Here's a question bout the Titanic

[branch37]

"The books are cheap, and the lessons pointless and not deep enough, in US history we hardly go over any aspects of world war II"

Im taking a senior level college class this semester titled "WW2 Military History"  3 weeks into the semester and we are just now getting into Barbarossa.  Excellent in depth readings as well. We went in depth into topics never even mentioned in high school or even freshman and sophomore history classes such as Dunkirk, Greece, Crete, Norway, Italian involvement in N. Africa, just to name a few.  We even started the semester discussing Japanese movements into Manchuria and china in the early 30s.  Its a very interesting class so far.

The Second World War by John Keegan

Major Problems in the History of World War II documents and essays by Mark A. Stoler and Melanie S Gustafson

[F22RaptorDude]

"The books are cheap, and the lessons pointless and not deep enough, in US history we hardly go over any aspects of world war II"

Im taking a senior level college class this semester titled "WW2 Military History"  3 weeks into the semester and we are just now getting into Barbarossa.  Excellent in depth readings as well. We went in depth into topics never even mentioned in high school or even freshman and sophomore history classes such as Dunkirk, Greece, Crete, Norway, Italian involvement in N. Africa, just to name a few.  We even started the semester discussing Japanese movements into Manchuria and china in the early 30s.  Its a very interesting class so far.

The Second World War by John Keegan

Major Problems in the History of World War II documents and essays by Mark A. Stoler and Melanie S Gustafson

Lucky 

[Shuffler]

I remember how cold the water was when we fell in..... never been so scared in that life.

[olds442]

OK THIS IS CREPY AS HECK but its true...

click this link >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futility,_or_the_Wreck_of_the_Titan

or read this

 On April 14, 1912, the huge "unsinkable" ship the Titanic was steaming across the Atlantic towards New York.  This was the Titanic's maiden voyage, and her captain was encouraged to break the record for speed while making the voyage. As most people know, after striking an iceberg, the unsinkable ship went down in only a matter of hours.  Out of the 2,201 passengers, only 711 were saved.   Since then, there have been many books and movies about the Titanic.  

    There was one fictional story written by a merchant seaman by the name of Morgan Robertson.  Robertson's book was about an unsinkable passenger liner that sank while carrying the elite people of the time.  The ship in Robertson's story was called the Titan and the book was titled The Wreck of the Titan.  Even though the book is fictitious, the events in the story parallel the events of the Titanic.  Both ships were built to be unsinkable.  Both ships sank after striking an iceberg.  Both ships were on their maiden voyage.  The most well to do famous people were on the Titan and Titanic.  Only one third of the passengers on each ship survived.  Both ships had an inadequate number of lifeboats.  Both ships were encouraged to break speed records during their voyage.  

    Robertson's book The Wreck of the Titan was never published.  Each time it was rejected by editor's, they told him the same thing.  The story was unbelievable.  Surely the events he wrote of could not possibly happen to an unsinkable ship.

    The book, The Wreck of the Titan was written in 1898, fourteen years before the Titanic hit an iceberg and settled on the bottom of the northern Atlantic.

[F22RaptorDude]

I remember how cold the water was when we fell in..... never been so scared in that life.

I've felt 28 degree water at the exhibit, I can't imagine having my whole body plunged into that

[titanic3]

OK THIS IS CREPY AS HECK but its true...

click this link >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futility,_or_the_Wreck_of_the_Titan

or read this

 On April 14, 1912, the huge "unsinkable" ship the Titanic was steaming across the Atlantic towards New York.  This was the Titanic's maiden voyage, and her captain was encouraged to break the record for speed while making the voyage. As most people know, after striking an iceberg, the unsinkable ship went down in only a matter of hours.  Out of the 2,201 passengers, only 711 were saved.   Since then, there have been many books and movies about the Titanic.  

    There was one fictional story written by a merchant seaman by the name of Morgan Robertson.  Robertson's book was about an unsinkable passenger liner that sank while carrying the elite people of the time.  The ship in Robertson's story was called the Titan and the book was titled The Wreck of the Titan.  Even though the book is fictitious, the events in the story parallel the events of the Titanic.  Both ships were built to be unsinkable.  Both ships sank after striking an iceberg.  Both ships were on their maiden voyage.  The most well to do famous people were on the Titan and Titanic.  Only one third of the passengers on each ship survived.  Both ships had an inadequate number of lifeboats.  Both ships were encouraged to break speed records during their voyage.  

    Robertson's book The Wreck of the Titan was never published.  Each time it was rejected by editor's, they told him the same thing.  The story was unbelievable.  Surely the events he wrote of could not possibly happen to an unsinkable ship.

    The book, The Wreck of the Titan was written in 1898, fourteen years before the Titanic hit an iceberg and settled on the bottom of the northern Atlantic.

He came from space maaaannn.....

[F22RaptorDude]

OK THIS IS CREPY AS HECK but its true...

click this link >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futility,_or_the_Wreck_of_the_Titan

or read this

 On April 14, 1912, the huge "unsinkable" ship the Titanic was steaming across the Atlantic towards New York.  This was the Titanic's maiden voyage, and her captain was encouraged to break the record for speed while making the voyage. As most people know, after striking an iceberg, the unsinkable ship went down in only a matter of hours.  Out of the 2,201 passengers, only 711 were saved.   Since then, there have been many books and movies about the Titanic.  

    There was one fictional story written by a merchant seaman by the name of Morgan Robertson.  Robertson's book was about an unsinkable passenger liner that sank while carrying the elite people of the time.  The ship in Robertson's story was called the Titan and the book was titled The Wreck of the Titan.  Even though the book is fictitious, the events in the story parallel the events of the Titanic.  Both ships were built to be unsinkable.  Both ships sank after striking an iceberg.  Both ships were on their maiden voyage.  The most well to do famous people were on the Titan and Titanic.  Only one third of the passengers on each ship survived.  Both ships had an inadequate number of lifeboats.  Both ships were encouraged to break speed records during their voyage.  

    Robertson's book The Wreck of the Titan was never published.  Each time it was rejected by editor's, they told him the same thing.  The story was unbelievable.  Surely the events he wrote of could not possibly happen to an unsinkable ship.

    The book, The Wreck of the Titan was written in 1898, fourteen years before the Titanic hit an iceberg and settled on the bottom of the northern Atlantic.

A fluke? This happened before with all the attacks that came to the US, it was discovered that it was forseen on many years ago

[Masherbrum]

Then what do you mean "back then"


Put on your bowler had and overalls and walk into the shopping mall with electricity.

You're living the life.

"Bowler hat"?!            OOOGIE BOOOGIE......!!!!   

[Tyrannis]

Those ships were built in a time when Shipbuilding was a (very expensive) work of art.  When society still had class And the world still had a bit of mystery left in it.

  To the lives lost. On both the Titanic and her sisters.  A sad ending to such beautiful ships. Its truly a sad thought that one day in the future, these beacons of a lost generation will have rusted away into nothing but imagination.

One thing that interests me is that its stated someone was interested in raising the Britanic. If it was possable to raise the BRitanic, would it also be possible to raise the Titanic?

I cant even imagination the sensation it would cause to see the Titanic pulling into New York harbor 100+ yrs after her main voyage.

[Flipperk]

The term "unsinkable" was not attached to the Titanic until after the accident.