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The Fridge / Great Maritime disasters
« on: January 02, 2006, 05:04:40 AM »
Alright, this has nothing to do with LBT. I just want to know if any of you know of any great shipwrecks (other than the Titanic. We all know the story of that.) I will list some that I have heard of and how they sank.
Empress of Ireland- Collision with another ship in the St. Lawrence River on May 29, 1914. This ship has sadly almost been completely forgotten. It sank only weeks before the outbreak of WWI and was never a popular news story. 1,012 people died. Intresting fact: Of the 1500 people who died on the Titanic, 832 were passengers. Of the 1,012 people who died on the Empress of Ireland, 840 were passengers. This means 8 more passengers died on this ship than on the Titanic.
Lusitania- British passenger ship torpedoed by German u-boat off the coast of Ireland on May 7, 1915. 1125 people died.
Britannic- Brittish hospital ship sunk by explotion of unknown origion of the coast of Italy. Only 30 people died. Some people believe the ship was torpedoed by a u-boat but it is unlikly though because u-boats usually didn't fire upon hospitally ships. It was more likly a mine that sank the Brittanic. Intresting fact: The Britannic was the sister ship of the Titanic. She was to be bigger nd more luxurious than the Titanic but was taken by the Royal Navy as a hospital ship. The ship is also the biggest ship ever to sink. Her wreck is almost completely intact and relatively untouched. Looters don't salvage hospital ships because they don't carry anything of value except sick and wounded people. Another intresting fact: The Titanic's other sister, the Olympic was the only one to have a successful career. She was, however, scrapped in 1935. Today though, parts of her first class lounge and the ship's grand staircase (not sure if that should be capitalized or not) can be found at a hotel in England. I will post pistures of these ships except I forgot how. Someone please tell me how. I will get more in detail on these ships later on. ust thought I would share some of my knowledge of maritime desasters with you. It can be quite intresting at times. If any of you have ever hard of any of these ships or know of any others, please share your knowledge. I get my scources from books, tv, and the internet. I love learning stuff. Now, I can post pics. The one here is a picture of the Britannic, sister of the Titanic.
Empress of Ireland- Collision with another ship in the St. Lawrence River on May 29, 1914. This ship has sadly almost been completely forgotten. It sank only weeks before the outbreak of WWI and was never a popular news story. 1,012 people died. Intresting fact: Of the 1500 people who died on the Titanic, 832 were passengers. Of the 1,012 people who died on the Empress of Ireland, 840 were passengers. This means 8 more passengers died on this ship than on the Titanic.
Lusitania- British passenger ship torpedoed by German u-boat off the coast of Ireland on May 7, 1915. 1125 people died.
Britannic- Brittish hospital ship sunk by explotion of unknown origion of the coast of Italy. Only 30 people died. Some people believe the ship was torpedoed by a u-boat but it is unlikly though because u-boats usually didn't fire upon hospitally ships. It was more likly a mine that sank the Brittanic. Intresting fact: The Britannic was the sister ship of the Titanic. She was to be bigger nd more luxurious than the Titanic but was taken by the Royal Navy as a hospital ship. The ship is also the biggest ship ever to sink. Her wreck is almost completely intact and relatively untouched. Looters don't salvage hospital ships because they don't carry anything of value except sick and wounded people. Another intresting fact: The Titanic's other sister, the Olympic was the only one to have a successful career. She was, however, scrapped in 1935. Today though, parts of her first class lounge and the ship's grand staircase (not sure if that should be capitalized or not) can be found at a hotel in England. I will post pistures of these ships except I forgot how. Someone please tell me how. I will get more in detail on these ships later on. ust thought I would share some of my knowledge of maritime desasters with you. It can be quite intresting at times. If any of you have ever hard of any of these ships or know of any others, please share your knowledge. I get my scources from books, tv, and the internet. I love learning stuff. Now, I can post pics. The one here is a picture of the Britannic, sister of the Titanic.