101 Years Ago

[A Theist]

101 years ago, 2:20 am, April 15, 1912, the Titanic sank in the Atlantic Ocean after colliding with an iceberg.

April 14th, 1912 @ 11:40 pm, the Titanic collided with the iceberg...In less than three hours afterward, April 15th @ 2:20 am the Titanic sank...Better than 1500 people lost their lives...there were only a little more than 700 survivors...

[Minimalist]

Poor design, shoddy construction and a lot of damned bad luck.

[Rayaan]

Better than 1500 people lost their lives...

More than, not "better."

[Anomalocaris]

Poor design, shoddy construction and a lot of damned bad luck.

Actually, no. It's design was as good as any of the era and well above what was considered to be adequate. It's construction was also well above standard and probably as good as any. It's silly to say she would not meet 2010 Safety of Life at Sea standards and therefore a poor design for her time.

As it happens, she probably would have survived the damage that sank the 2006 Costia Concordia last year.

But very bad luck indeed.

[Darkstar]

But very bad luck indeed.

And poor communication.

[Brayton.l]

Weren't the hulls of ships of that day made almost exclusively using "pig iron"? Seems I listened or read something years ago that claimed that the Titanic took so much damage due to having a pig iron hull that was very brittle. I dunno.

[CapnAwesome]

[Ryantology]

... Bioshock: Infinite takes place?

[Minimalist]

[Jackalope]