Titanic

Smithsonian Channel To Premiere Documentary Titanic

... sinking. The images are unveiled in a new one-hour Smithsonian Channel documentary that tells the story of the unluckiest ship in maritime history. TITANIC: THE NEW EVIDENCE premieres Saturday, January 21 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The film features newly released photographs from the private collection of the Titanic?s Chief Electrical Engineer, John Kempster. They had been stashed away in an attic for over 100 years. The photos show the momentous launch of the famous ship and hold hidden clues to the impending catastrophe. In TITANIC: THE NEW EVIDENCE, new visuals bring to life the Titanic disaster as never before. Evidence of the ship?s failings revealed in the photographs and featured in the film include use of a range of substandard materials and shoddy workmanship primarily due to cost-cutting and dangerous shortcuts taken by shipbuilders under intense pressure to complete the largest ship in the ...

Titanic Documentary First Look Shows Ship Sank Due To Fire

... back in the Belfast docks — before the ship had even begun its maiden voyage across the Atlantic — and had spread across more than one of the vessel’s coal bunkers. “‘Bunkers’ — plural!” the documentary’s host points out. RELATED: Hear more of the latest TV news from this week. According to a new evidence, the ship’s bulkhead (an upright wall within the hull) was red-hot from the initial blaze which caused the fire to spread from one bunker to another. This meant that, in order to stop the fire from spreading further, firemen below deck were having to frantically shovel even more smoldering coal into the engine’s furnace, thereby causing the ship to pick up speed and charge “towards her destiny.”. Titanic: The New Evidence uses newly-unearthed photos to reveal the true causes of the Titanic’s terrible end at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. The photos, from the private collection of the ship’s chief electrical engineer, John Kempster, are said to shed light on the true cause of the sinking — a topic that has been hotly debated over the years — by ...

Belfast Telegraph Holiday World Show Opens At Titanic Exhibition Centre

... and Belfast Telegraph Holiday World Show Director, Maureen Ledwith are astounded at the deals on offer at the show held at the Titanic Exhibition Centre. Nicola Gaunt, right shows Megan Brown and Fionualla Ferguson some of the great offers at the Belfast Telegraph Holiday World Show. Friends Janet Millar and Pat Phillips having fun at the Belfast Telegraph Holiday World Show. Belfast Met Lecturers Eimear Lenaghan and Sharon Rolt with students Anthony Black, Natasha Clarke and Euan Grieg having a great day out at the Belfast Telegraph Holiday Show. Six year old Ryan Black-Hosick from Bangor was chosen by Winter Fells William Vanderkells to be his new trainee at the 2017 Holiday World Show. Andrea Cadena from Mexico shows Hilary and Vincent Mc Cartan some of the best places to visit during the Belfast Telegraph Holiday World Show. Morgan Mc Cord, Danielle Earley, Emma Mc Coubrey and Lauren Anderson are given beauty tips by 'Bernadette' at the Belfast Telegraph Holiday World Show. Eric and Marie Hirsk and Christopher Johnston ...

Rafael Nadal Outlasts Zverev In Titanic Battle

... Zverev struck early, breaking Nadal's opening serve with a delightful backhand winner. The Spanish great fought off a break point in his next service game and saved a set point at 5-4 before Zverev took the opening set on his third set point in the next game. Nadal, bidding to win his second Australian Open after beating Roger Federer in the 2009 final, got more into the contest in the second set, breaking in the fourth game and levelling the match on his second set point in 38 minutes. Zverev won a gripping third-set tiebreaker 7-5 to take the edge and forced Nadal to go the full distance to stay in the tournament. The ninth seed hit straight back, breaking Zverev's opening serve in the fourth set and carried the break through to send the match into a fifth set, where Nadal broke Zverev's opening serve but gave it back in the fourth on his third break point. A fantastic 37-shot rally ended with a Nadal netted backhand but the Spaniard would not relent and went on to break Zverev again in a titanic fifth game of the deciding set ...

