Titanic And The Mystery Ship

Author : Senan Molony
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-31
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780752467573

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Titanic and the Mystery Ship by Senan Molony Pdf

As the Titanic was swallowed by a freezing sea, over 800 miles from the nearest land, her 2,200 passengers and crew attempted desperately to advert tragedy. Lifeboats were lowered, and constant SOS signals sent, but most realised they would require a miracle to avoid their doom. And then it came. Approaching over the horizon was a ship, coming ever closer and then stopping within five or six miles of the Titanic. The joy on board the sinking ship was unimaginable; the crew even reassured passengers that rescue was imminent. Agonisingly, however, the vessel did not come to the rescue - despite rockers of appeal - but gradually turned and moved away, abandoning over 1,500 people to their fate. The search for the ' Mystery Ship' began immediately, and both Britain and the USA accused a ship called the Californian of deserting the Titanic in her hour of need. But was the ' Mystery Ship' the Californian? For the first time, this book explores the totality of evidence, with the discovery of the Titanic's actual wreck site in 1985 allowing crucial insights not available during official investigations seventy-three years earlier. Combining a penetrating argument with an extensive collection of archive photographs and materials, this book aims to find clear answers to the many riddles of the Titanic's 'Mystery Ship'.

Author : Senan Molony
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-31
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780752467573

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Titanic and the Mystery Ship by Senan Molony Pdf

What fascinates most people are the conspiracy theories that abound about her. Was she switched for her damaged sister Olympic, did Captain Smith really ignore the ice warnings that flooded into her wireless room, or was there some fabled treasure on board when she went down? Perhaps one of the most enduring tales of Titanic is the mystery ship, the fabled vessel seen in the distance that could have saved all her passengers from freezing or drowning. But what was the mystery ship, and was she the Californian, a cargo/passenger ship that according to her captain was stuck in ice over the horizon. At the enquiry into the sinking, Captain Lord of the Californian was castigated and blamed for the loss of life on Titanic, but for ninety years, there has been proof that his ship could not have been the mystery ship.

Author : Senan Molony
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781445608921

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Titanic Scandal by Senan Molony Pdf

As Titanic sank, a ‘mystery’ ship was spotted some distance away. Rockets were fired but the ship ignored them. The Californian was blamed but was the mystery ship really the Mount Temple?

Author : Ellen Regan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1856352560

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The Titanic and the Mystery Ship by Ellen Regan Pdf

When the Titanic sank, everybody said there was a ship nearby that could have saved her. What was that mystery ship? If only she had gone to help, she could have saved so many lives. When Sarah Kelly and Oliver Doyle set sail on different ships, they had no idea that they would meet on the icy waters of the Atlantic Ocean. They tell the engrossing story of the Titanic and the mystery ship letter to their grandchildren.

Author : Ellen M. Sweeney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Samson (Barque).
ISBN : 0969120249

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Samson by Ellen M. Sweeney Pdf

Author : David Dyer
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466893085

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The Midnight Watch by David Dyer Pdf

As the Titanic and her passengers sank slowly into the Atlantic Ocean after striking an iceberg late in the evening of April 14, 1912, a nearby ship looked on. Second Officer Herbert Stone, in charge of the midnight watch on the SS Californian sitting idly a few miles north, saw the distress rockets that the Titanic fired. He alerted the captain, Stanley Lord, who was sleeping in the chartroom below, but Lord did not come to the bridge. Eight rockets were fired during the dark hours of the midnight watch, and eight rockets were ignored. The next morning, the Titanic was at the bottom of the sea and more than 1,500 people were dead. When they learned of the extent of the tragedy, Lord and Stone did everything they could to hide their role in the disaster, but pursued by newspapermen, lawyers, and political leaders in America and England, their terrible secret was eventually revealed. The Midnight Watch is a fictional telling of what may have occurred that night on the SS Californian, and the resulting desperation of Officer Stone and Captain Lord in the aftermath of their inaction. Told not only from the perspective of the SS Californian crew, but also through the eyes of a family of third-class passengers who perished in the disaster, the narrative is drawn together by Steadman, a tenacious Boston journalist who does not rest until the truth is found. David Dyer's The Midnight Watch is a powerful and dramatic debut novel--the result of many years of research in Liverpool, London, New York, and Boston, and informed by the author's own experiences as a ship's officer and a lawyer.

Author : J. Kent Layton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0464619343

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Titanic: Solving the Mysteries by J. Kent Layton Pdf

The sinking of the RMS Titanic on 15 April 1912 is one of the best-remembered, and most-scrutinised, moments of the twentieth century. Yet ever since the disaster, there have been lingering mysteries, questions that seemed utterly impossible to answer. In recent years, a string of allegations have also been made to the effect that the Titanic was suffering from a fire in one of her coal bunkers during the maiden voyage. Televised programmes, media broadcasts, and even a new book would have the public believe that Titanic was all but a blazing inferno before she even struck the iceberg, and that it was the fire that actually doomed the ship. Then there is the question of the time difference between ship's time and time on shore on the night of the disaster - a complex navigational mystery that has a direct bearing on understanding key aspects of how events played out on that fateful night.Now follow an international and world-renowned team of Titanic and maritime historians and researchers as we attempt to solve two of the most important, and most publicized, mysteries of the Titanic disaster.

