Karl Behr: A tennis star who survived the Titanic disaster, Behr was traveling on the ship with his future wife, Helen Newsom. When the Titanic struck the iceberg, Behr helped his fiancée onto a lifeboat before being separated from her. Despite the chaos, he managed to secure a spot on ...
There is one good line in the dull walk and talk that a first class wench would have said 'This is MY part of the ship' huffs Rose. But with the spit scene any hopes of a romantic wallow are dead.The cheek of the dinner party is how Jack Dawson, somebody who if Rose had chopped...
As the front filled with water and sunk into the ocean, the back of the ship lifted out of the water. This placed tremendous pressure on the middle of the boat. It eventually cracked, and the front of the ship crashed back into the ocean; the ship sank at 2:20 a.m. on April 15....
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Some had paid less than $20 to make the crossing. It was Third Class that was the major source of profit for shipping lines like White Star, and Titanic was designed to offer these passengers accommodations and amenities superior to those found in Third Class on any other ship of that era...
The great ship turned quickly on time, but before long there was a sound frombelow. The captain (船长) went down to see what was the matter. To his surprise, he found the ship wassinking (下沉) fast because 5 compartments had been broken (被撞破)! Many people jumped out into the...
He found the subs, and now here he is in the control room, and images of these impressions on the ocean floor have Ballard wide awake. More than seven decades after the ship's catastrophic collision with an iceberg, could it be that these craters were left by some of its shattered remai...
(WHOI) studying plate tectonics and activity at mid-ocean ridges. Then, in 1985, he discovered the RMS Titanic and switched his focus to finding lost pieces of human history in the ocean. He explored the Lusitania, found the battleship Bismarck, and searched for Amelia Earhart’s plane in...
Subsequent explorations have found that the wreck is in relatively good condition, with many objects on the ship—jewelry, furniture, shoes, machinery and other items—are still intact. Since its discovery, the wreck has been explored numerous times by manned and unmanned submersibles—including the...
In the years after he found the ship, Ballard met several of the survivors, many of whom were just babies when it sank, and says he feels honored to be “part of that history.” While he believes the site should be left alone, he understands why people are so desperate to see it. ...