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rms-mauretanic · 5 months

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"Wow, that's a really nice picture of the Empire State Build-"

#rms olympic #ocean liners #white star line #empire state building #rms titanic #history #literally my favorite picture of all time

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vox-anglosphere · 26 days

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Titanic's 1st class staterooms were the ultimate in ocean-going luxury

#RMS Titanic #White Star Line #1st class #ocean liners #1912 #maiden voyage #stateroom #luxury travel #Atlantic Ocean #UK #oak panelling #ship of dreams #watery grave #Trans-Atlantic

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hatsalad · 4 months

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Looking at pictures of ocean liners and then looking at pictures of modern cruise ships is like looking at the comparisons of bad selective breeding in dogs over 100 years.

Beautiful. Elegant. Regal.

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Evil. Overbred. Disfigured and dying young of inherited heart conditions.

#ocean liners #ocean liner #rms olympic #Olympic #icon of the seas #white star line #ships #me

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lonestarbattleship · 8 months

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Before the wreck of the Titanic was found on September 1, 1985, it was widely accepted the ship sank in one piece. When Robert Ballard started his search for the wreck in 1985, artist Ken Marschall painted this painting to submit to the National Geographic.

"Proposal painting of a sunken Titanic submitted to National Geographic in May 1985 in hopes that if the wreck were found that summer they might hire me to illustrate for the magazine. I was not."

Later, Ken drew several pieces of artwork of liner that was used in several publications.

Artwork by Ken Marschall: link, link, link, link, link

#RMS Titanic #Titanic #Olympic Class #Ocean Liner #Liner #passenger ship #ship #boat #September #1985 #White Star Line #White Star #wreck #wreck of Titanic #my post #artwork #painting

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rmsfranconia · 13 days

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OTD 112 years ago:

Titanic left her home for the very last time. She was headed for New York

This photo is believed to be one of if not the last photo taken of the Titanic.

#ocean liners #ocean liner #white star line #maritime disasters #rms titanic #history #otdih

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himmelheim · 10 months

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If I see one more person comparing that ACME shitty homemade "sub" to the RMS Titanic I will genuinely murder somebody. Especially if you're taking the movie as truth (lovely movie, but it is innacurate). Know why?

Because that millionaire wacko didn't give a shit, but the poor workers that built the three Olympic class sisters? Those men did their damn best and actually gave a shit even thought of sailing there themselves, and comparing that shit ass sub with discount materials to 3 massive, premium ships that took YEARS of planning and work is disrespectful as fuck.

Even the fucking White Star Line didn't put the passengers on danger with full intention (and knowingly charged them for it btw) because they genuinely didn't think what happened was going to happen. And I can't blame them, honestly:

Titanic's design wasn't perfect, but it was good for her time (highlighting time because 1900s class divisions and American immigration segregation laws were shit but it's not like the engineers are to blame for those) and she was made by very skilled poor workers who would show the work on Sundays to their families and were very proud of her.

She also exceeded safety regulations of her time (not the design's fault that said regulations were absolute shite), her 3rd class accommodations were the best, actually (not her fault class system and USA immigration law was shitty in the 1900s) and her and her reinforcer little twin sister HM Hospital Ship Britannic sank because of genuine bad luck (she struck a German mine meant for military ships. Her watertight doors twisted but held however the medical staff left the portholes open to air the rooms and that's what did her in).

Meanwhile, her older twin sister RMS Olympic got rammed by a military ship HMS Hawke and survived BEFORE Titanic's sinking (after which she was reinforced along with Britannic) when the design was new and at its weakest, and after she got reinforced she fucking rammed an U-boat and. kept going. She survived the war, all that shit and then instead of turning into a beautiful museum ship she was sent to the scrap yard after the Great Depression ended the White Star Line, her company.

#oceangate #titan submersible #rms titanic #white star line #billionaires #hmhs britannic #rms olympic

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blueiskewl · 11 months

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The First Full-Size 3D Scan of The Titanic

The mysterious 1912 sinking of the luxury passenger liner, the Titanic, has long served as a source of fascination for many.

Historians now believe that a new underwater scanning project may provide answers to some of the unanswered questions regarding the tragedy that killed more than 1,500 people.

A team of scientists have used deep sea mapping to create “an exact ‘Digital Twin’ of the Titanic wreck for the first time,” according to a press release Wednesday from deep sea investigators Magellan and filmmakers Atlantic Productions.

By carrying out the “largest underwater scanning project in history,” scientists have managed to “reveal details of the tragedy and uncover fascinating information about what really happened to the crew and passengers on that fateful night” of April 14, 1912, the press release said.

Scans of the wreck were carried out in the summer of 2022 by a specialist ship stationed 700 km (435 miles) off the coast of Canada, according to the release. Tight protocols prohibited team members from touching or disturbing the wreck which investigators stressed was treated with the “utmost of respect.”

Every millimeter of its three-mile debris field was mapped in minute detail, the press statement said. The final digital replica has succeeded in capturing the entire wreck including both the bow and stern section, which had separated upon sinking in 1912.

One such example can be found on the propeller where the serial number can be seen for the first time in decades.

Roughly 715,000 images and 16 terabytes of data were gathered during the expedition – which Magellan estimates to be “approximately ten times larger than any underwater 3D model that’s ever been attempted before,” Magellan CEO Richard Parkinson said.

Parkinson described the mission as “challenging,” referencing the team’s fight against “the elements, bad weather, and technical challenges.”

Whereas previous optical images of the ship were limited by low light level and the poor light quality 12,500 feet below water, the new mapping technique has “effectively taken away the water and let in the light,” the press release said.

According to 3D capture specialist Gerhard Seiffert, the “highly accurate photorealistic 3D model” has enabled people to zoom out and look at the entire wreck “for the first time.”

“This is the Titanic as no one had ever seen it before,” Seiffert added.

By Niamh Kennedy.

#Titanic #The First Full-Size 3D Scan of The Titanic #British passenger liner #White Star Line #Atlantic Productions

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postingcards · 4 months

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white star liner rms olympic art card by charles dixon. ca. 1920s @postcardtimemachine

#postcard #postcards #ocean liners #rms olympic #white star line #art card #charles dixon #lighthouses #dusk #1920s #🤍#(the art is ca. 1911 tho. they reprinted this card three times i think--her original tonnage + her post-titanic tonnage + post-wwi tonnage)#found this beauty for <$5 in a basement vintage mall. the way my jaw literally dropped when i saw her

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titanicnerd-blog · 5 days

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Today in history - the RMS Titanic would have set sail from New York back to Southampton. If only...

#rms titanic #titanic #titanic month #white star line #tragedy #april 1912 #she would have had a long life #but for an iceberg #112 years #anniversary

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electricnik · 11 days

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Print of the Titanic being fitted out in Belfast. Part of a job lot of Titanic related prints from a collection that was used as reference for the Titanic movie.

#rms titanic #ocean liner #white star line

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teilzami · 2 months

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