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Odd Notes on the Costa Concordia – Singers, Violinists and Theme Music from the Titanic
According to survivors’ reports, the band on the deck of the Titanic continued to play after the last boat departed as the ship sank beneath waters of the icy North Atlantic. Coincidentally, a singer aboard the Costa Concordia, Amelia Leon says that she … Continue reading
How to Survive the Titanic, or the Sinking of J Bruce Ismay by Frances Wilson
What more can be written about the Titanic? In a book recently released in Great Britain and coming out this October in the US, Francis Wilson looks at the sinking and the impact on one of the more famous survivors – J. Bruce … Continue reading
Posted in Lore of the Sea, Newbooks, Seastories
Tagged Francis Wilson, J. Bruce Ismay, Titanic
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What if Hitler Made a Titanic Movie? (He Did)
A wonderful post from John Edwards’ Ocean Liners blog. Captain John asks the question, “what if Hitler made a Titanic movie? ” He then answers it, “he did.” A heavily fictionalized and equally anti-British version of the … Continue reading
Titantic eaten by bacteria while shipwrecked fleets in Baltic well preserved
Two interesting stories of shipwrecks in the press recently – the wreck of the Titanic is being consumed by newly identified steel-munching bacteria, while scientists are discovering large numbers of well preserved shipwrecks in the dark and cold Baltic where there are 1,500 confirmed wrecks … Continue reading
Posted in Current, History, Lore of the Sea, Ships
Tagged bacteria, Baltic, Finland, Halomonas titanicae, rusticles, Shipwrecks, Titanic
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Dive to the Titanic from your Desktop
I am not much of a computer gamer, but this looks like fun. Astragon\TML Studios has a new diving simulator that lets you pilot a submersible and ROV around and through the wreck of the Titanic. The graphics may not be quite … Continue reading
Posted in Current, Lore of the Sea
Tagged Astragon\TML Studios, diving simulator, Titanic
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Titanic Myths, observations by Tim Maltin
In light of the recent claims in Louise Patten’s new book, Good as Gold , which we posted about earlier this week, we are very pleased to welcome Tim Maltin, author of 101 Things You Thought You Knew About the Titanic…But Didn’t, as guest … Continue reading
Posted in Current, History, Lore of the Sea, Seastories, Ships
Tagged Titanic, Titanic Myths
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Did a Steering Error Sink the Titanic?
In Good as Gold, a new book by Louise Patten, the granddaughter of the most senior surviving officer on the Titanic, reveals a long hidden family secret. She claims that an error in steering on the bridge of the Titanic led to the collision … Continue reading
Posted in Current, History, Lore of the Sea, Newbooks, Seastories
Tagged Bruce Ismay, Charles Lightoller, Good as Gold, Louise Patten, Titanic, White Star Line
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Searching for the USS Thresher and USS Scorpion with the Titanic as Cover
Late last month, the secret was revealed - when Bob Ballard discovered the Titanic in 1985, he was actually on a secret mission to find two sunken US submarines, the USS Thresher and USS Scorpion, both of which had sunk in the Atlantic in … Continue reading
Posted in Current, History, Lore of the Sea, Ships
Tagged Bob Ballard, passenger liner, Titanic, US submarines, USS Scorpion, USS Thresher
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