Titanic

I would like to remind everyone that Titanic sank 92 years ago this week. After hitting an iceberg, she went down in the early hours of April 15, 1912. I adore cruising on modern ship, but have a deep appreciation for Titanic and historical liners like her. Any other Titanic/Normandie/Queen Mary afficianados on the boards?

Titanic person here. I recommend "The Last Log of the Titanic" as an excellent take on what probably happened on the bridge (and the engine room) of the Titanic from about 11:40 that night. Well worth buying. I have read my copy several times and just loaned it to my brother, who worked in a shipyard building and repairing oceangoing and Great Lakes ships.

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Thanks for the book recommendation. I just realized that next month on my first ever cruise to Alaska, the ship departs on a Wednesday, the same date of the week that Titanic departed Southampton...how cool is that?

Just remember that it was a combination of hydrogen and oxygen at different temperatures that (a) drove the Titanic, (b) ripped it open, © sank it.

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The May issue of the Atlantic Monthly has a horrific account of the sinking of a passenger ferry in the Baltic Sea. "One of the worst maritime disasters in European history took place a decade ago. On a stormy night on the Baltic Sea, more than 850 people lost their lives when a luxurious ferry sank below the waves. From survivor testimony and other sources our correspondent has pieced together the Estonia's last moments...."