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| Topic | Actually there was a reason Titanic didn't have enough lifeboats. |
| Metal_Gear_Raxis 10/24/24 11:50:20 PM #6: | Two other things: 1) Lifeboats were meant to ferry survivors to safety and then come back for more, they weren't intended to just hold the entire population of the ship floating out on the ocean surface for hours at a time, they wouldn't be able to survive like that for very long. 2) The ship sank so fast that it would be impossible to launch enough life boats to hold everyone even if there were enough. Collapsible A and B were the last two lifeboats to leave the ship barely 15 minutes before the ship began to split in half, and they weren't so much launched as they were tossed off the deck due to the chaotic situation. Collapsible B famously ended up upside-down and was commanded by Lightoller (the guy who bluffed the panicked crowd with an empty pistol in the movie!), the senior-most officer aboard the ship to survive the sinking. --- Time is a funny thing, you know? I guess in the big picture of my life, you were only a blip. But oftentimes, those "blips" make the biggest impacts. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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