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Glimpses of an UNforgettable Event.....


There were a total of seven iceberg warning messages sent to the Titanic on the night of April 14, 1912. After the Titanic hit the iceberg, people were out on the decks playing with the ice.  Most of the 1st class passengers did not want to go outside in the cold. 

No later than 12.45 a.m. the first lifeboat, No. 7, was lowered. It had been tested to a capacity of upwards to 65-70 men, but it left with only 28! Many of the officers were skeptical of the amount of weight the davits could hold because they were never informed of the rigorous testing that they endured. This is one of the reasons that many lifeboat left half full. Many other boats left half full. At 12.55 a.m., lifeboat No. 6 left with less than 28 people but had a capacity 65! No. 5 was lowered with 41 people and no 3. lowered with 32; both had a capacity of 65. Boat No. 1 left with 12 people but had a capacity of 40!

The band kept playing until the boat sank. One man, Ben Guggenheim, exchanged his life belt for a sweater! He said if he was to perish, he wanted to die like a gentleman.  Many 3rd class or steerage passages were trapped in the ship. Some had to break barriers between third and first class to escape to the upper decks.  Even in lifeboats, many passengers still felt the Titanic would not sink. One passenger, Colonel John Jacob Astor, wanted permission to go in a lifeboat with his wife. He was told, "No men are allowed in the boats until the women are loaded first." The boat left only two thirds full.     

Chief Baker Charles Joughin owed his survival to alcohol. He stepped off the stern of the Titanic and swam around in the water, oblivious to the cold, until picked up by another lifeboat. He drank a large amount of alcohol before the sinking, which  was a "human antifreeze!"  Luckily the Carpathia heard the SOS or CQD and steamed towards the distress location. 

The Titanic sank somewhere in 41°North and 50°West. The Titanic sent some  message with her reported position: 41°44' North, 50°24' West and later 41°46' North, 50°14' West.


well another interesting thing is that... the another ship like TITANIC is planned to be construct.. its FREEDOM SHIP..
here is a link of it.... have a look on it.....
http://www.freedomship.com/

I dont know the story. But did they run out of life boats. Because if they did they werent really smart.

Cmon 12 people in a life boat with a 65 capacity. That could have saved 53 lives.

But that is really interesting thanks for posting this

The titanic is one of the Great tragedys of poor planning. It was designed to be un-sinkable but they were over confident. They didnt have enough life boats and as a result, many people died.

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Originally posted by Dempsey
Is this a History lesson or a Messenger Plus! support forum?

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It's in GCC. No differnt then someone posting about 9/11, just 9/11 was alot more recent.

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Originally posted by wj
The titanic is one of the Great tragedys of poor planning. It was designed to be un-sinkable but they were over confident. They didnt have enough life boats and as a result, many people died.

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Originally posted by Dempsey
Is this a History lesson or a Messenger Plus! support forum?

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It's in GCC. No differnt then someone posting about 9/11, just 9/11 was alot more recent.

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But probobly if they would have used all the life boats to the max more people or all of the people would have survived.
The movie Titanic really explains the titanic from a persons point of view. Its a great movie. A must see

Very true hobbes, It's a great explanation of what really happend.

I only watched the film recently and its really good.  The way they show how scary it must have been for the passengers is really good and you you get caught up in it.

there was a thing on sky one a little while ago about how they thought the titanic was a hoax and theres a conspiracy about it......

sad that so many people died though, i personally believe it happen, the hoax thing is B.S. IMO

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Originally posted by may73alliance
there was a thing on sky one a little while ago about how they thought the titanic was a hoax and theres a conspiracy about it......

sad that so many people died though, i personally believe it happen, the hoax thing is B.S. IMO

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hoax. Isnt that like a joke. No one would make a joke out of peoples deaths. Its barbaric. Now seriously think about it. Why would anyone make a story about it.
Stupid airplanes...
* .Roy shoots the airplane with a really big trout.
anyway im going to sleep good night

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Originally posted by wj
The titanic is one of the Great tragedys of poor planning. It was designed to be un-sinkable but they were over confident.

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It's actually being going about now that one of the main reasons that the ship sank was due to the fact that it was too strong.
Now that may sound stupid, and I'm not quite sure of the physics behind it, but aparently the metal was stressed and tore more easily under the tension.
If the metal hadn't been as tense only two or three of the five compartments would have flooded. Four compartments were the maximum that the ship could hold without sinking.

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Originally posted by andrewdodd13
It's actually being going about now that one of the main reasons that the ship sank was due to the fact that it was too strong.
Now that may sound stupid, and I'm not quite sure of the physics behind it, but aparently the metal was stressed and tore more easily under the tension.
If the metal hadn't been as tense only two or three of the five compartments would have flooded. Four compartments were the maximum that the ship could hold without sinking.

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Cool, never knew that before. Wasn't there something about the captain being drunk? Don't know how much fact this is based on but i've definitely heard it somewhere.