The Titanic Sunk this Day April 15, 1912

Leeward Rail

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JamesG161 said:
Many safety things changed that fateful day.
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One suspected reason the S.S. Eastland capsized with 2500 passengers (844 were killed), was instability due to lifeboats and rafts being added after the Titanic sinking caused a safety rule change.

Fwiw I have never understood why there is such a romantic focus on the Titanic when there were ship sinkings with much higher loss of life. Maybe it was all the rich people aboard the titanic ? The marketing baravado of an "unsinkable ship" ?

Don Paz = 4400 dead
Gustloff = 9000 died

 
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Rick Webb

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Leeward Rail said:
One suspected reason the S.S. Eastland capsized with 2500 passengers (844 were killed), was instability due to lifeboats and rafts being added after the Titanic sinking caused a safety rule change.

Fwiw I have never understood why there is such a romantic focus on the Titanic when there were ship sinkings with much higher loss of life. Maybe it was all the rich people aboard the titanic ? The marketing baravado of an "unsinkable ship" ?

Don Paz = 4400 dead
Gustloff = 9000 died
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Why do we "Remember the Alamo" when few know about the Battle of Goliad?

“This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.”
 
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