Titanic memorial cruise sets sail

Jimbuna · 04-09-12, 12:45 PM

This cruise was 'sold out' over two years ago and I honestly wish I had known about it at the time.

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A memorial cruise retracing the route of the Titanic to mark 100 years since the ship sank has arrived at Cobh on the south coast of Ireland.
Thousands of cheering locals welcomed the arrival of MS Balmoral, which is carrying relatives of some who died.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17652523

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17657740

Osmium Steele · 04-09-12, 01:52 PM

Hope they're not going to be absolutely faithful to the Titanic's final voyage.

Perhaps a little to the left?

nikimcbee · 04-09-12, 02:42 PM

So Jim, if you go, make sure you dress warm and wear your life preserver.

You can swim, right?

ya doon it now lad! In to da lifeboat wichya.

andy_311 · 04-09-12, 04:28 PM

Titanic is not the biggest maratime disaster in history as I recall that goes to the Wilhem Gusstoff but nobody knows about ship.(appoligies if am wrong)

Garion · 04-09-12, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by andy_311

Titanic is not the biggest maratime disaster in history as I recall that goes to the Wilhem Gusstoff but nobody knows about ship.(appoligies if am wrong)

German Ship WW2 evacuating civilians when Army Group North was being over run, sunk by Soviet Sub in the Baltic..?

Popping off to Google to check

Back: http://www.wilhelmgustloff.com/sinking.htm
Cheers

Garion

Platapus · 04-09-12, 06:29 PM

For those people who have visited Washington DC, have you seen the Titanic Memorial?

Until the advent of the Internets Tubes and Wikipedia, it was one of the best kept secrets of DC. People can live here for 20 years and never knew there was a DC Titanic Memorial.

Sailor Steve · 04-09-12, 06:37 PM

Yes, Wilhelm Gustloff suffered the greatest loss of life of any single sinking ever.

The greatest loss of life in a peacetime sinking ocurred just twenty-five years ago when the ferry Doña Paz collided with the tanker Vector. More than 4000 people died.

TLAM Strike · 04-09-12, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by andy_311

Titanic is not the biggest maratime disaster in history as I recall that goes to the Wilhem Gusstoff but nobody knows about ship.(appoligies if am wrong)

Sunk by the Soviet Submarine S-13 under Captain Alexander Ivanovich Marinesko.

BTW Marinesko has an awesome statue:

Bet that iceberg never got a statue.

CaptainMattJ. · 04-10-12, 01:17 AM

Unfortunate that the sinking was more due to the fact of a wide range of human error.

one of the most prolific, but certainly not the worst.

Jimbuna · 04-10-12, 03:55 AM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Bet that iceberg never got a statue.

Oh but it did......it was last visited on a warm midsummer July evening in the nineteen twenties but was found to be missing for some inexplicable reason the following morning

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Osmium Steele Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Upper midwest USA Posts: 1,101 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Hope they're not going to be absolutely faithful to the Titanic's final voyage. Perhaps a little to the left? __________________ In the month of July of the year 1348, between the feasts of St. Benedict and of St. Swithin, a strange thing came upon England... My U297 build thread

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nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	So Jim, if you go, make sure you dress warm and wear your life preserver. You can swim, right? ya doon it now lad! In to da lifeboat wichya. __________________

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andy_311 The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Oldham, Lancs,England Posts: 1,312 Downloads: 82 Uploads: 0	Titanic is not the biggest maratime disaster in history as I recall that goes to the Wilhem Gusstoff but nobody knows about ship.(appoligies if am wrong) __________________

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,362 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	For those people who have visited Washington DC, have you seen the Titanic Memorial? Until the advent of the Internets Tubes and Wikipedia, it was one of the best kept secrets of DC. People can live here for 20 years and never knew there was a DC Titanic Memorial. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Yes, Wilhelm Gustloff suffered the greatest loss of life of any single sinking ever. The greatest loss of life in a peacetime sinking ocurred just twenty-five years ago when the ferry Doña Paz collided with the tanker Vector. More than 4000 people died. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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CaptainMattJ. The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sin City Posts: 1,364 Downloads: 55 Uploads: 0	Unfortunate that the sinking was more due to the fact of a wide range of human error. one of the most prolific, but certainly not the worst. __________________ A popular Government without popular information nor the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own Governors must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives - James Madison