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Titanic
Titanic was the biggest passenger liner when she set off for her maiden voyage on April 10, 1912. After four days, she hit an iceberg and sank in the Atlantic Ocean resulting in the death of 1,517 people.
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Did John Jacob Astor survive the trip on the Titanic?
No. John Jacob Astor was the wealthiest passenger on board the Titanic and, as well as his wife Madeleine Astor, his party included his servant, his wife's maid and nurse, and his pet Airedale, Kitty. At 11:40 p.m. on April 14, 1912 the Titanic hit an iceberg and began sinking. At first Astor did not believe the ship was in any serious danger, but later he helped his wife into a lifeboat. He asked if he could join her, mentioning her "delicate condition" (she was five months pregnant at the time), but the officer in charge told him not until all the women and children were away. Astor reportedly stood back and asked for the lifeboat number, then, after lighting a cigarette, he tossed his gloves to Madeleine. She survived.
John Jacob Astor IV's body was recovered by the steamer Mackay-Bennett on April 22 not far from the sinking. It was determined that he was killed by a funnel which had fallen, as his body was crushed beyond recognition and covered in soot. He was identified by a monogrammed handkerchief.
Colonel John Jacob Astor unfortunately did not survive the Titanic, however his wife made it onto a life-boat. Along with his wife, Madeleine, on the life-boat was her maid and nurse. "J. J." Astor smoked with a friend, Jaques Futrelle, on the starboard bridge wing [this was where he was last seen] until the ship finally sank.
How old is the real Rose in the real Titanic?
101. But it's stated that she will be 101 next month. If I remember right it was something like this, if Rose was still living she'd be over 100 and the other guy said 101 next month, but she died before her birthday.
OODLES: 101
What was the name of the Titanic sistership?
Titanic's first sister ship, Olympic, was captained by Edward John Smith who had sailed her to New York at least nine times.
Where was the Titanic manufactured?
The Titanic was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Northern Ireland.
Why were so few people saved from the Titanic?
There were not more survivors on Titanic for several reasons, one of them being that the officers loading the boats were favoring women-and-children over men, resulting in many unnecessarily empty seats . If the officers did not discriminate and simply filled the boats, more people would have been saved.
Where did you get on at the titanic?
Titanic was built in Belfast then it sailed over to the Southampton (england) docks with the crew already on it it then stoped in Cherburg (France) and then tried to sail to New York but it sunk in the middle of the Atlantic ocean
How old was Violet Jessop when she died?
Violet Jessop was 83 years old when she died on May 5, 1971 (born October 2, 1887). She survived incidents aboard three sister ships of the White Star Line: the 1911 collision of RMS Olympic, the 1912 sinking of RMS Titanic, and the 1916 sinking of the hospital ship HMHS Britannic.
How many lifeboats the HMS Britannic have?
After the tragic loss of her well known famous Titanic her sister ship His.Majestys.Hospital.Ship HMHS Britannic while under construction in Harland And Wolff was heavily modified with extra lifeboats and the promenade deck on a deck at the stern was enclosed and the major changes for the ship is that As a hospital ship, Britannic carried 42 open lifeboats and 16 collapsibles taking the total up to 56 liferboats.28 open lifeboats were held by the gantry davits two of those lifeboats were motorized) and the rest 14 were held in normal Wellin davits. There was a collapsible boat under each Wellin-mounted boat the Britannic was the largest oceon liner in the world in her time she was constructed in 1910 and launched in 1914 her origonal name was to be Gigantic but changed to Britannic, whilst being fitted out the outbrake of World War 1 broke out and she was recommisioned as a hospital ship so her hull was painted white with 4 long green bands and 3 large red crosses and her 4 funnels were painted completely buff she also had 2 red crosses on either side of boat deck which illuminated at night she then entered service in 1915-1916 from southampton to serve the medditerranean to aid wounded british soldiers but on the early hours of November 21st 1916 while sailing in the Kea Channel of the island of Kea bound for Lemnos Greece she was spotted by the german U-Boat U-73 and she laid 12 mines a few kilometers from her path and she struck a mine and sank in 55 minutes killing 30 occupants in 2 of the lifeboats that got sucked into the propellors
How many horses was needed to pull each anchor on titanic?
