It is also claimed that Titanic's distress signals were initially ignored because they were firing off the non-emergency flares. By the time they were using the correct color, it was too late. Not sure how believable that is, or if it is a common nautical mistake? Seems like a lame excuse.
Yeah they sent up white flares, which mean nothing. Or used for illumination or something like that.
There was a number of stacked factors against the titanic. Not saying she wasn’t intentionally sunk… because going all ahead flank through an ice berg field in the middle of the night makes it seem pretty intentional. She was doomed.
...they were filthy then...
...and they are filthy now....
Filthy is an understatement.
They purposely ignored the SOS signals.
Fuckin lizards
Exactly....
Technically they did because it was policy to shut down their radio room. I can’t remember what it was, but something to do with crew size.
It is also claimed that Titanic's distress signals were initially ignored because they were firing off the non-emergency flares. By the time they were using the correct color, it was too late. Not sure how believable that is, or if it is a common nautical mistake? Seems like a lame excuse.
Yeah they sent up white flares, which mean nothing. Or used for illumination or something like that.
There was a number of stacked factors against the titanic. Not saying she wasn’t intentionally sunk… because going all ahead flank through an ice berg field in the middle of the night makes it seem pretty intentional. She was doomed.