TITANIC - ONE HUNDRED YEARS ON

Because so many of them died, it's often forgotten that even for third class passengers, they were travelling in luxury, compared to what many were used to.

The food wasn't fancy, but there was plenty of it, and it was wholesome, and their cabins were kept clean by White Star staff.



Look at the third-class breakfast, it's better than most of us eat today.

White Star wanted third class passengers, as they were the biggest source of income - rather like air travel today, it's the bread and butter passengers who make the profits.

White Star had souvenir menus printed for them to send back to Ireland, or France, or Italy, or wherever they came from, to encourage other emigrants to sail with them.

Sabot mentioned this earlier; they must have been so, so happy, travelling on that beautiful boat to a new land.

I think I'm going to cry. It's so sad.

She was well-named The Ship Of Dreams, wasn't she? The oddest thing is, she still is, one hundred years on.

She was beautiful, and she still is....



I don't know what it is about her, but it feels like a terrible mistake was made, and one day she's going to wake up, shake herself off, and come back and finish her voyage....if that makes any sense?

And at least she looked like a ship.

Yes, as opposed to an overgrown barge with a shopping mall stuck on the top. One documentary I watched made the point that she actually stayed afloat longer than expected, and also, she didn't capsize.

The horrifying death toll could actually have been worse.

It all comes down to lack of lifeboats in the end. And there's that arrogance again.

I think the word Hubris is perfect for it, Sabot - the very same thing that seems to have caused disaster on the Concordia. Somehow, human nature never seems to get upgraded along with the technology.

I agree with you bb1: "She was well-named The Ship Of Dreams, wasn't she? The oddest thing is, she still is, one hundred years on.

She was beautiful, and she still is...."

Titanic was, still is, always will be, the magnificent ship of dreams:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jqdTXrI5c_Q/TaeqmiFRAOI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/SMjgYRdTuus/s1600/titanic.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Yq_MX1-FfY8/T4uQf04y7QI/AAAAAAAADTg/XVrSL8zCaEk/s1600/titanic3d311.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ja8JFlKX5nI/T1S_f-0R2bI/AAAAAAAADNI/kIvBi1dSRds/s1600/2012-02-28+titanic.jpg

http://culture.hu/main.php?folderID=1094&articleID=325210&ctag=articlelist&iid=1

This is an interview with a lady whose grandfather, a Hungarian doctor, was on the Carpathia when it went to the rescue of the Titanic passengers. LL

thank you LL for the link.

http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16218668

Oz Billionaire To Build Working Titanic Replica




The Titanic during trials in Belfast before its doomed first voyage

A flamboyant Australian billionaire has ordered a shipyard in China to build him an exact replica of the Titanic.

Mining magnate Clive Palmer has announced the luxury cruise ship will have the same dimensions as the original Titanic which sank on its maiden voyage 100 years ago.
"Many people have attempted to do it before but have failed because they didn't have the money to pay for it," Mr Palmer told reporters in Brisbane.
"We've got the money, we've got the shipyard and we're moving very heavily to commence construction to bring this ship into service."



Mr Palmer wants the ship to be built by state-owned Chinese company CSC Jinling Shipyard.
With the latest navigation and safety systems, Titanic II will sail in the northern hemisphere, with her maiden voyage from England to North America scheduled for late 2016.
Mr Palmer said the rebuild was a tribute to the spirit of the men and women who worked on the original Titanic, which sank after hitting an iceberg on April 15, 1912 and cost the lives of 1,514 passengers and crew.
Asked if the ship could sink, Mr Palmer told reporters: "Of course it will sink if you put a hole in it. It is going to be designed so it won't sink. It will be designed as a modern ship with all the technology to ensure that doesn't happen.

"But of course if you are superstitious like you are, you never know what could happen."
The businessman said design work in conjunction with a historical research team had commenced on the new Titanic, which will have 840 rooms and nine decks.
The Chinese navy has been invited to escort Titanic II on its maiden voyage to New York.
Mr Palmer said the ship's funnels, which with modern propulsion would be purely decorative, and would be used to house a restaurant, a theatre and an "internet room".

With perhaps unfortunate timing, the businessman chose the news conference to also announce he is launching a political career in Australia.
He wants to stand against the Treasurer of the current government, Wayne Swan, at the next election.
Opposition leader Tony Abbott says the mining mogul did not speak to him before announcing his decision to get involved in politics.
"I was as surprised as you were to hear the news," Mr Abbott told Macquarie Radio. "Good luck to him," Mr Abbott added.
"If there's anyone in Australia who can successfully run for parliament and at the same time build a replica of the Titanic, it's Clive."
:: Titanic film director James Cameron built a replica of the ship to 90% of the full scale, including the four 65ft funnels.
No film studio was big enough to house it so one had to be specially built in Baha, Mexico.

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Absolutely NO WAY would I sail on the maiden voyage of Titanic 2, personally.

Something will happen - the state-of-the-art electronics will be hit by a freak lightning strike. Or a flock of albatrosses will fly into the radar.

AND THEN IT WILL HIT THE ONLY ICEBERG IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC.

It is going to be designed so it won't sink. It will be designed as a modern ship with all the technology to ensure that doesn't happen.

What, like this?



I suppose one could be pedantic and say the Concordia didn't actually sink....and that Titanic 2 shouldn't topple over, as it won't be designed like a giant barge with a shopping mall on top.

I am STILL not going on the maiden voyage.