Wednesday, April 11, 2012

One Hundred Years Ago ...

In the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and twelve:

10th April: RMS Titanic, on her maiden voyage under the command of Captain Edward John Smith, departs Southampton with over 2000 passengers bound for New York ...



14th April, 23.40 hours: Titanic collides with one of these monsters 375 miles south of Newfoundland ...


15th April,  02.20 hours: Titanic breaks her back and sinks ...



It is a matter of some debate whether the quartet really did play Nearer my God to Thee as the ship went down, but it's a nice idea, isn't it?


04.00 hours: RMS Carpathia arrives at the scene, and 710 survivors are taken on board.

18th April:
Carpathia docks at New York ...



I wonder: has anyone got a song about this?
Here's one ...

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