Author : Morgan Robertson
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547247845

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The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility by Morgan Robertson Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility" by Morgan Robertson. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Steve Hall,Bruce Beveridge,Art Braunschweiger
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-28
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780752467818

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Titanic or Olympic: Which Ship Sank? by Steve Hall,Bruce Beveridge,Art Braunschweiger Pdf

The Titanic is one of the most famous maritime disasters of all time, but did the Titanic really sink on the morning of 15 April 1912? Titanic's older sister, the nearly identical Olympic, was involved in a serious accident in September 1911 – an accident that may have made her a liability to her owners the White Star Line. Since 1912 rumours of a conspiracy to switch the two sisters in an elaborate insurance scam has always loomed behind the tragic story of the Titanic. Could the White Star Line have really switched the Olympic with her near identical sister in a ruse to intentionally sink their mortally damaged flagship in April 1912, in order to cash in on the insurance policy? Laying bare the famous conspiracy theory, world-respected Titanic researchers investigate claims that the sister ships were switched in an insurance scam and provide definitive proof for whether it could - or could not - have happened.

Author : Robin Gardiner
Publisher : Ian Allen Pub
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0711034869

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Titanic by Robin Gardiner Pdf

Did the Titanic really sink? Or was it sister ship Olympic? Was it a massive cover-up or an insurance scam? These and many other questions are raised in Robin Gardiner's brilliantly entertaining read which reveals a fascinating version of what really happened on that terrible night in April 1912.

Author : Paul Lee
Publisher : X
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Search and rescue operations
ISBN : 9780956301505

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The Titanic and the Indifferent Stranger by Paul Lee Pdf

Even the staunchest of landlubbers knows what rockets at sea mean... or do they? A short space of time after the fatal collision with an iceberg, the Titanic's crew sent rockets aloft to attract the attention of a ship seen just a few miles. But that ship never responded ... and 1500 people died in the frigid waters. This book details the scandal of the Californian, blamed by many for being that very unresponsive stranger. Rockets were seen and ignored...but was the Captain guilty of mass murder? Did more than 1000 people needlessly die? Why was the wireless operator not awakened? Could the Californian have saved anyone? And why is this story, neglecting the ethical controversy surrounding salvage, the single most divisive issue in the Titanic research community?

Author : Thomas B Williams,Rob Kamps
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752467610

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Titanic and the Californian by Thomas B Williams,Rob Kamps Pdf

Ninety-five years ago, as the Titanic slowly sank, a 'mystery' ship was seen as she slipped below the waves. Thinking it would be their salvation, rockets were fired from Titanic to attract the 'mystery' ship, but to no avail. With 1,500 souls on board, Titanic foundered, but what of the mystery ship? At the subsequent inquiries in both the USA and UK, Captain Stanley Lord and his vessel, the Californian, were accused of ignoring Titanic's plight. This is the story of the Californian and of her actions that night and Thomas Williams and Rob Kamps prove that she could not have been the mystery ship that promised hope and salvation for a fleeting time to those on board the sinking Titanic.

Author : Richie Kohler,Charlie Hudson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1930536860

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Mystery of the Last Olympian by Richie Kohler,Charlie Hudson Pdf

Author : Hourly History
Publisher : Hourly History
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-03
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781096615903

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Titanic by Hourly History Pdf

It has been more than one hundred years since the RMS Titanic sank to the bottom of the North Atlantic ocean. The disaster has captivated history buffs and non-history buffs alike, and it is easy to see why. Some of the most illustrious people of the day were on board: some survived, and some did not. Legends abound about whether the ship’s maiden voyage was cursed. And then there is the ship itself: arguably the most luxurious vessel to ever travel oversea. Inside you will read about... ✓ Conceiving of and Building the Titanic ✓ The Ship of Dreams ✓ Setting Sail ✓ The Passengers ✓ The Iceberg and the Sinking ✓ The Aftermath ✓ The Titanic Remembered and Re-Discovered The disaster holds secrets and stories of love and bravery, cowardice and greed. Explore these and other themes that surround the sinking of the grand ship, Titanic.

Author : Morgan Robertson
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780486837321

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The Wreck of the Titan by Morgan Robertson Pdf

This eerily prescient novella from 1898 — 14 years before the Titanic disaster — tells of an "unsinkable" luxury liner's maiden voyage across the Atlantic and her disastrous collision with an iceberg.