FriendBurst Blog

It’s an eerie site to see the great ship once again as if nothing had ever happened isn’t my friends….
Just yesterday we were reminded of the date that it sank,yes the un-sinkable ship that sank…incredible….
Never tempt fate I guess…
Never say never because you never know.
Do you think for one moment that those on that ship that day thought in their wildest dreams that they would never see the
dawn…?

In a way I guess it is a testament to mans arrogance.
A sad,sad,day in history for sure..
April 12,1912….

Some facts about the Titanic are below my friends…
Construction of RMS Titanic, funded by the American J.P. Morgan and his International Mercantile Marine Co., began on 31

March, 1909. She was 882.9 feet long and 92 feet wide, 59 feet high from water level, and weighed over 46,328 tons. She was

equipped with two reciprocating four-cylinder, triple-expansion steam engines and one low-pressure Parsons turbine, which

powered three propellers. There were 29 boilers fired by 159 coal burning furnaces that made possible a top speed of 23 knots

(43 km/h; 26 mph). Only three of the four 62 feet (19 m) funnels were functional: the fourth, which served only for

ventilation purposes, was added to make the ship look more impressive. The ship could carry 3,547 passengers and crew.

The Titanic was equipped with sixteen watertight compartments which had doors that would close automatically if the water

level reached a certain height. The ship was designed so that it could remain afloat if any two of the compartments were

flooded or if the first four were flooded. It was discovered that when the Titanic collided with the iceberg that the first

six compartments were flooded. Although the Titanic was fitted with three funnels to expel gas which were constructed off

site, only three were used; the fourth funnel was simply added to make the ship look more powerful. The total cost of Titanic

construction amounted to $7.5 million.

But not unsinkable by any means my friends…

The tragedy in human loss of  life is told  here from one of the few survivors,who was 7 years old at the time Eva Hart

of that fateful day….imagine that poor little girl in the mist of all that chaos….
Listen how this woman describes how the children of the Titanic were lowered into life boats in sacks….petrified as they

were….it is incredible that this woman looks at the Titanic as I have just previously wrote,as a testament to mans

arrogance,after all how else could this tragedy of the unsinkable ship sinking really be my friends….

The weather was perfect,absolutely calm……………….

Lower the life boats and stand by…….
Women and children first……….
The drop to the water was 70 to 80 feet,and people did not want to go,they could hardly see the water….
We were just waiting for death…..
A chilling account from one of the few survivors my friends….
Unimaginable ……the terror of that night must have held for those poor people.

I would think that one of the reasons we so dread the date Friday the 13th is contributed to the Titanic fateful voyage my friends…I know I will remember this day as such from now on….
While memorials are being held around the world today it seems like little solace can and will be achieved my friends as her memory will undoubtly continue to haunt us…..sad,sad,sad….

Thank you ………

D.Lemur