Speaking of RMS Titanic, today is 14 April. Ninety-two years ago today, Titanic was somewhere near the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, headed for the city of New York. She's four days out of Southampton and is expected to arrive on 16 April 1912, at the White Star Line's berths in the new Chelsea Piers complex.
Of course, she does not complete this voyage, as she strikes an iceberg at roughly 11:41 P.M. local time. The reported speed of the ship was 22.5 knots when lookout Frederick Fleet calls the bridge to report a sighted iceberg.
James Cameron's 1997 motion picture is probably as good a visual reference as any for the resulting events; suffice it to say that Titanic never had a chance, for a variety of reasons.
One site I used for background was Lost Liners. In addition to Titanic, it covers a number of other significant maritime passenger vessels, and is rather well put together.
Posted by Country Pundit at April 14, 2004 03:32 PM