belts first. And then I will jump out of the plane with my parachute (降落伞).”Everyone laughed. ④ James was really surprised at the answer and couldn’t believe the answer came from ...
On November 21, 1916, she was shaken by a blast caused by a naval mine of the German Navy. The event occurred near the Greek island of Kea in the Aegean Sea. The ship sunk roughly an hour later and killed 30 passengers. She became the largest ship that sank during World War I ...
The wife of Stockton Rush, the CEO of OceanGate Expeditions who was piloting the missing submersible on a mission to view the Titanic wreckage, is a descendant of two famous passengers who died when the ocean liner sank in 1912, according to a report. Wendy Rush is a great-great-grandd...
A Klondike Gold Rush era sternwheeler built for transporting men and supplies on the Upper Yukon River in Canada. She was not suited for the larger sections of the turbulent Yukon River, so instead she carried passengers and equipment across Lake Laberge. LAUNCHED: 1898 → FATE: Sank October ...
met its fate in a storm in September 1802 whiletransporting precious artifacts looted from the Parthenon by Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin. The ship, bound for England with 12 passengers and crew, encountered stormy weather and crashed into the rugged coastline of Kythera, sinking to a depth...