Titanic disaster blamed on Moon

telegraphuk ^ | :41PM GMT 06 Mar 2012 | By Nick Collins, Science Correspondent

[re_nortex]

The problem was that the captain had ordered top speed through a known ice hazard area, so by the time it was spotted, there was no time to miss it.

The matter of the rate of Titanic's speed is interesting. J. Bruce Ismay, director of the White Star line is often depicted as the villain in the whole affair. Such was the case in James Cameron's film portraying Ismay pressuring for a record.

A view to the contrary suggests that his demonetization came about from William Randolph Hearst.

One way or another, the fact that this was Captain E.J. Smith's "retirement" trip has long intrigued me. What a terrible way to wrap up what had been such a distinguished career.

[blam]

Good investigative work.

I like these sorts of 'connections.'

[bigheadfred]

Apropos of nothing, aluminum foil is on sale this week.

Apropos of nothing, aluminum foil is on sail this week. There. Fixed it.

[Roccus]

This is also the cover story for the April, 2012 issue of Sky and Telescope. The article there goes into much more detail.

[the OlLine Rebel]

‘as the offspring of the Lobsters scheduled to be steamed for dinner that night call it “the miracle of 1912”.’

ROFL!

[the OlLine Rebel]

The last Titanic program I saw was from “Seconds from Disaster” (which I highly recommend) last month.

This show was the 1st 1 I remember to bring up the rivet material quality (mentioned here a few times).

It also went over issues such as the “vain speed” theory. Basically it said what Capt. Smith and Ismay were doing was not unusual at the time even in ice fields. Essentially they exonerated Smith for sure; don’t recall much about Ismay.

[SunkenCiv]

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[BenLurkin]

I don’t remember posting this.

[Calamari]

Gotta be! Couldn’t be anything else except maybe imprudent speed, lack of awareness of sea conditions or reckless pursuit of the Atlantic crossing speed record could it.

[SunkenCiv]

Note: this topic is from 03/06/2012. Thanks again BenLurkin.

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