Tag Archives: Titanic
Repost: Searching for the USS Thresher and USS Scorpion with the Titanic as Cover
On this the fiftieth anniversary of the sinking of the USS Thresher, we are reposting an article from three years regarding the link between the discovery of the wreck of the Titanic and the US Navy’s secret search for the lost submarines, USS Thresher and the USS Scorpion. … Continue reading
Photo of Iceberg That Sank the Titanic Up for Sale
No one aboard the Titanic took a photograph of the iceberg that sank the famous ship in 1912, but two sailors made sketches of the berg, which had a distinctly elliptical shape. It so happens that two days before, what … Continue reading
Joseph Conrad on the Titanic – On Experts, Icebergs, Lifeboats and Biscuit Tins
In June of 1912, Joseph Conrad wrote “Some Reflections on the Loss of the Titanic” for the English Review. While best known as a novelist, his comments reflect his years as a ship’s officer in both sail and steam. He finds little … Continue reading
Myths of the Titanic – Did White Star Line Claim the Ship was Unsinkable?
The BBC recently published an article titled “Five Titanic myths spread by films.” The first alleged myth is that the White Star Line never claimed that the Titanic was “unsinkable.” The article asserts: “ The White Star Line never made … Continue reading
You Mean the Titanic was Real and Not Just a Movie?
Last year, we posted about how the sinking of the Titanic had morphed from a maritime tragedy into a cultural icon. For many, Hollywood movies, particularly the movie made by Jame Cameron, about the sinking of the ship may … Continue reading
Bob Ballard Discusses Titanic on the Colbert Report
Robert Ballard, the oceanographer who lead the expedition which discovered the wreck of the Titanic in 1985, was interviewed by Stephen Colbert on the Colbert Report last night. He discusses how the search for the Titanic was a cover for … Continue reading
Reliving the Titanic’s Last Days in Real Time on Twitter or iPad App
The truly Titanic obsessed do not have to wait for the centennial of the tragic sinking of the so-called “unsinkable” passenger liner. They now can follow the Titanic via either a Twitter feed or an iPad app which mark down the events of leading up to … Continue reading
Titanic and the “Supermoon” – Did the Moon Sink the Titanic? The Answer is No.
The headline writers have been having fun. The Daily Beast headline reads - Moon to Blame for Titanic Sinking? Reuters asks and answers its own question – “What sank the Titanic? Scientists point to the moon.” The Times of India gets alliterative … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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
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
