The sinking of the RMS Titanic is one of the most famous tragedies in maritime history, with some stories of the Titanic survivors having reached legendary status. As the pride of the White Star Line, the ship known as Titanic set sail on its maiden voyage in 1912. Little did its more ...
but legend has always had it that the hymn “Nearer, My God to Thee” was the very last piece of music played on board the Titanic; indeed, many, many survivors reported having heard this hymn being played. Uncertainty arises, however, when we learn that there are three different versions...
Marian Thayer and Eleanor Widener-to Rostron in recognition of his service to rescue Titanic survivors. Rostron received the watch while attending at a luncheon given in his honor by Mrs. Astor at her home in June 1912.
The Wilhelm Gustloff is the unfortunate record holder with ~9,500 or so lives after being torpedoed by a Russian submarine in the Baltic during the final months of WWII in Europe. WWII in particular racked up several dozen losses that surpassed Titanic's death toll. Most were ocean liners ...
Did you know you can ride a submarine in the Great Lakes?Read full article: Did you know you can ride a submarine in the Great Lakes? If you’ve turned on the news in the last few days, you probably already know about the Titan submersible, a submarine of sorts that has been missing...
Photo:David Wagner(publicdomainpictures.net) October is the 10th month on the Gregorian and Julian calendars. Under the old Roman calendar this was the eighth month and retained its name. October in the Northern Hemisphere begins the full transition to Autumn while in the Southern Hemisphere it...