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Re: Titanic 112th Anniversary: April 1912 On This Day's
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:53 pm
by Titanic Pages
22nd April:
On this day 112 years ago: Titanic's collapsible lifeboat B was found by the Mackay-Bennett. The boat had floated off Titanic upside down as she sank, and saved a number of people from the water, including Titanic's 2nd Officer. Those aboard had been rescued by boats 4 and 12.
Re: Titanic 112th Anniversary: April 1912 On This Day's
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:53 pm
by Titanic Pages
23rd April:
On this day 112 years ago, three witnesses gave evidence at the US Titanic Inquiry: Frederick Fleet, one of the lookouts who first spotted the iceberg, Herbert Pitman, Titanic's 3rd officer, and Arthur Peuchen, who climbed down a rope into boat 6 due to a lack of crew to row.
Re: Titanic 112th Anniversary: April 1912 On This Day's
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2024 10:44 pm
by Titanic Pages
24th April:
On this day 112 years ago: Shortly before Titanic's sister ship Olympic was about to leave Southampton for the first time since the Titanic disaster, the majority of her boiler room crew went on strike and deserted, unhappy with the type of new extra lifeboats put on the ship.
Re: Titanic 112th Anniversary: April 1912 On This Day's
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 9:50 pm
by Titanic Pages
25th April:
OTD in 1912: t the US Inquiry, George Rowe described how when Titanic struck the iceberg, he "felt a slight jar" and saw a "mass of ice." After later seeing a lifeboat in the water, he phoned the bridge, to check they knew, and was asked to fetch the distress rocket detonators.