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The Doctor



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So, 100 years today since the ill fated liner went down. One of the most haunting stories for me was the band staying on deck and playing 'Nearer my god to thee' as she sank.

Just out of curiosity, does anyone on here have any ancestors who were on board or who had some role in it's construction etc?

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my great grandad was the iceberg spotter, feckin idiot he was Rolling Eyes At work
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If the documentaries are accurate, the guys in the crows nest didn't even have binoculars. Some have speculated that the best bet would have been to hit the iceberg head on instead of attempting to avoid it. LL.B (Hons) - University of Derby
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news item the other day telling of the telegraph operator implied he didn't pass warning messages from other ships to the bridge. As his orders were to concentrate on passenger messages Confused 2002 Honda VFR800
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chicken george wrote:
my great grandad was the iceberg spotter, feckin idiot he was Rolling Eyes


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I am probably in the minority here but I can't really follow all the activity going on about this. True it is sad the number of deaths involved but what about all the people killed on the roads each year. Can we have a ceremony on the M1 and throw a wreath to join all the rubbish at the side of the road sometime.

The disaster was the ship itself. not enough lifeboats, watertight zones that were not watertight, a shipping line that was more interested in the Kudos of have the fastest crossing, a captain who allowed such ambition to ignore commonsense operational safety to put the ship at risk.

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Missing Link wrote:
The disaster was the ship itself. not enough lifeboats, watertight zones that were not watertight, a shipping line that was more interested in the Kudos of have the fastest crossing, a captain who allowed such ambition to ignore commonsense operational safety to put the ship at risk.It was a cCensoredk-up of monumental proportions yet is being celebrated Confused


Agreed, if we celebrate this why don't we celebrate the "tactics" used in the first world war? In fact WW1 was more efficient at removing people from the planet, millions not thousands and simarly those at the top didn't get in the way of much danger.

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Ghyllie wrote:
Agreed, if we celebrate this why don't we celebrate the "tactics" used in the first world war? In fact WW1 was more efficient at removing people from the planet, millions not thousands and simarly those at the top didn't get in the way of much danger.

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Totally agree with you, also. Apparently on the first day of the battle of WW1, 35,000 men were killed. Whether that be true or not, I don't know, but it was one hell of a massacre, nonetheless. I think the Titanic marked the end of an era of man thinking her were better than god and practically immortal. Whilst the death toll was insugnificant in comparison with both WW1 & 2, it literally shook the world and had a massive inluence on maritime law thereafter. Albeit, disasters still occur, eg. Costa Concordia (to mention one) Whistle Gone - TD4 XS Auto, Sumatra Black, Mud flaps and side strips, clear indicators, private plate, privacy glass

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