A)It was a mere piece of decoration. B)It was the work of a famous artist. C)It was designed to let out extra smoke. D)It was easily identifiable from afar. 54.What might have led to the tragic end of the Titanic and the Britannic? A)Their unscientific designs. B)Their captains’...
On the Britannic expedition [sister ship to the Titanic, lying in the Kea Channel, Greece] we ran bottom times of up to 48 mins at an average depth of 105m. Filming for National Geographic the in-water time was up to 6 hours… The whole dive, including all the decompression was done ...
John Harrison, a British clockmaker, invented the marine chronometer. Harrison provided the first reliable watch that could maintain accurate time on long sea voyages. One of his prototype watches, called the H5, was tested by King George III and was determined to be accurate to within...
The Britannic was the lesser known, but largest and most extravagant, of the three Olympic Class ocean liners built by White Star for trans-Atlantic voyages. However, just months after its completion, the British government enlisted the liner for use as a hospital ship during World War I. Th...
The Britannic was the lesser known, but largest and most extravagant, of the three Olympic Class ocean liners built by White Star for trans-Atlantic voyages. However, just months after its completion, the British government enlisted the liner for use as a hospital ship during World War I. Th...
And that was that. I kept the weathered look of the original border as is. And it’s okay that the letters aren’t perfect. It’s hand-made! This is another keeper! It’s already hanging in our kitchen! I don’t know why it took me so long to do something with it. Now instead...
of her son. That included her step-son Britannicus. And it included her husband, the fourth Roman emperor, Claudius, poisoned with a dish of mushrooms. After which her own son, the 16-year-old Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, was hailed as his successor on the steps of t...
JOHANNES ACUTUS EQUES BRITANNICUS DUX AETATIS SUAE CAUTISSIMUS ET REI MILITARIS PERITISSIMUS HABITUS EST (John Hawkwood the British Knight, who was regarded as the most prudent commander of his age, and the most experienced in military affairs.) Yet this fine figure was also one of the mo...
Excellency was moved for as a title by Mr. Izard. It was withdrawn by Mr. Izard, and highness, with some prefatory word, proposed by Mr. Lee. Now long harangues were made in favor of this title…. It was insisted that such a dignified title would add greatly to the weight and auth...