Titanic Historical Society of the disaster in Boston, Massachusetts. The event brought together several living survivors, including Eva Hart, Louise Pope, Michel Marcel Navratil, and Beatrice Sandstrom, who enthralled those in attendance with their vivid first-person accounts of the night the "Titanic" foundered in the north Atlantic Ocean. Walter Lord, author of his seminal "Titanic" work, "A Night to Remember", was another featured guest. The Society also works to preserve the history of other ocean liners, especially the "Titanic" 's sister ship, the White Star Line's HMHS "Brittanic", which sank after hitting an enemy mine in World War I, and the Cunard ship
Biruința (ship) Biruința (ship) Biruința (Romanian equivalent for "Victory"), renamed Iris Star and later Histria Crown, is a Romanian crude oil tanker. The "Biruința", one of the biggest ships of the Romanian commercial fleet, was sold after the Romanian Revolution of 1989 and after 6 years of service. The ship was then re-registered under the Maltese flag as "M/T IRIS STAR". Administered by Histria Ship Management, the tanker had a 150,000 T.D.W. capacity. On July 27, 2000, the ship lost power due to engine failure and drifted towards Kandilli point in Turkey. There was no extensive damage reported. The sister ship of