28 July 2001 – the date on which New York couple David Liebowitz and Kimberley Miller married aboard the wreckage of the Titanic, using one of the submersibles used in the making of the Titanic movie released in 1997.
370 miles – the approximate distance (600 km) at which the wreck of the Titanic lies south-southeast of the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
14 April 2012 – 100 years after she sank, the date on which the Titanic became a UNESCO underwater cultural heritage site.
50 years – the period within which “hull and structure…may collapse to the ocean floor”, estimated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in 2001.
14 – the number of years prior to the disaster that US author Morgan Robertson wrote the novel ‘Futility’, in which an ocean liner named Titan strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage.
4 – the number of days into the Titanic maiden voyage when the collision occurred.
30 seconds – the length of time between the first sighting of the iceberg to the crash. As the ‘berg came into view, lookout Frederick Fleet called the bridge to announce “Iceberg, right ahead!”
400 tons – the approximate amount of water the Titanic took on per minute after the collision.
1912 – Victims of the Titanic disaster:
Thomas Andrews, Irish shipbuilder (b. 1873)
John Jacob Astor IV, American colonel, businessman, and author (b. 1864)
Archibald Butt, American general and journalist (b. 1865)
Jacques Futrelle, American journalist and author (b. 1875)
Benjamin Guggenheim, American businessman (b. 1865)
Henry B. Harris, American producer and manager (b. 1866)
Wallace Hartley, English violinist and bandleader (b. 1878)
James Paul Moody, English Sixth Officer (b. 1887)
William McMaster Murdoch, Scottish First Officer (b. 1873)
Jack Phillips, English telegraphist (b. 1887)
Edward Smith, English Captain (b. 1850)
William Thomas Stead, English journalist (b. 1849)
Ida Straus, German-American businesswoman (b. 1849)
Isidor Straus, German-American businessman and politician (b. 1845)
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28 July 2001 – the date on which New York couple David Liebowitz and Kimberley Miller married aboard the wreckage of the Titanic, using one of the submersibles used in the making of the Titanic movie released in 1997.
posted on 15/4/19
370 miles – the approximate distance (600 km) at which the wreck of the Titanic lies south-southeast of the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
posted on 15/4/19
14 April 2012 – 100 years after she sank, the date on which the Titanic became a UNESCO underwater cultural heritage site.
posted on 15/4/19
50 years – the period within which “hull and structure…may collapse to the ocean floor”, estimated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in 2001.
posted on 15/4/19
1912
posted on 15/4/19
14 – the number of years prior to the disaster that US author Morgan Robertson wrote the novel ‘Futility’, in which an ocean liner named Titan strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage.
posted on 15/4/19
4 – the number of days into the Titanic maiden voyage when the collision occurred.
posted on 15/4/19
30 seconds – the length of time between the first sighting of the iceberg to the crash. As the ‘berg came into view, lookout Frederick Fleet called the bridge to announce “Iceberg, right ahead!”
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400 tons – the approximate amount of water the Titanic took on per minute after the collision.
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1912 – Victims of the Titanic disaster:
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Thomas Andrews, Irish shipbuilder (b. 1873)
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John Jacob Astor IV, American colonel, businessman, and author (b. 1864)
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Archibald Butt, American general and journalist (b. 1865)
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Jacques Futrelle, American journalist and author (b. 1875)
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Benjamin Guggenheim, American businessman (b. 1865)
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Henry B. Harris, American producer and manager (b. 1866)
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Wallace Hartley, English violinist and bandleader (b. 1878)
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James Paul Moody, English Sixth Officer (b. 1887)
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William McMaster Murdoch, Scottish First Officer (b. 1873)
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Jack Phillips, English telegraphist (b. 1887)
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Edward Smith, English Captain (b. 1850)
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William Thomas Stead, English journalist (b. 1849)
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Ida Straus, German-American businesswoman (b. 1849)
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Isidor Straus, German-American businessman and politician (b. 1845)
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