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Five Other Passenger Ships That Sank on Their Maiden Voyage

April 14, 2025 Zach W. 0

The sinking of the RMS Titanic is arguably the most famous maritime disaster in history. This event has captured the world’s attention for over 110 […]

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Two Tragedies of Modern Memory: Titanic and the American Civil War

April 9, 2025 Zach W. 0

Today marks the 160th anniversary of General Robert E. Lee’s surrender to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. This ultimately led to […]

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Movie Review: Britannic (2000)

April 7, 2025 Zach W. 0

In January 2000, a made-for-TV movie called Britannic aired. Starring Amanda Ryan, Michael Atterton, John Rhys-Davies, and Jacqueline Bisset, the film tells a highly fictionalized […]

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The Unsinkable Suffragists of Titanic’s Lifeboat No. 6

March 10, 2025 Zach W. 0

The new White Star liner RMS Titanic departed from Queenstown (now Cobh), Ireland, on April 11, 1912, with several suffragists aboard. United in a common […]

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Born of Death: The Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff

January 30, 2025 Zach W. 0

By late January 1945, Nazi Germany was on the verge of losing World War II. On the Western Front, its offensive in the Ardennes failed. […]

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The Wrecks of November: Gordon Lightfoot’s Shipwreck Songs

November 20, 2024 Zach W. 0

The old ship, tried and true, set sail on a routine voyage. Nothing seemed amiss that November day. But no one could have imagined the […]

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Forgotten Hero Ship: The Wreck of La Jenelle

November 13, 2024 Zach W. 0

The coast of Oxnard, California was stormy on April 13, 1970. Gale-force winds blew about and rocked the nearly 500-foot cruise ship until her starboard […]