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 ipedia.com: RMS Titanic Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
RMS Titanic was the largest passenger steamship in the world at the time of her launching, and her builders hoped that she would dominate the transatlantic ocean liner business.
In terms of loss of life in a single vessel, the worst maritime incident in history, is recognised as the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff by a Russian submarine in 1945 in which between 5000 and 7000 people died.
The worst maritime incident in history, in terms of loss of life in two vessels, is recognised as the sinking of the Cap Arcona and the Thielbek by RAF Typhoons on May 3 1945 in which around 8000 people died.
www.ipedia.com /rms_titanic.html   (1830 words)

  
 MISSING AND LOST SHIPS OF THE WORLD
The geographic location together with the date of the casualty follow next in priority of importance, and in fact it is very difficult to identify shipwrecks and their potential archival records without at least one of these details.
RMS Titanic - Outline of the events surrounding the Titanic from its construction to its discovery at the bottom of the ocean.
RMS Titanic, Inc - The only company with salvage rights on the wreck of the Titanic.
www.greatdreams.com /ships.htm   (7071 words)

  
 RMS Titanic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
In December the sinking of the RMS Titanic was re-enacted in Carderock's Maneuvering and Seakeeping Basin (MASK).
Hatred and jealousy was the root cause and precursor to the horrific tragedy of 9-11 and greed was the root cause, the precursor to the sinking of the Titanic that put luxury and speed ahead of safety and penny-pinching in material purchase and construction ahead of common sense.
The standard account of the last seconds before the Titanic collided with the fatal iceberg derives from “Shipping Casualties (Loss of the Steamship “Titanic”)”, the report of the investigators who conducted the British Enquiry into the sinking.
www.titanic-nautical.com /RMS-Titanic.html   (1430 words)

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