the titanic was heading to belfast before it sank.
the titanic was heading to belfast before it sank.
where was the titanic heading before it sank?
belfast
the "titanic" and her sister ships "olympic" and "britannic" were built the white star line to outdo the "mauritania" and "lusitania" which belonged to the rival cunard line. "titanic" was 269 m long and weight 46,000 tons. she was described as a luxury hotel at sea and as "unsinkable". she was fitted with a double bottom and 16 watertight compartments so that even if two were flooded she would not sink. "titanic" departed from southampton on 10 april 1912 on her maiden voyage to america. she called at cherbourg and then queenstown (now cobh) before heading for new york city. despite warnings of icebergs, she continued at on the night of 14 april. about midnight she hit an iceberg and five compartments started to flood. two hours afterwards she sank. there were only enough lifeboats for half the passengers and 1,503 people perished. in 1985 her wreck was identified by sonar 4,000 m down and explored using a remotely operated vehicle (rov). some objects from the wreck have been recovered.
maritime history of the united kingdom
denver art museum's petrie institute of western american art, denver public library's western history/genealogy department, and the colorado history museum, mounted a three-part retrospective exhibition, titled "allen true's west", featuring true's illustrations, easel paintings and murals from october 2009 through march 30, 2010. a smaller combined exhibition toured to three u. s. museums. denver's colorado public television – kbdi-pbs produced an hour-long documentary on allen tupper true's life, times and artistic achievements, also titled "allen true’s west", which began airing in october 2009 and also is available on dvd.
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