Tuesday marks one year since the Titan sub lost contact about one hour and 45 minutes into its voyage to the wreckage of the Titanic. Jun 14, 2024 Ohio billionaire to attempt taking sub to Titanic wreckage Ohio billionaire Larry Connor said he wants to prove that the imploded Titan sub "...
By Patrick Whittle, Associated PressSeptember 19, 2024 at 7:36pm BST Mission specialist for Titan sub owner says goal was to ‘make dreams come true’ The coast guard opened a public hearing that is part of a high-level investigation into the doomed mission earlier this month. By Patrick ...
Lost at Sea; The Titanic left a question for all of us: What would I have done?Richard Cohen
That raises a concern that perhaps a valuable historical artifact will be totally lost forever if it cannot be recovered soon. At least that is the concern of RMS Titanic Inc that now is petitioning the federal court for permission to retrieve the Marconi wireless transmitter from inside Titanic...
This same overconfidence explains the electrifying impact Titanic’s sinking had on the public when she was lost. There was widespread disbelief that the ship could not possibly have sunk, and, due to the era’s slow and unreliable means of communication, misinformation abounded. Newspapers initial...
According to historical data, approximately 74 percent of female passengers survived, while only around 20 percent of male passengers survived. The prioritization of "women and children first" during the evacuation process, according to orders from Captain Edward John Smith, meant that women were ...
The great ship,“Titanic”,sailed for New York on April 10th,1912.She was carrying more than 2,000 people. At that time,shewas not only the biggest and finest shipin the world,butalsowasthought to be unsinkable.The ship had six compartments.She would still be able to stay on the sea ...
As more time has passed, continued investigation into what caused the ship to sink have perpetuated the idea that the builders tried to cut costs, sometimes neglecting to provide sufficient historical context. When it was discovered that theTitanichadn't fallen to the bottom of the ocean in on...
After Leonardo DiCaprio refused to read alongside Kate Winslet, writer-director James Cameron said he could either read for the part or leave.
The Iceberg Was Only Part of It What doomed the Titanic is well known at least in outline. On a moonless night of April 15 1912 the ship hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic with 1 500 lives lost. A century later many people pres