Titanic’s officers were well aware of abnormal refraction and the phenomenon of looming, as her Second Officer Charles Lightoller explained at the British Inquiry into the sinking.
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A Very Deceiving Night: The Californian Incident
One of the most extraordinary elements of the Titanic story is that she sank within sight of a rescue ship, the Californian, which ignored her distress signals.
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Titanic: Minute by Minute
Titanic: Minute by Minute.
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A Very Deceiving Night: Introduction
100 years after the Titanic sank on 15th April 1912, the world is still fascinated by the story of how 1,500 people froze to death in the calm waters of the North Atlantic, on the maiden voyage of the largest and safest ship in the world.
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A Very Deceiving Night
Over the coming months, I intend to blog chapters from my Titanic book, A Very Deceiving Night. I hope by
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