BBC Breakfast News this morning. All about the Titanic.

[madala]

Jasandjules said:

Can anyone explain to my WHY there is so much fascination with this ship? I mean, other ships have sunk with significantly higher loss of life?!?

.....maiden voyage and supposedly unsinkable......I think that sums it up....not rocket science.

[Ayahuasca]

M3333 said:

Again now on BBC Breakfast.

Filming at the Titanic cemetary in Halifax, New Jersey.

Crowds of people crying, throwing themselves around unmarked graves of people they did not even know.

FFS.

Halifax, New Jersey?

[matchmaker]

Ayahuasca said:

M3333 said:

Again now on BBC Breakfast.

Filming at the Titanic cemetary in Halifax, New Jersey.

Crowds of people crying, throwing themselves around unmarked graves of people they did not even know.

FFS.

Halifax, New Jersey?

No, Halifax, Yorkshire of course

[10 Pence Short]

matchmaker said:

No, Halifax, Yorkshire of course

Ooh, yer bastid. 'arf dozen o'me best barms wen' down wi t'big ship.

[supertouring]

Willy Nilly said:

Helltrain for you I'm affraid []

[M3333]

Halifax, Nova Scotia

My bad, twas early

[PGM]

Was Susanna doing the programme?

[M3333]

PGM said:

Was Susanna doing the programme?

Yes she was, the only reason i tuned in for 5, very nice legs.

[Eric Mc]

M3333 said:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

My bad, twas early

Wasn't Halifax practically destroyed by an exploding ship once?

[matchmaker]

Eric Mc said:

M3333 said:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

My bad, twas early

Wasn't Halifax practically destroyed by an exploding ship once?

Yes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion

[alfaman]

ooo000ooo said:

On some program last week about it (titanic conspiracies i think) they analysed a number of the rivets recovered from the wreck and figured something like 3% of the 3 million rivets used were slightly sub standard, the rest were ok.

See link for info on rivets and metal .. apparently low[er] grade rivets were specified and also iron rivets used for bow /stern and steel for centre of hull. the plates stopped splitting at the start of the steel rivets



http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/science/15titani...

[Eric Mc]

matchmaker said:

Eric Mc said:

M3333 said:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

My bad, twas early

Wasn't Halifax practically destroyed by an exploding ship once?

Yes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion

Maybe they should pay more attention to their own tragedy then.

[CommanderJameson]

Eric Mc said:

M3333 said:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

My bad, twas early

Wasn't Halifax practically destroyed by an exploding ship once?

I read that as "exploding space ship", eagerly went to Wikipedia for the details, and was sadly disappointed.