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Titanic was supposed to be carrying binoculars on the voyage, but it wasn’t. There’s much speculation about whether a pair of binoculars might have helped the lookouts see a dark object just a little sooner than they did.
“The answer is almost certainly no, as binoculars were normally used only to get a clearer view of something already spotted.”
— May 22, 2025 12:58AM
“The answer is almost certainly no, as binoculars were normally used only to get a clearer view of something already spotted.”
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“By the early 1900s, engineering technology had reached the point where White Star could commission, and Harland and Wolff build, ships of a scale and power hardly imaginable only 10 years before. But the management of these ships, both in the water and onboard, presented problems that had not been anticipated…Olympic was 307 feet longer than Edward Smith’s previous command, Majestic.”
— May 31, 2025 07:59AM
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“The night was a magnificent confirmation of ‘women and children first,’ yet somehow the loss rate was higher for third-class children than for first-class men.” -Walter Lord
— May 28, 2025 11:26PM
