RogerH Posted April 15, 2022 Report Share Posted April 15, 2022 At 2.20am on the 15th April 1912 the TITANIC sank beneath the waves. More than 1500 souls were lost. Roger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Bleednipple Posted April 15, 2022 Report Share Posted April 15, 2022 3 hours ago, RogerH said: At 2.20am on the 15th April 1912 the TITANIC sank beneath the waves. More than 1500 souls were lost. Roger Almost exactly 110 years later the Russians lost their Black Sea flagship (hoping no lives were lost, although it's unclear). Still kind of waiting for the Kremlin to blame an iceberg. Nigel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RogerH Posted April 15, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2022 I think they said on the news that they lost apprx 400. Possibly self inflicted. Roger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stillp Posted April 15, 2022 Report Share Posted April 15, 2022 An interesting tale about one of the objects that went down with the ship: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-57683638 Trivial of course by comparison with the loss of life. Pete Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deggers Posted April 15, 2022 Report Share Posted April 15, 2022 Had fate taken a different path . . . Titanic arriving at Pier 60, New York, on the morning of Wednesday, April 17th. (Instead, her older sister "Olympic"). Deggers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ntc Posted April 15, 2022 Report Share Posted April 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Bleednipple said: Almost exactly 110 years later the Russians lost their Black Sea flagship (hoping no lives were lost, although it's unclear). Still kind of waiting for the Kremlin to blame an iceberg. Nigel Why ? They chose War Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deggers Posted April 15, 2022 Report Share Posted April 15, 2022 Beautiful ships, the Olympic class liners. Now dwarfed by their bloated modern counterparts. Deggers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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