dutchguylivingintheuk
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The White Star company also claimed their ship was ''unsinkable''...The yard that made the boat have said that they are pretty much unsinkable
The White Star company also claimed their ship was ''unsinkable''...The yard that made the boat have said that they are pretty much unsinkable
The White Star company also claimed their ship was ''unsinkable''...
The White Star company also claimed their ship was ''unsinkable''...
Yes, but as we have seen on the past with all kind of systems that are intended to make things safer when disaster strikes, they do not always work as intended. Meanwhile off course partly due to this incident there have been many reports off similar local storm events. at the same time those persons involved had enough enemies not to rule out bad intent completely where it could be as you say ''creating the ideal circumstances and using the storm as cover'' However as far as i understand these storms are not like ''it raining in London'' but more localised in a larger at risk area, so if your theory/the bad actors theory is true than that person must be either very close and watching and waiting for the right moment or one of the crew.No ship is unsinkable - stick enough water in it and it will sink
The question is how it managed to get enough water into it
I have heard that the keel was raisable - having it down would greatly lower the centre of gravity and if any tilting force was applied then this would counter it
However, it also stops the boat moving sideways so if the waterspout grabbed the boat and rigging and moved it sideways then it would tilt more
but rumours are all over this - the mast was apparently snapped but the divers found it in one piece
so anything about the keel is best left until proper people actually study the facts and look at it fully
Yes it was partly Marketing but the designers at the time also believed the ship would be unsinkable the eventual sinking was partly caused by the fact there where no binoculars available. again party because this false sense of security.The people who made the Titanic didn;t say that - just marketing
In this case it was the company that made it that seems to have said it was impossible to sink
I think they meant -"unless something untoward happened"
The people who made the Titanic didn;t say that - just marketing
In this case it was the company that made it that seems to have said it was impossible to sink
I think they meant -"unless something untoward happened"
Well you say that, but clearly some posters here are suspecting something. And although I'm sceptical, I am very slightly interested to know just what their suspicion is!
Personally, I don't have a specific "suspicion". Coincidences do happen, but, there was rather a lot of money involved, and, it is possible other people or organisations have been, or felt they have been, "turned over", either in this deal, or, others.
The latest BBC reporting does nothing to allay my vague unease https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0l8kj1p0ylo , it would appear most of those onboard managed to escape (ie 15 of the 22 onboard) in a life raft, but, the "star players" didn't make it to the life raft.
We may, or, may not find out what happened, eventually.
Personally, I don't have a specific "suspicion". Coincidences do happen, but, there was rather a lot of money involved, and, it is possible other people or organisations have been, or felt they have been, "turned over", either in this deal, or, others.
The latest BBC reporting does nothing to allay my vague unease https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0l8kj1p0ylo , it would appear most of those onboard managed to escape (ie 15 of the 22 onboard) in a life raft, but, the "star players" didn't make it to the life raft.
We may, or, may not find out what happened, eventually.
We know what happened..people died in unfortunate circumstances in two separate events.
The reasons about how/why these events happened, and why the guests remained below decks during the storm will come out after the investigations have taken place. Meanwhile internet conspiracy theorists and sleuths will have a feeding frenzy, marine experts will have their five minutes in the spotlight, and newspapers will see a chance of dragging the story out and selling a bit more copy or online searches.
Having been on 35 -37 metre vessels in the Red Sea during rough weather, IME the safest place, provided the boat didn't sink, was below decks......The reasons about how/why these events happened, and why several/all of the guests remained below decks during the storm will come out after the investigations have taken place....