# titanic
Shockingly Well-Preserved Things from the Past
Time is an equal-opportunity destroyer, holding a tight grip on everything. It has turned the strongest castles into ruins, cities into a spattering of crumbled remains, and the most infamous characters in…
Historic Sites That You Can No Longer Visit
Some historic sites, once open to tourists and visitors, are no longer accessible. Explore the reasons why some historic sites…
Titanic Survivor’s Stories Are As Dramatic As The Sinking
The century-old story is familiar, but still intriguing, born of tragedy and catapulted into legend. The ‘unsinkable’ Titanic, carrying passengers…
Some Baffling Insurance Policies Issued by Lloyd’s of London
The business entity known in America as Lloyd’s of London, and to the rest of the world simply as Lloyd’s,…
Charles Lightoller, Second Officer of RMS Titanic was Also a Hero on the Beaches of Dunkirk
Charles Lightoller, the most senior member of the crew of RMS Titanic to survive the vessel’s sinking in 1912 had…
How the US Navy Helped Find Titanic and Other Sunken Ships
When Dr. Robert Ballard of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute announced to the world that the lost Royal Mail Ship…
Titanic II is Coming, Here’s All the Information So Far
The “unsinkable” RMS Titanic began its maiden voyage on April 10, 1912, from Southampton in Hampshire, England to New York…
Last Minute Decisions That Changed History
The world is more fragile than we think, and the course of events is seldom set in stone: introduce a…
20 Historic Events Even the Movies Won’t Touch
Hollywood has never had a shortage of dumb movie plots. Nor did it have a dearth of far-fetched scenes that…
18 Maritime Disasters other Than the Titanic
The disaster which befell RMS Titanic on its maiden voyage was well known before it received yet more attention in…