Plymouth Exhibition Commemorates City Links With Titanic

... Last year Mr Voisey held an exhibition of his findings at the Duke of Cornwall , and has returned to the hotel this year with a new exhibition including many more items, such as rivets from the ship itself, as well as a lifejacket used in the 1997 film about the tragedy. Today about 900 people visited the exhibition at the hotel, where 20 stewardesses from the ship were accommodated after it sunk. Mr Voisey said: "It's been phenomenal. We have had relatives of people on the Titanic come from all over to see it; Kent, Bristol, Surrey. I couldn't believe it. "We had a 98-year-old man who came in and said he just wanted to see it. "We have had lots of children come in and they say to me they want to become a Titanic historian. They are the future. They are the ones that need to carry on the story.". Mr Voisey said he was delighted with the turnout and he hopes one day there will be a permanent exhibition in the city. "Lots of people from Plymouth were on the Titanic - Efford, Peverell and Tavistock - and all we have got here is a plaque," he ...

Apparently The Titanic Didn't Actually Sink After All

... of being the brand new Titanic; which might explain why such catastrophic damage was done after colliding with the iceberg. According to the theorists, perhaps if the ship had been the brand new Titanic as it was purported to be, the collision with the iceberg might not have led to it sinking. And Gardiner is pretty set on his version of events. "The evidence is overwhelming; eyewitnesses themselves describe running along Titanic's decks, but where they said there were promenades, there should have been cabins," he said, adding: "While survivors on B Deck described seeing lifeboats being lowered from above, there's no way they would have seen that on Titanic – only on the ship Olympic.". 20 TH CENTURY FOX. So who knows which ship currently resides at the bottom of the Atlantic ocean. But all I am certain of is that The ...

Newly-released Photos Of Titanic Show Ship Before Its Tragic Demise

... Beach, Australia reflects as the MS Balmoral Titanic memorial cruise ship approaches the final resting place of the Titanic in the Atlantic Ocean, Saturday, April 14, 2012. A century after the great ship went down with the loss of 1,500 lives, events around the globe are marking a tragedy that retains a titanic grip on the world's imagination - an icon of Edwardian luxury that became, in a few dark hours 100 years ago, an enduring emblem of tragedy. less. Helena Beaumont-Jones from Airlie Beach, Australia reflects as the MS Balmoral Titanic memorial cruise ship approaches the final resting place of the Titanic in the Atlantic Ocean, Saturday, April 14, 2012. A. more. Photo: Lefteris Pitarakis, Associated Press. Image 17 of 43. Passengers, some in costumes and evening dress, walk around the MS Balmoral Titanic ...

Airlines Slash Ticket Prices, Perks For Third-class Flier

... ‘Titanic’ — Why Do Airlines Think We Want to Travel Third Class. Harriet Baskas. Friday, 20 Jan 2017 | 1:15 PM ET. NBC NEWS. Nick Gunderson | Getty Images. Want to save money flying one of the 'big three' U. S. airlines? Pack light and don't complain about that middle seat. That's the takeaway as American Airlines follows the lead of Delta and United and rolls out the details for the Basic Economy fares the carrier begins selling on February 10. Passengers who purchase American's new "no frills" tickets will not be allowed to use space in the overhead bins. They will be in the last boarding group and their carry-ons will need to fit in the space underneath the seats in front of them. More from NBC News. Barack and Michelle Obama detail next steps. As for their seats, passengers who purchase these fares (which will be non-refundable and non-changeable) will not be able to choose a seat ahead of time. Instead, they will have a seat assigned to them at check-in, but they will have the option of paying an additional fee for a seat assignment 48 hours before the flight. Fliers will earn AAdvantage Miles and Elite Qualifying Dollars for buying these ...

The Titanic After It Hit The Iceberg!' Brexiter Says Eu Could Soon Be Destroyed

... don’t exit the Euro they’re going down the road of destruction.”. Mr Banks has poured millions of pounds into British politics after making his name in the insurance industry. He co-founded the Brexit campaign group Leave. EU and despite failing to be recognised as the official Leave campaign, the organisation was credited with using social media to spread the Brexit message across the UK. The 50-year-old used the sinking of the Titanic as a comparison for the current form the union. The Ukip donor was appearing on Russia Today's "Sputnik". He said leaders from the bloc were carrying on oblivious to the dangers: “We can compare the European Union to the Titanic that has hit the iceberg. “The people at the top are still drinking their Martini’s while the basement is filling up with water and the thing is going to sink.”. Although Mr Banks said he did not like the politics of far-right parties – he believed the rise of anti-EU sentiment in countries such as France and the Netherlands would be ...