It was on this date 112 years ago, the Titanic sailed from Southhampton.

"Fare thee well Titanic, fare thee well.
It was midnight on the sea,
The band was playin' "Nearer My God To Thee."
Fare thee well Titanic, fare thee well..."

Yeah, i saw the movie. Don’t want to give away any spoilers but let’s just say it doesn’t end well.

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I have been fascinated and horrified by the Titanic story since the day I learned about it as a kid. By now the grief has nearly passed from humanity. That’s some what of a consolation.

Every mountain is unclimbable until it's climbed, every ship is unsinkable until it sinks.

On our honeymoon we saw the Titanic Experience and museum in Belfast, Northern Ireland where IIRC the ship was built and also the final port of call before heading out into the Atlantic at Cobh (then called Queenstown) in the Republic of Ireland in 2012. Both were really good stops on our tour.

I recall there being a story told at Cobh of someone who either missed getting on the ship or gave up his seat to someone else, talk about cheating death!

Not sure if people know that the Titanic did not broadcast an SOS, it was still using the old "CQD" distress signal:

Morse Code Revisited: Communing With Titanic’s Distress Signal

And just for perspective, Fenway opened 10 days later.

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Originally posted by 0-0:
Yeah, i saw the movie. Don’t want to give away any spoilers but let’s just say it doesn’t end well.

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I'm waiting for the sequel, Titanic II.

I have a question about the Titanic (and other ships of the time).
The smokestacks are angled to the rear - was that just for looks, or is there a structural/mechanical/technical/performance reason for that?

I've been to the SeaCity Museum (aka Titanic museum) in Southampton, UK, which was its port of departure. Two things that stuck with me:

Southampton and the nearby surrounding area experienced a massive loss of life as that is where most of the crew was from. If I'm remembering correctly, its about 1/3 of the fatalities being from that area.

They had a set-up of a replica of the British Wreck Commissioner Inquiry. The recommendations that came out changed ships for the better (e.g. watertight bulkheads, # of lifeboats/rafts is per people on board not tonnage of vessel, life boat drills, etc.).

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Originally posted by Rey HRH:

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Originally posted by 0-0:
Yeah, i saw the movie. Don’t want to give away any spoilers but let’s just say it doesn’t end well.

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I'm waiting for the sequel, Titanic II.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic_II

Titanic II is a planned passenger ocean liner intended to be a functional modern-day replica of the Olympic-class RMS Titanic. The new ship is planned to have a gross tonnage (GT) of 56,000, while the original ship measured about 46,000 gross register tons (GRT). The project was announced by Australian billionaire Clive Palmer in April 2012 as the flagship of the proposed cruise company Blue Star Line Pty. Ltd. of Brisbane, Australia. The intended launch date was originally set for 2016, delayed to 2018 then 2022, then later set for 2027. Development of the project was resumed in November 2018 after a hiatus which affected the $500 million project.

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I've been to the SeaCity Museum (aka Titanic museum) in Southampton, UK, which was its port of departure.

That was the England port of departure. The final port of departure was in Ireland; Queenstown, now known as Cobh.

That was the last time the ship saw land.

I think the smoke stacks were angled to give it that speed look and aesthetics.
From what I was told the forth stack was not in use, just there for looks to give it a sense of power.

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Originally posted by Rey HRH:

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Originally posted by 0-0:
Yeah, i saw the movie. Don’t want to give away any spoilers but let’s just say it doesn’t end well.

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I'm waiting for the sequel, Titanic II.

I like Bill Burr's take on the movie

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Originally posted by PASig:

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Originally posted by tatortodd:

I've been to the SeaCity Museum (aka Titanic museum) in Southampton, UK, which was its port of departure.

That was the England port of departure. The final port of departure was in Ireland; Queenstown, now known as Cobh.

That was the last time the ship saw land.

Yes and there was also a stop in Cherbourg, France, in between Southampton and Queenstown. There is a staggering difference between the ports in the number of passengers and crew.

549 out of 685 crew members who died were from Southampton area.

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Originally posted by PASig:
Not sure if people know that the Titanic did not broadcast an SOS, it was still using the old "CQD" distress signal:

Morse Code Revisited: Communing With Titanic’s Distress Signal

Listening to that is what got me into studying/learning Morse Code last year.

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That was the last time the ship saw land.

Wellllllll......sort of. . Dry land, yes.

One of my good friends' father was supposed to be on the Titanic. He was 13 years old and traveling alone. But, at the last minute, his parents decided he should be confirmed in their Lutheran church in the "old country" and take the next ship to America.