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The arrogant engineering and delusional captain that ensured that the Titanic sank
by dimensionc132 4y ago
The arrogant engineering and delusional captain that ensured that the Titanic sank
- throw827474737 4y agoAgreed, though this comment feels a bit unecessary to the point of the article? Anyway, interesting is that these two points "Towson knew that icebergs posed an existential danger to the wooden hulls of nineteenth‐century ships. Steel hulls were invincible, he said, but that was based on assumption, not experience" "Only 1 percent of northern hemisphere icebergs survive this desert zone, and finally, only one in several thousand would make it to 41 degrees north, the same latitude as New York City and directly in the path of transatlantic ships." even challenge this a bit?