Titanic Quotes

“The musicians, who were all English, included one pianist, Theodore Ronald Brailey; three cellists, Roger Marie Bricaux, Percy Cornelius Taylor, and John Wesley Woodward; a bassist, John Frederick Preston Clark; and three violinists, John Law Hume, Georges Alexandre Krins, and the bandmaster, Wallace Hartley. They were brought on deck near where the lifeboats were being loaded early on to help keep morale high. As the night went on and the situation became more dire, they continued to play, probably believing it was all they could do to express their own anguish and comfort the increasingly panicked crowd. Many survivors reported hearing them playing until shortly before the sinking.”
― Henry Freeman, Titanic: The Story Of The Unsinkable Ship

“England,”
― Hourly History, Titanic: The Story Of The Unsinkable Ship

“Regardless, there were some people who believed”
― Hourly History, Titanic: The Story Of The Unsinkable Ship

“more appealing because their grandeur would outmatch all the competition. The Titanic was one of three ships built under this plan: the Olympic was the first, Titanic was the second, and Britannic was the third. Britannic also met an untimely end: it hit a mine and sank in 1916 during World War I, while the Olympic remained in service until 1935. The White Star Line operated the ships, but they did not build them: all three ships were built in Belfast, Ireland by the firm Harland and Wolff. This company dispatched its most prominent employees for the construction of the grand ships, especially the Titanic, including their chairman Lord William James Pirrie (largely responsible for decisions regarding the number of lifeboats), his brother-in-law and designer Right Honorable Alexander Carlisle (who would leave the company over a dispute with Pirrie about the number of lifeboats), and Thomas Andrews, a shipbuilder and architect (who was on board for the maiden”
― Hourly History, Titanic: The Story Of The Unsinkable Ship

“The RMS Titanic struck an iceberg on the night of April fourteenth 1912, and sank in the North Atlantic waters in the wee hours of the following morning. She took more than 1,500 souls with”
― Hourly History, Titanic: The Story Of The Unsinkable Ship

“remained”
― Henry Freeman, Titanic: The Story Of The Unsinkable Ship

“The RMS Titanic struck an iceberg on the night of April fourteenth 1912, and sank in the North Atlantic waters in the wee hours of the following morning. She took more than 1,500 souls with her. While this death toll is devastating, it is by no means the greatest at-sea catastrophe in western history. Even besides wartime disasters, the explosion of the Mont-Blanc in Nova Scotia killed almost two thousand in 1917, the 1707 Sicily Naval Disaster killed almost the same number of people, and several other shipwrecks with smaller death tolls were arguably more dramatic. Yet fascination with the Titanic has persisted since she rested on the ocean floor, long before James Cameron’s 1997 blockbuster film. Why?”
― Henry Freeman, Titanic: The Story Of The Unsinkable Ship

“cities had distinct slums and wealthy areas),”
― Henry Freeman, Titanic: The Story Of The Unsinkable Ship

“anything, it was probably due to profoundly bad luck.”
― Henry Freeman, Titanic: The Story Of The Unsinkable Ship

“fact of the matter remains that the collision with the iceberg was likely not the fault of high speed, the captain not being on deck, ignoring warnings about ice, or the lookouts not having the equipment they needed or not paying attention. More than”
― Henry Freeman, Titanic: The Story Of The Unsinkable Ship

“It is in human nature to look for blame when such tragedies as the sinking of the Titanic occur, but the”
― Henry Freeman, Titanic: The Story Of The Unsinkable Ship

“her maiden voyage on Wednesday, April 10, 1912.”
― Henry Freeman, Titanic: The Story Of The Unsinkable Ship

“Titanic scheduled to begin”
― Henry Freeman, Titanic: The Story Of The Unsinkable Ship

“within the realm of possibility that the ship could have been saved, and more likely that the Carpathia would have reached the Titanic in time to save all of her passengers.”
― Henry Freeman, Titanic: The Story Of The Unsinkable Ship

“Thomas Andrews, a shipbuilder and architect (who was on board for the maiden voyage and died in the sinking).”
― Henry Freeman, Titanic: The Story Of The Unsinkable Ship

“Titanic actually claimed her first victims long before April 1912: eight died during construction, and twenty-eight severe injuries were recorded. More than 240 people were hurt in total.”
― Henry Freeman, Titanic: The Story Of The Unsinkable Ship

“Titanic would cost about 7.5 million pounds to construct, a staggering sum of money at the time.”
― Henry Freeman, Titanic: The Story Of The Unsinkable Ship

