100 Years Ago This Week.... She Was A Fine Ship. R.M.S. Titanic

[tombogan03884]

Yep.

I also think the working crew had an effect on the uprightness. Like several pointed out on the shows, I feel they sacrificed themselves working to keep the ship afloat for so long.
After all the study and research, there are just too many factors involved to 'blame' one area more than another for the tragedy. Many things could have been done better, or at least different, and it would have been just another footnote in history (like the educational system seems to have made it) instead of a learning point. One of the guys on the History channel show pointed out that many of the ship design characteristics are still in use today in shipbuilding...... albeit with better metallurgy.

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Global warming makes for safer seas.   

[Majer]

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Global warming makes for safer seas.   



Deeper too 

[Pathfinder]

While waiting for my car being repaired at the dealer, I managed to get control of the waiting room remote, and turned off Ellen Degenerate. I put History on, and caught the last 10 minutes of what had to be the Ballard show. Very good - damn, those photo mosaics were incredible, as was the mapping of the ocean floor, as well as the analysis that led to the conclusion that the stern had been spiraling down, whereas the bow section glided

The one thing they pointed out was that the design of the ship was the primary reason it stayed upright. They pointed out that with the Andrea Doria, the Lusitania and the recent grounding off Italy, they all rolled when they took on water. The Titanic did not, even when sinking. Might have been the trimming efforts, they thought it was based on the design of the ship.

[alfsauve]

Did anyone catch the new 4 part mini-series.  It's a fictional drama done in a rather different approach.  Each 1 hour show starts the time-line over, but follows different passengers and crew.  In Part 4 the ship finally sinks.   While fiction, it does give one a different  look at the drama that may have taken place over the Decaprio version.

I especially was fascinated with the story of the killer, Peter, who decided to chuck his life of crime in UK/Ireland and head for a new start in America.  In this story he turns into something of a hero.

[tombogan03884]

I would say the best fictional use of the Titanic sinking  was the Clive Cussler book (later movie) "Raise the Titanic".

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[PegLeg45]

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Global warming makes for safer seas.  

Sooooo....
Let me get this straight.....it was Al Gore that sank the Titanic??
Makes perfect sense to me.

 

 

[tombogan03884]

Sooooo....
Let me get this straight.....it was Al Gore that sank the Titanic??
Makes perfect sense to me.

 

 

        Makes more sense than blaming Bush. 

[twyacht]

I would say the best fictional use of the Titanic sinking  was the Clive Cussler book (later movie) "Raise the Titanic".

I actually liked the movie quite a bit....The musical score was done by the same orchestral director that did Close Encounters, and Star Wars. Might be wrong about Star Wars...Still a great fictional scene when she comes up....\

Pretty darn good special effects for its day.