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April 22, 1912...a look at Lolo (Michel) and Edmond Navratil, survivors of the Titanic disaster whose father went down with the ship. Lolo was the last remaining male survivor of the Titanic sinking He died in 2001...
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Added: 27th April 2008
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Posted By: Teresa |
 
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Triv:One of my female classmates was one of Ed's nieces????She was in the same sinking poor boat we were in ?How cool was uncle ED? Don't underestimate the STONES! I saw them a few yrs ago,and heart and soul,out lives heart and mind.
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Added: 10th January 2008
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Posted By: tommy7 |
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The RMS Lusitania was a British passenger liner that was torpedoed in the First World War by the German submarine U-20 off the coast of Ireland on May 7, 1915. It sank in just 18 minutes. A total of 1,198 of 1,959 passengers perished, including 128 of the 197 Americans on board. Despite the large number of American casualties, U.S. president Woodrow Wilson only issued a formal complaint to the German government. He was heavily criticized in the British press for not declaring war. For years the British government insisted the Lusitania contained no war material, but a dive in 2006 found stores of ammunition. (Thus it was a legitimate war target for German submarines.) There is only one remaining Lusitania survivor, a 93-year-old Englishwoman, who was just three months old when the ship was sunk. The last American survivor died on April 12, 2008.
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Added: 28th April 2008
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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An almost forgotten maritime tragedy is the sinking of The Empress of Ireland, a trans-Atlantic ocean linear owned by the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company. At about 2 a.m. on May 29, 1914, during one of its regular voyages from Quebec City to Liverpool, it collided with the Norwegian ship Storstad in the cold waters of the St. Lawrence River. Out of the 1,477 passengers aboard, 1,012 perished. The high death toll was largely attributable to how quickly the ship sank (14 minutes) and that most of the passengers were in bed when the accident occurred. Among the dead were 167 Salvation Army musicians who were travelling to England to perform at a charity function. A Canadian inquiry into the disaster blamed the Storstad for the collision while a Norwegian inquiry blamed the Empress of Ireland. For years the Empress of Ireland was visited by scuba divers who plundered some of its valuables. However, it is now illegal to dive near the wreck as the Canadian government has declared it a maritime gravesite. (There are human remains inside the ship.) There are no living survivors from that awful night. The last one died in 1985.
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Added: 29th April 2008
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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Titanic struck an iceberg on April 14, 1912, and sank two hours and forty minutes later on April 15, 1912.
The sinking resulted in the deaths of more than 1,500 people, ranking it as one of the worst peacetime maritime disasters in history and by far the most famous.
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Added: 13th April 2008
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Within days of the sinking, a United States Senate subcommittee launched an investigation into the incident, they reported that 1,517 people perished in the accident, while the British investigation placed the number at 1,490
To the gallant crews of the Titanic and the Carpathia
To the passengers ... victims and survivors alike
We remember
Uphold them with Thy saving grace.
Thou Who supports with tender might
The balanced birds in all their flight.
Lord, if the tempered winds be near,
That, having Thee, they know no fear.
-- Mary C. D. Hamilton (1915)
Photos
Maritime Quest
http://www.maritimequest.com/
Encyclopedia-Titanica
http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/
The incredible Art of Titanic
E. D. Walker
http://www.edwalkermarine.com/
James A. Flood
http://www.jamesaflood.com
Simon Fisher
http://www.simonfishermaritime.com/
Ken Marschall
http://www.transatlanticdesigns.com/
Audio Clips with survivors
Edith Russell
Charles Herbert Lightoller
BBC radio sound archives
Music
Titanic Soundtrack
music composed and conducted by James Horner
conceived and produced by
Dale Caruso
Here are several top notch locations to visit and spend time; and to begin you quest for information about Titanic and the tragic event of April 14th 1912
encyclopedia titanica
http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/
Titanic Nautical Resource Center.
http://www.titanic-nautical.com/
Titanic Historical Society(THS)
http://www.titanic1.org/
And highly reccomended for photos, data, paintings on Titanic, her sisters, or most any type of sailing vessel
Maritime Quest
http://www.maritimequest.com/
If you love the sea, Maritime Quest will definitely top your "favorites" list
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Added: 25th September 2008
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