BBC Breakfast News this morning. All about the Titanic.
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It's all a bit cringeworthy, especially the BBC's fawning about it for what feels like weeks now. But, the british public love a bit of grief - even if it is for something they probably only remember thanks to a James Cameron film. Still, I'm sure an arbitrary anniversary will help them no end despite the fact there's been no shortage of far worse disasters over the years.
Probably just as much as it has with Las Vegas, where you'll also find a Titanic exhibition, in addition to as Hong Kong, Chicago, Melbourne, and various other places. It's just a nice way to hoover out some pockets and to display some plundered spoons and the like.
Eric Mc said:
Noger said:
Having just been to the Titanic exhibition in Singapore, the "practically unsinkable" tag came from an article in Shipbuilder magazine in 1911.
What connection has Singapore got to the Titanic?Edited by Stu R on Monday 16th April 00:02
The story that bears repeating is that of Violet Jessops. Her claim to fame was that she was (a nurse?) on the maiden voyage of the Olympic, sister ship of the Titanic when it struck an RN ship on its way out into the Solent, suffering serious damage. Not sure what happened to the other ship but if memeory serves it too was seriously damaged.
Olympic returned to dock for major repairs and she was drafted on board the Titanic when it sailed a couple of years later. I won't spoil the story for anyone following the television series but she was rescued by the Carpathia.
She then served on the Britannic, a hospital ship, in WWI. The ship was torpedoed/struck a mine in the Med and she, by now quite proficient at getting out of sinking ships, got into a lifeboat but somehow managed to be hit on the head by the Britannic. She survived. I seem to remember reading that the Britannic struck a mine but it was felt it helped the war effort to suggest it was a sumbarine that sank it. Not too sure of the logic myself.
VJ was, not to put a fine point on it, the kiss of death to ships.
She was told by a crew member of the Titanic to put on her lifejacket to show the 3rd class how to go about it and to encourage them into the lifeboats. This rather contradicts the stories of the 3rd class being abandoned.
There's a book about her, probably long out of print. It was a bit of an effort to read.
Olympic returned to dock for major repairs and she was drafted on board the Titanic when it sailed a couple of years later. I won't spoil the story for anyone following the television series but she was rescued by the Carpathia.
She then served on the Britannic, a hospital ship, in WWI. The ship was torpedoed/struck a mine in the Med and she, by now quite proficient at getting out of sinking ships, got into a lifeboat but somehow managed to be hit on the head by the Britannic. She survived. I seem to remember reading that the Britannic struck a mine but it was felt it helped the war effort to suggest it was a sumbarine that sank it. Not too sure of the logic myself.
VJ was, not to put a fine point on it, the kiss of death to ships.
She was told by a crew member of the Titanic to put on her lifejacket to show the 3rd class how to go about it and to encourage them into the lifeboats. This rather contradicts the stories of the 3rd class being abandoned.
There's a book about her, probably long out of print. It was a bit of an effort to read.
Eric Mc said:
Noger said:
Having just been to the Titanic exhibition in Singapore, the "practically unsinkable" tag came from an article in Shipbuilder magazine in 1911.
What connection has Singapore got to the Titanic?
..or maybe it's an ark if the sea level rises 100m ...............
google for Marina Bay Sands images
Ah, my thread has finally arrived 
I'd just like to add that I'm also sick of having Titanic rammed down my throat by the Beeb. Living in Poole I get South Today as the evening local news show, or should I say Titanic today as I've renamed it. Over the past month (yes I'm sad I know) I've kept a log of how many articles or mentions in shows its had 24 yes twenty f
king four in the last month. JUST GIVE IT A REST. 
I'd just like to add that I'm also sick of having Titanic rammed down my throat by the Beeb. Living in Poole I get South Today as the evening local news show, or should I say Titanic today as I've renamed it. Over the past month (yes I'm sad I know) I've kept a log of how many articles or mentions in shows its had 24 yes twenty fking four in the last month. JUST GIVE IT A REST. 
Derek Smith said:
I seem to remember reading that the Britannic struck a mine but it was felt it helped the war effort to suggest it was a sumbarine that sank it. Not too sure of the logic myself.
Probably because if you are sunk by a Sub it's the crafty Hun sneaking up on you which just isn't cricket, whereas if you hit a mine it's the bloke driving not looking where he's going.over_the_hill said:
Probably because if you are sunk by a Sub it's the crafty Hun sneaking up on you which just isn't cricket, whereas if you hit a mine it's the bloke driving not looking where he's going.
The Titanic sinking 'only' killed 1500 or so people, the sinking of the Lusitania is one of the primary reasons for the USA entering 'The Great War'. There was never anything special about the Titanic other than it hit a block of ice and sank, there were far bigger ships just a short while later like the Queen Mary that dwarfed the Titanic and went on to have many years of great service, ferring passengers, cargo and troops.Ozzie Osmond said:
Ayahuasca said:
Why does everyone say it sank on its maiden voyage?
The "voyage" was from Southampton to New York with stops at Cherbourg and Cork....It was its maiden Atlantic crossing, not its maiden voyage.
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