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LINDSAY's love & broken heart for the TITANIC
Welcome to the Titanic Chamber!
THE TITANIC
The luxury liner of the 20th century,
the "unsinkable" Royal Mail Ship Titanic
of the White Star Line. This British
steam ship of the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company,
was built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast, England.
At the time, she was the largest ship in the world,
a length of 882.5 feet and a gross tonnage of 46,328.
A titan of the sea, boasted that it was the ship
that even God could not sink.
The managing director, Thomas Andrews declared,
"The Titanic is practically unsinkable."
Survivor Eva Hart, "The ship is a monument to
mens' arrogance." She says of the lack of
lifeboats, "They had got so clever they did not
think they were needed and hundreds died because of it."
After the ship was tested in Belfast Lough and the
Irish Sea, she was made ready for her historic
maiden voyage on April 10, 1912. She was to sail
the Atlantic Ocean from Southampton, England
to New York.
An over confident crew, not enough lifeboats,
built with unsafe metals, various other faults,
and traveling too fast in the freezing Atlantic.
This titan of the sea struck an iceberg early
April 12, 1912.
Survivor Edith Haisman, "At first there was no
panic because everybody was so stunned by what had
happened. They didn't realize the Titanic was
sinking. Nobody did. In the last minutes everybody
was standing to get off the ship as they started
to realize something was wrong."
"Most of the men jumped overboard into the sea.
Those who could swim swam and those who could not
swim sank. There was no hope for anyone. Everybody
just panicked and they disappeared in the sea."
Of the 2,222 people aboard the Titanic, 1,517
lost their lives, leaving only 705 survivors,
most of which were children.
Survivor Millvena Dean, "If I stopped to think
about it I'd feel very unhappy about the whole thing."
She was only nine months old when her father
died that fateful early morning.
Seven year old Eva Hart and her mother were put on
a lifeboat, her father saying, "Hold Mummy's hand
and be a good girl."
Fifteen year old Edith Haisman and her mother
was put on a lifeboat, her father saying,
"I'll see you in New York."
They never saw their fathers again.
