Titanic history

Why did the Titanic sink?

01. It's thought that the Titanic could have missed the iceberg by just a few feet if the ship's engines had not been reversed, as the lack of a reverse turbine for the central propeller caused the rudder to work ineffectively when compared to forward speed.

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In this 2019 interview, Paul Henri Nargeolet — who is on board a submarine that has gone missing during a tour of the Titanic's wreckage — tells Ellie O’Byrne about the joys and controversies of his work, ahead of a talk about his work in Cork, where his family lives.

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The Titanic Historical Society preserves the memory of the ill-fated White Star liner a century after the disaster.

April 14th marked the anniversary of the fateful night that the largest passenger ship in its day, RMS Titanic, on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York struck an iceberg. The “unsinkable” ship sank in the early morning hours of April 15th. It’s widely known that many dogs were on board. So many, in fact, […] The post The Remarkable Story of Jenny the Titanic Cat appeared first on The Catington Post.