100th anniversary of Titanic

-

In the early hours of 15 April 1912, over 1500 people were lost at sea in the biggest maritime disaster in history: the sinking of the RMS Titanic. A disaster that could have easily been averted or even avoided. Today, we remember those who met their watery grave that night.

R.I.P.

Comments

  1. V06415 April 2012 at 22:42

    While it was one of the most unnesscary and also one of the most educational maritime disasters, it was not the biggest. So not to mitigate the memory of those from the Titanic, but if we have it in our hearts it might be good to also extend it to the about 9500 victims of the biggest maritime disasters in history: The sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff at the end of WWII.

    http://www.wilhelmgustloff.com/

    ReplyDelete
  2. Traxy23 April 2012 at 16:48

    Fascinating. And tragic. Wonder why we never hear about that one?

    Could be argued that RMS Titanic was the biggest accident, while MV Wilhelm Gustloff was the biggest in total.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Thanks for stopping by! All comments are read (usually within 24 hours) and responded to whenever I can, but not necessarily straight away. Spam comments stop in the moderation queue. Be as snarky as you like, but I give as good as I get, and you probably need a hug. Cheerio! :)

Popular posts from this blog

You know you're a Richard Armitage fan when ...

-
I thought there should be a list like this. Maybe there already is, I've just not seen it yet. It's not a massive list by the time of posting this (25 points), but I'm hoping you'll help me come up with more so that one day it will be. :) Last updated: 14 June 2012, the list so far: You know you're a Richard Armitage fan when ...
READ MORE »

The Quest to read everything Jane Eyre

-
Image
...before they go as mad as the secret wife in the attic? I aim to find out! :) This is where it all began. Okay, I don't mean I aim to read Jane Eyre prequels, sequels, spin-offs and inspired bys/based ons until I actually go insane, more like, how many can I manage to read before I get thoroughly fed up with the whole thing. Here's the cunning plan ... (updated 13 December 2012)
READ MORE »

Richard Armitage will never be himself on TV

-
Image
One of the interesting comments Richard Armitage was when an interviewer asked him, because he's a great dancer, is if we'd ever see him on something like Strictly Come Dancing . His response was that we'd never get to see Richard Armitage as Richard Armitage on TV. Basically, he's not the kind of celebrity to show up as soon as someone waves an invite to a reality TV show. Richard Armitage as himself. On telly. But not in a reality show. Things that make me love and respect the man: +1! Before I read that interview, I was thinking about him on Strictly , and then started to think of a host of other reality TV shows and whether or not he would be a suitable candidate. This is what I came up with ... Top Gear What it is: This is a car show, or ... a comedy show with cars in, depending on how you look at it. Rupert Penry-Jones and Peter Firth came on it to promote series 7 (?) of Spooks , so why not Richard Armitage? He does drive a car, after all ... Why
READ MORE »