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titanic-honor-and-glory: In honor of the 101st anniversary of...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:47:44 -0400

In honor of the 101st anniversary of Titanic’s sinking, we have created some images to depict various points in the sinking:

The night of April 14th, 1912 - Titanic sails towards New York, not a sign of danger to her passengers.

11:40 PM - Lookouts Frederick Fleet and Reginald Lee spot an iceberg directly in Titanic’s path. The bell is rung three times, the bridge is phoned, orders are given to stop the engines and turn the ship, but she still strikes the berg on her starboard side and begins to take on water through an area of damage totaling about 12 square feet in the form of opened seams between the steel shell plating across 5 watertight compartments. Shortly after, her engines are stopped for good and crewmen are sent to inspect the damage.

11:55 PM - Titanic’s Post Office is flooding as postal workers struggle to save as much mail from the hold as possible. Meanwhile, some passengers emerge from their cabins to find out what happened.

12:07 AM, April 15th, 1912 - The boiler rooms continue to flood. Thomas Andrews, the ship’s head designer, meets with Joseph Bell in the boiler rooms to inspect the damage, and concludes the ship will sink within an hour or so. Still unaware of the danger below, John Phillips and Harold Bride, Titanic’s Marconi operators, are told by Captain Smith to stand by and prepare to send out distress calls.

Approximately 1:30 AM - Officer Lightoller orders the Boatswain’s Mate to go down and open a shell door on D-Deck so that they can attempt to load passengers into boats from there. This is never done, and water eventually begins flooding into the open door.

2:00 AM - Water floods the Forward Well Deck and Forecastle. At this point, it’s increasingly clear to the passengers that the ship will not stay afloat.

2:02 AM - Water begins to pour into the Third Class Dining Saloon on F-Deck through Scotland Road on the deck above. There were reports that a few third class passengers were stuck in the saloon until the very end.

2:05 AM - The water reaches B-Deck. The final distress rockets are launched around this time.

2:15 AM - The water breaks over the Boat Deck, submerging the bridge, washing the two collapsible lifeboats out to sea, and accelerating the sinking. Number one funnel collapses, and water rushes through the corridors.

2:20 AM - Rising approximately to an angle of 23 degrees, the hull is no longer able to take the stress and the ship splits in two, cutting out her lights forever. The stern falls back, and then is pulled down by the bow. The bow breaks away, leaving the stern to sink on its own. With the ship on its way to the bottom of the ocean, over 1,500 people are left to freeze to death on the surface, or have already drowned or are being taken to the bottom inside the bow and stern sections. Only 705 survivors in the lifeboats are rescued by the Carpathia.

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fuckyeahrmstitanic: 101 years ago the RMS Titanic sank taking...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:21:02 -0400

fuckyeahrmstitanic:

101 years ago the RMS Titanic sank taking with her over 1,000 souls.

oops I meant to put that in the queue

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 23:12:31 -0400

oops I meant to put that in the queue

101 years ago the RMS Titanic sank taking with her over 1,000...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 23:11:59 -0400

101 years ago the RMS Titanic sank taking with her over 1,000 souls.

thebagginsofbagend: April 14 -15, 1912 - the RMS Titanic hit an...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 23:00:44 -0400

thebagginsofbagend:

April 14 -15, 1912 - the RMS Titanic hit an iceberg at 11:40 pm and sunk 2 hours and 40 minutes later at 2:20 am.

everythingrmstitanic: April 15, 1912, 12:45 AM - The first lifeboat, No. 7, was launched from the...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:45:55 -0400

everythingrmstitanic:

April 15, 1912, 12:45 AM - The first lifeboat, No. 7, was launched from the starboard side of the ship with 28 passengers aboard.

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Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:44:19 -0400

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Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:44:03 -0400

Titanic firing distress rockets by Ken Marschall

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:42:59 -0400

Titanic firing distress rockets by Ken Marschall

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Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:42:08 -0400

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Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:41:49 -0400

The sinking of the RMS Titanic occurred on the night of 14...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:38:58 -0400

The sinking of the RMS Titanic occurred on the night of 14 April through to the morning of 15 April 1912 in the north Atlantic Ocean, four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. The largest passenger liner in service at the time, Titanic had an estimated 2,224 people on board when she struck an iceberg at 23:40 on Sunday, 14 April 1912. Her sinking two hours and forty minutes later at 02:20 on Monday, 15 April resulted in the deaths of more than 1,500 people, which made it one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history. The ship sank with over a thousand passengers and crew members still on board. Almost all those who jumped or fell into the water died from hypothermia within minutes.

Titanic vicitim: Thomson Beattie

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:36:45 -0400

Titanic vicitim: Thomson Beattie

Titanic 101 year anniversary 04/14/1912 - The Titanic collided...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:34:25 -0400

Titanic 101 year anniversary

04/14/1912 - The Titanic collided with destiny

winslet-k: On April 14th, 1912 at 11:40 pm, Titanic struck an...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 12:05:44 -0400

winslet-k:

On April 14th, 1912 at 11:40 pm, Titanic struck an iceberg. 2 hours and 40 minutes at 2:20 am on April, 15th 1912, the Titanic sank completely.

At 4:40 am on April 15th, the first lifeboat of Titanic survivors were picked up by the Carpathia.

Cruise ships are so ugly and tacky. There’s no way they can capture the beauty of Titanic...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:36:52 -0400

Cruise ships are so ugly and tacky. There’s no way they can capture the beauty of Titanic nowadays.

Do you think Titanic 2 is a good idea? As much as I'd love to go on it, it just seems like it will be the same disaster all over again

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:09:47 -0400

I’m somewhat torn about this.

I’d love to see Titanic in person and be a passenger but I think that they’re just going to turn this ship into a tacky cruise ship that will probably only vaguely look like her.

I would prefer for them to build Titanic 2, have her finish the maiden voyage for the original ship and then them turn her into a floating museum.

fuckyeahrmstitanic: On this day in 1912 Titanic set sail from...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:03:07 -0400

fuckyeahrmstitanic:

On this day in 1912 Titanic set sail from Southampton on her maiden, and only, voyage

Titanic 101th Anniversary

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:27:40 -0400

Titanic 101th Anniversary

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Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:27:30 -0400