“was the second, and Britannic was the third. Britannic also met an untimely end: it hit a mine and sank in 1916 during World War I, while the Olympic remained in service until 1935.”
― Henry Freeman, Titanic: The Story Of The Unsinkable Ship

“The Titanic was one of three ships built under this plan: the Olympic was the first, Titanic”
― Henry Freeman, Titanic: The Story Of The Unsinkable Ship

“White Star Line, a British shipping company controlled by the International Mercantile Marine Company”
― Henry Freeman, Titanic: The Story Of The Unsinkable Ship

“The Titanic was built by the”
― Henry Freeman, Titanic: The Story Of The Unsinkable Ship

“The RMS Titanic struck an iceberg on the night of April fourteenth 1912, and sank in the North Atlantic waters in the wee hours of the following morning. She took more than 1,500 souls with her.”
― Henry Freeman, Titanic: The Story Of The Unsinkable Ship

“main competitors were the German-owned Hamburg America line and the British-owned Cunard line (which merged with the White Star Line in 1934 and now operates Carnival Cruise Line). Cunard had recently launched two new remarkable ships that”
― Henry Freeman, Titanic: The Story Of The Unsinkable Ship

“It is in human nature to look for blame when such tragedies as the sinking of the Titanic occur, but the fact of the matter remains that the collision with the iceberg was likely not the fault of high speed, the captain not being on deck, ignoring warnings about ice, or the lookouts not having the equipment they needed or not paying attention. More than anything, it was probably due to profoundly bad luck.”
― Henry Freeman, Titanic: The Story Of The Unsinkable Ship

“voyages”
― Henry Freeman, Titanic: The Story Of The Unsinkable Ship

“The ship retains much of its original structure, meaning that she has not disintegrated or collapsed. In addition, many artifacts have been discovered in the miles surrounding the wreckage: everything from toys to furniture to dishes to personal items (the remains of anyone on board would have been consumed by sea life and bacteria long ago). Talk about raising the ship has also circulated. However, such an undertaking may not be possible: first of all, while vessels can reach such depths, the kind of equipment needed to lift such a heavy load probably cannot (not to mention the power needed to supply it). Secondly, the ship is undoubtedly in fragile condition, and attempting to move it in any way may destroy it. Finally, many people view the undersea wreckage as a kind of gravesite or memorial to the people who lost their lives. Moving it would be akin to digging up the bodies. The wreckage is actually protected by United Nations law, much as other historical sites are similarly protected.”
― Henry Freeman, Titanic: The Story Of The Unsinkable Ship

“even finding a ship at such a depth (about 12,000 feet below the surface) was a formidable obstacle. It was not until the 1980s that technology to withstand the amount of water pressure that deep was available. Then, in 1985, more than seventy years since it had sunk, an explorer named Robert Ballard located and photographed the site of the wreckage. Part of the reason that it was so hard to find was that it was several miles away from where it was thought to have gone down.”
― Henry Freeman, Titanic: The Story Of The Unsinkable Ship

“As a result of the tremendous loss of life, international regulations were passed regarding lifeboats, telegraphs and communication, and ice. All ships would be required to carry enough lifeboats, crew would be trained to use them and evacuate, and passengers would have a drill so that they knew where to go and when in the event of a disaster (which anyone who has taken a cruise is well aware). Also, it was mandated that telegraph machines and later, other forms of communication, be manned 24-hours a day (had someone been at the telegraph machine on the California, they would have confirmed the emergency). Finally, patrols were set up to better survey ice fields and warn vessels about dangerous areas.”
― Henry Freeman, Titanic: The Story Of The Unsinkable Ship

“The first ship to reach the site of the wreckage was quickly overwhelmed. They preserved the bodies of first class passengers first, justifying their decision by claiming that these would be most likely to have property disputes ensuing from their deaths, and confirmation of death was needed. They wound up burying many crew members and third class passengers at sea. The other ships picked up dozens more bodies, and the last body was retrieved in late May. By then, officials concluded, life vests would have begun to disintegrate, and remaining corpses would have disappeared beneath the waves. In total, only about 300 bodies of the more than 1,500 dead were recovered.”
― Henry Freeman, Titanic: The Story Of The Unsinkable Ship

“Margaret Brown used the notoriety she got from her involvement in the event to bring attention to her numerous causes. Two of those causes became the reform of sea-going to make it safer and honoring the valiant of the Titanic disaster. She would be the one to personally hand Captain Rostron of the Carpathia the Congressional Gold Medal for his role in the rescue.”
― Henry Freeman, Titanic: The Story Of The Unsinkable Ship