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Offline Sheila

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Titanic's Rivets To Blaim?
« on: April 21, 2008, 05:29:41 PM »
A book by Metallurgists blames poor quality rivets for the Titanic tragedy.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080418/ap_on_re_eu/titanic_rivets;_ylt=Ao88GPUoPnxZ3Ke3cKxov0us0NUE
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Re: Titanic's Rivets To Blaim?
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2008, 05:51:20 PM »
I saw the same theory on a prog on Sky.
So often we find " accidents" can be traced back to penny pinching,doub't we will ever know for sure
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« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2008, 08:12:07 PM »
True, and hindsight is a wonderful thing.
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Re: Titanic's Rivets To Blaim?
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2008, 08:16:41 PM »
yes read that a few years back
have a lot of book on the Titanic here.
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« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2008, 08:18:08 PM »
I don't know of you've come across this but it isn't a bad site for enthusiasts. There's a discussion forum too.
http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/
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Re: Titanic's Rivets To Blaim?
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2008, 08:33:34 PM »
yes have that one and prob all the others but if anyone has any love to have a look just incase i dont
o yes i am as so a member of The British Titanic Society and have been for alot of years now
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« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2008, 08:49:02 PM »
Did you see this on the BBC site yesterday?


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7357253.stm
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« Reply #7 on: April 21, 2008, 09:24:35 PM »
did not see it but read it in the papers
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« Reply #8 on: April 21, 2008, 10:07:30 PM »
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A pocket watch that stopped at the exact moment the great liner sank sold for £31,000

 :blink:  That's pretty amazing!   :blink:
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