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9. A Watery Grave for Most of The Passengers
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Of the 1517 passengers who lost their lives on the Titanic, only 334 bodies were ever recovered(a mere 23%!) Nova Scotian authorities in Canada established a temporary mortuary. Rescuers transported a number of the bodies found floating in the sea to Nova Scotia. Crews from passing ships also buried others at sea (decomposition, severe damage and a lack of embalming fluid on ships transporting the dead).
Third class passengers, emigrants and crew members made up the majority of bodies. These were the most vulnerable groups of all those on-board. Bodies of women, men and children were all retrieved from the sea.
10. Remained Lost For a Significant Number of Years?
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Despite the fame of the Titanic, it took 73 years to relocate the shipwreck. Finding the ship was something similar to looking for a needle in a haystack. The Titanic had become so famous that explorers were desperate to find her. But the Atlantic is a vast ocean, not only is it wide but it is very deep! Robert Ballard always dreamt of finding the Titanic so he competed with other scientists and explorers to discover the wreck. He set out to look for the trail of debris ships leaves behind as they sink towards the sea floor. Ballard used the “Argo,”his deep-sea vehicle, loads of cameras and sonar. With sheer determination and grit, he finally located the trail and of course, the Titanic herself.
11. Unbelievably The Titanic Was Set to Sail for a Second Time
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Take one rich Australian and his pre-occupation with the Titanic’s fate and what do you get? Titanic II! The business mogul planned to launch a modern day replica of the infamous ocean liner. Fans were expecting Titanic II’s maiden voyage in 2018 but plans appear to have run aground. The sea-worthy, full-sized replica was to sail between China and Dubai on her maiden voyage. It appears Clive Palmer the Australian enthusiast has got cold feet, and construction has not begun.
A close replica of the Titanic, Titanic II would look like the original but with better lifeboats and communication systems!
12. Survival Dependent on What Happened to Keys and Binoculars
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The Titanic crew had no binoculars. Despite reports of icebergs in the Atlantic, the watchmen had no binoculars to scope out stray masses of ice. So why did the men in the Crow’s nest rely on the naked eye? The key to the locker that the ship’s binoculars were in could not be opened because the key was lost! A last minute change to the crew would prove problematic for the watchmen Frederick Fleet and Regional Lee. The original officer forgot to hand over the key to the look-out’s locker, preventing access to the cupboard and the binoculars.
At the official inquiry Fleet said that if the lookouts had had binoculars they would have seen the iceberg earlier. Presumably, he believed he could have saved the Titanic from its watery fate and the lives of hundreds of people.
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