TIL The Chief Baker of the Titanic survived paddling for three hours in the frigid Atlantic waters after the sinking of the ship. This was due to a combination of two factors; he'd drunk a decent amount of alcohol, and he was a very good swimmer. He was the last man to leave the ship. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cha…
Deck chair recovered from the floating debris left behind after the sinking of the RMS Titanic, 1912 [5007x3840][OC]
Atlantic (1929) was based on the sinking of the Titanic, but the name of the ship was changed because of lawsuits by the White Star Line. It was released in English, German and French sound versions, as well as a silent version
TIL that the theme song from the movie Titanic, Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On,” was playing in the dining room of the Costa Concordia cruise ship just as she hit an underwater reef, which would eventually lead to her sinking. telegraph.co.uk/news/worl…
The Carpathia, the ship that rescued the survivors of the titanic, sinking due to being torpedoed by a German U-55 on July 17, 1918
TIL Charles Lightoller, second officer of RMS Titanic, launched lifeboats on his side half-empty rather than allowing men to board them. During World War I, after sinking a U-Boat he had some of the survivors killed, later writing that he had "refused to accept the hands-up business". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cha…
A rare photo from the sinking of the RMS Titanic apr 15, 1912 (colorized)
TIL the Titanic had binoculars on board but they were locked in a box and nobody had access to the key. This forced the lookouts to rely on eyesight alone. It Is believed access to the key could have helped prevent the sinking of the Titanic. telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne…
TIL the actor Eric Braeden who portrayed John Jacob Astor in James Cameron's Titanic is a survivor of the sinking of Wilhelm Gustloff in 1945 when more than 9,000 died. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eri…
Charles Lightoller; after surviving the sinking of the Titanic, he served in WW1. He commanded a destroyer and used it to ram and sink a German U-boat. During WW2, as he was retired, he volunteered and commanded his personal motoryacht in the Dunkirk evacuation, saving 127 servicemen.
TIL second class men on the Titanic had the lowest chance of survival compared to the other classes. Only 13 survived the sinking out of 159. encyclopedia-titanica.org…
Formerly an Unknown Child. Sidney Leslie Goodwin. Died in the sinking of the Titanic. Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, NS, Canada. [3024 x 4032]
The final meal(s) of many passengers aboard the RMS Titanic. This was recovered floating in the water during the rescue after its sinking.
The Wreck of the Titan or Futility (1898) a book about the sinking of a ship called *titan* which was sunk by an iceberg which coincidentally predicted the fate of the Titanic 14 years before it set sail
TIL Gus Cohen survived the sinking of the Titanic, being shot twice during WWI, severe bruising after stepping out on the wrong side of a train and falling on the tracks, a fractured skull following a hit-and-run accident, near-fatal rheumatic fever and overseeing a blitzed building in WWII. encyclopedia-titanica.org…
The run time of Titanic (3hr 15m) is 45 minutes longer than the actual sinking of the RMS Titanic (2hr 40m)
S&M Box Tank #3 awaits for survivors to board train after the sinking of the Titanic.
This picture hanging in my cruise ship cabin that sort of looks like the Titanic sinking.......
Inaccuracies of the titanic movie, the sinking.
I watched James Cameron’s film today Titanic, for the 400th time, and the first time in about five years. I remember saying to myself "oh my god the ship sinks so fast." There is no way the bow would’ve dipped that far by the time Lifeboat Number 14 had just taken off. I want to know, and this is simple, how long did it take for the ship to sink in the film? I know this does not belong in this sub and for that I am sorry.
TIL that over 700 people survived the sinking of the titanic due to the newest communications technology of the time: The Wireless Telegraph. theatlantic.com/technolog…
People usually refer to the titanic as a ship for sinking but no one refers to it a big well built ship all because of an iceberg
Terrifying account of what it was like to be trapped in the sinking Titanic... reddit.com/r/submechanoph…
TIL that a novel called "Futility" published in 1898 had surprising similarities to the sinking of the Titanic 14 years later: both had "unsinkable" passenger liners sinking after being struck by an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean, and losing most of their passengers due to lifeboat shortages. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The…
Very Cool Book on the Sinking - Surprised it Portrays the Titanic Capsizing instead of Going Down Bow First?
I wish to astral project and witness the sinking of the titanic
Titanic : A Night To Remember out now! A lot more detailed than the demo and now includes the sinking of the HMHS Britannic + an extras menu imgur.com/a/I5GLtBy
"The left says the titanic is sinking but my end of the boat just rose 200 feet into the air!" ~ Some Conservative probably.
Sri. HD Kumaraswamy is like those musicians of Titanic ship. While the ship kept sinking the musicians kept playing. twitter.com/BJP4Karnataka…
The raft was upside down but Lightoller hung on to a rope attached to it. The cables holding one of the Titanic’s funnels gave way and the huge funnel fell into the icy water, missing Charles by inches. The impact washed the raft clear of the sinking ship. There were about 30 people who scrambled a
Stumbled upon The Ship Of Dreams: The sinking of the Titanic and the end of the Edwardian Era at Barnes&Noble!!
Who is reading it?
I'm poor but may have to buy this book! It's stellar.
Here’s the first test clip of the lights on my sinking Titanic build youtu.be/IMAZSh5TuPU
Found this gem on a movie clip of the titanic sinking.
People say the Titanic sinking was a miracle for the lobsters in the kitchen, but they had to live with the memory of seeing their friends and family being boiled alive.
Morgan Robertson's 1898 novel, "The Wreck of the Titan, or Futility", has been noted as being eerily prescient to many aspects of the 1912 sinking of the Titanic. Was Robertson, who died in 1915, ever aware of the coincidence?
"Titanic" (1943) - Banned Nazi propaganda film that blames the sinking of the Titanic on British and American capitalism. [1:31:56] youtube.com/watch?v=3iYcV…
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