Twenty horses each were needed to deliver Titanic's anchor(s)..
Is there any ruins of the Titanic left in the ocean?
There are reproductions of period-newspapers on sale at Titanic Museums but a few original newspapers are in the hands of private collectors like Christie Seyglinski.
What movies were molly brown in?
Molly Brown, herself, was not in any movies. In her life the movie business was just getting started and it wasn't until 1928 that the first movie came out. A character of "Molly Brown" has been featured in several movies. One movie was about her and it was called "The Unsinkable Molly Brown."
Did they ever find both sides of the titanic?
yes they found the first part in the heart of the Atlantic and they found the other one somewhere between me and up your a s s.
Where was Rose going when she got on the Titanic?
Rose wasn't a real person on the Titanic, the movie was just a idea of what the story COULD have been. The people that boarded the titanic were going to America.
Yer the people were all going to New York that is where the titanic was headed before it was struck by the iceberg and in the movie rose and jacks plan was that she gets of with Jack and they live their lifes together and Rose didnt like cal anymore.
How long was titanic sailing for?
About four and a half days. The Titanic departed Southampton in southern England at noon, April 10, 1912 and was due to arrive in New York City on April 15. Along the way, stops were made in Cherbourg, France to collect continental passengers and Queenstown, (now Cobh) Ireland to pick up mail and additional passengers, mostly emigrants to the US. The Titanic struck the iceberg at 11.40 p.m. on Sunday, April 14, 1912 and sank 2 hours, 40 minutes later at 2.20 a.m. the next day. Titanic'swreck site is located 963 miles northeast of New York and 453 miles southeast of the Newfoundland coastline. The Titanic sank off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. Fourth Officer Lightoller reported the location as latitude 41° 46' North, longitude 50° 14' West.
The Titanic set sail on April 10, 1912 from Southampton, UK. Four days later, at 11:40 PM on the night of April 14, she hit the iceberg that resulted in her fatal sinking two hours and forty minutes later in the early morning hours of April 15, 1912.
About four and a half days. It sank in the middle of the North Atlantic on April 15, at 2:20 am in 1912.
Did the titanic really break apart?
Yes, the great ship broke in two moments before disappearing beneath the water. In her final moments, Titanic tilted upwards, glided beneath the water and broke in two providing a horrifying spectacle for survivors in the water. The two sections have since been located on the ocean floor.
Why was the warnings from the crows nest too late on the RMS titanic?
The Titanic was big so the size worked against it which it did and the iceberg was right in front of it.
What types of things could one find in the gymnasium on the Titanic?
One could find a rowing machine, cycling machines, riding apparatuses (electric camel, electric horse). A gymnasium instructor (Thomas MCauley) was around to provide a service to the passengers. It was segregated by gender and age. It was open for women from 9am to noon, men from 2 to 6pm, and children from 1 to 3pm.
What time did the titanic rescue ship arrive in New York?
Rostron received the SOS position as the famous, but incorrect, 41° 46' N, 50° 14' W. He then hastily worked out a dead reckoning position for Carpathia. This was calculated at about 12-35 a.m., by which time Rostron had been without a fix since around 7-30 p.m., when he would have fixed his position within a mile by a set of star sights.
His dead reckoning position was therefore subject to the accuracy of the steering, his estimation of the ship's speed and the influence of wind and currents over a period of five hours. After considering these factors, Rostron decided that he was 58 miles from Titanic and that his course to her was 308° True.
By Traverse Table, I calculate his supposed position as 41° 10' N, 49° 12' W. Rostron ordered full speed ahead.
It was amateurs that built the ark it was professionals that built that built the Titanic?
