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Titanic Screwup?

Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 3:01 pm
by Tunnelcat
Now it comes out, from the granddaughter of Second Officer Lightoller (the only officer that survived the sinking), that the Titanic may have been sunk by a standards and practice change in helm procedure that panicked the helmsman and the impatience of the chairman of the White Star Line, Bruce Ismay, to get to New York on time.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/book ... laims.html

Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 4:51 pm
by CDN_Merlin
WOW is all I can say.

Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 5:05 am
by Avder
If this is legit...then wow.

Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 6:49 am
by CDN_Merlin
After reading more about it, I'm wondering if this is just a ploy to sell her book. I know it would be far fetched that someone would try to change history just for the sake of making a buck, but when it comes to money, people will do anything.

Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 7:32 am
by AlphaDoG
Actually it was suspected to be the case immediately after the sinking that the iceberg was steered into instead of away from.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_o ... 27s_orders

Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 10:00 pm
by Fiend
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Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 10:02 pm
by Fiend
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