The hidden cause of the Titanic disaster. In this blog post Tim Maltin and Professor Andrew T. Young reveal the real cause of this tragedy, 104 years after the event – abnormal refraction.
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The hidden cause of the Titanic disaster. In this blog post Tim Maltin and Professor Andrew T. Young reveal the real cause of this tragedy, 104 years after the event – abnormal refraction.
Continue readingDeceiving night caused Captain Lord to conclude that Titanic was a nearby cargo ship with no wireless and a slack crew who would not reply to his Morse lamp
Continue readingCaptain Lord of the Californian concluded that Titanic did not have a wireless and therefore did not believe it was the Titanic at all.
Continue readingCalifornian Captain Lord did not have a full broadside view of the Titanic because she had swung round to just present her port bow.
Continue readingCalifornian Captain Lord only 1.5 miles from the field ice, when he first noticed it, but it was a camouflaged iceberg, hidden by miraging haze.
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