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  • Anniversary of Sinking of the Titanic!

    From Mike Dippel@954:895/1 to All on Wednesday, April 15, 2026 08:22:34
    The Story...
    The "unsinkable" luxury liner Titanic, on its maiden voyage, struck an
    iceberg just before midnight on April 14th, 1912, and sank at 2:27 AM,
    April 15th. The Titanic had 2,224 persons aboard. Of those, more than
    1,500 were lost. About 700 people were rescued off the icy waters of
    Newfoundland.

    Mike Dippel

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  • From Rob Mccart@954:895/54 to MIKE DIPPEL on Saturday, April 18, 2026 08:41:21
    The Story...
    > The "unsinkable" luxury liner Titanic, on its maiden voyage, struck an
    > iceberg just before midnight on April 14th, 1912, and sank at 2:27 AM,
    > April 15th. The Titanic had 2,224 persons aboard. Of those, more than
    > 1,500 were lost. About 700 people were rescued off the icy waters of
    > Newfoundland.

    Titanic Trivia (if that's not an oxymoron)...

    Supposedly a crew member said to a passenger, "God himself could
    not sink this ship!".. (Maybe not such a wise challenge to make..)

    According to experts if Captain Smith had ordered full speed ahead
    instead of trying to slow the ship, they would have missed the iceburg.

    The reason the Titanic didn't have enough lifeboats is that the
    design, which allowed for two rows of lifeboats, was deemed too
    'cluttered', so the number was cut in half..

    The ship The Leyland Liner Californian ignored visible rocket flares
    and radio messages and the captain went back to sleep and made no
    effort to rescue survivors until 6 AM, 3 1/2 hours after the ship sank..

    The ship Carpathia picked up lifeboats 2 hours after the sinking..

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  • From Mike Dippel@954:895/2 to Rob Mccart on Sunday, April 19, 2026 02:50:30

    According to experts if Captain Smith had ordered full speed ahead
    instead of trying to slow the ship, they would have missed the iceburg.

    The reason the Titanic didn't have enough lifeboats is that the
    design, which allowed for two rows of lifeboats, was deemed too 'cluttered', so the number was cut in half..

    The ship The Leyland Liner Californian ignored visible rocket flares
    and radio messages and the captain went back to sleep and made no
    effort to rescue survivors until 6 AM, 3 1/2 hours after the ship sank..

    The ship Carpathia picked up lifeboats 2 hours after the sinking..

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    * SLMR Rob * Ignorance is temporary; stupid is forever
    * Origin: Capitol City Online (954:895/54)

    You are a wealth of information. Thanks so much!

    Mike Dippel
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  • From Rob Mccart@954:895/54 to MIKE DIPPEL on Monday, April 20, 2026 09:09:59
    You are a wealth of information. Thanks so much!

    I keep a notebook of interesting things I run across and every now
    and then I find a place to share some of it.. B)

    It also has taught me that you may get different information from
    different sources..

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