"The ark was built by amateurs, but professionals built the Titanic" is a popular saying meaning that the accepted wisdom isn't always accurate. The Biblical Noah built an ark and saved humanity from a great flood; the Titanic sank on its maiden voyage in 1912 to New York City.
The quotation varies and sometimes mentions the ark first, or the Titanic first, or the amateurs first, or the professionals first. Variations include:
. The ark was built by amateurs, but the Titanic was built by professionals.
. The Titanic was built by professionals, but the ark was built by amateurs.
. Amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic.
. Professionals built the Titanic. Amateurs built the ark.
Numbers are sometimes added for emphasis: "A lone amateur built the ark. A team of professionals built the Titanic."
The word "but" is often omitted, creating two sentences. "Ark" is often capitalized.
The quotation is often listed as "anonymous" or "author unknown." A "Frank Pepper" is sometimes given as the author, but it's never explained who this person is, or when he said it.
The earliest citations come from non-American sources. The Globe and Mail (Canada) has the phrase from 1979, from Globe and Mail resident wit Richard J. Needham (1912-1996). A 1981 source credits the saying to "a disgruntled British comedian." There are two 1984 citations from England and a 1985 citation from Ireland (attributed to "John Parker"). Richard Needham (born in 1942) used the phrase in 1984 and in his memoir, Battling for Peace: Northern Ireland's Longest-Serving British Minister (1999), but there is no reason to suspect that this Richard Needham used the saying before Canada's Richard J. Needham's 1979 reference.
Wikipedia: RMS Titanic
The RMS Titanic was an Olympic-class passenger liner owned by British shipping company White Star Line and built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, United Kingdom. For her time, she was the largest passenger steamship in the world.
On the night of 14 April 1912, during the ship's maiden voyage, Titanic hit an iceberg and sank two hours and forty minutes later, early on 15 April 1912. The sinking resulted in the deaths of 1,517 people, making it one of the most deadly peacetime maritime disasters in history. The high casualty rate was due in part to the fact that, although complying with the regulations of the time, the ship did not carry enough lifeboats for everyone aboard. The ship had a total lifeboat capacity of 1,178 people, although her capacity was 3,547. A disproportionate number of men died due to the women-and-children-first protocol that was followed.
The Titanic used some of the most advanced technology available at the time and was, after the sinking, popularly believed to have been described as "unsinkable". It was a great shock to many that, despite the extensive safety features and experienced crew, the Titanic sank. The frenzy on the part of the media about Titanic's famous victims, the legends about the sinking, the resulting changes to maritime law, and the discovery of the wreck have contributed to the continuing interest in, and notoriety of, the Titanic.
Wikipedia: Noah's Ark
Noah's Ark (Hebrew: תיבת נח, Tevat Noach) according to chapters 6-9 of the Book of Genesis was a large vessel built by Noah, at God's command, that saved Noah, his family, and a representation of the world's animals from a great flood.
The Genesis narrative tells how God, grieved by the corruption of the Earth, decided to destroy all life with a flood. However, Noah, a righteous man who "found grace in the eyes of God", was instructed to prepare for this flood by building an ark and to retreat to it with his family and with male and female representatives of various animals. As the flood waters rose, those sheltered inside the Ark survived as the rest of humanity and animal life perished. As the waters reached their height, God "remembered Noah", the waters abated, and dry land reappeared. Noah and the animals left the Ark, Noah offered sacrifice, and God vowed never again to destroy the Earth in this manner.
This narrative has been subject to extensive elaborations in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, ranging from hypothetical solutions to practical problems (e.g. waste disposal and the problem of lighting the interior), through to theological interpretations (e.g. the Ark as the precursor of the Church in offering salvation to mankind). By the 19th century, the discoveries of geologists, archaeologists and biblical scholars had led most scientists and many Christians to abandon a literal interpretation of the Ark story. Nevertheless, Biblical literalists continue to explore the region of the mountains of Ararat, in northeastern Turkey, where the Bible says Noah's Ark came to rest
