Titanic

This is a picture of Rose and Jack dawson from the motion picture of Titanic in 1997. I found some pictures of Titanic today that I'll post hope you enjoy them.

Celine Dion singing My Heart Will Go On.

[It's kind of quiet and takes a while for the song to actually start. But that's what makes this a beautiful song.]

 

 

The RMS Titanic was an Olympic-class passenger liner owned by the White Star Line and built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. On the night of 14 April 1912, during her maiden voyage, Titanic hit an iceberg, and sank two hours and forty minutes later, early on 15 April 1912. For her time, she was the largest passenger steamship in the world.

The sinking resulted in the deaths of over 1,500 people, making it one of the most costly (in terms of lives) peacetime maritime disasters in history. The high casualty rate was due in part to the fact that, while compliant with the regulations of the time, the ship did not carry enough lifeboats for everyone aboard. The ship had a total lifeboat capacity of 1,178 persons even though her maximum capacity was 3,547 people. A disproportionate number of men died also, due to the women and children first protocol which was followed.

The Titanic used some of the most advanced technology available at the time and was, after the sinking, popularly believed to have been described as “unsinkable”. It was a great shock to many that, despite the extensive safety features and experienced crew, the Titanic sank. The mediafrenzy about Titanic's famous victims, the legends about the sinking, the resulting changes to maritime law, and the discovery of the wreck have contributed to the interest in and fame of the Titanic that continues to this day.

[If you'd like more information, please go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic]