"Scotty" wrote
| Do you also understand that Leonardo Di Caprio was aboard
| ship?


So? What's he gonna do? Paint another Mona Lisa?

Cheers,
Ellen

In that case, they should have issued a mayday as soon as they discovered
him.

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"Scotty" wrote in message
...
Do you also understand that Leonardo Di Caprio was aboard
ship?

SBV

"Capt. JG" wrote in message
...
Hmmm... my understanding was the the Titanic did not send
up any distress
signal, although there were claims that they did. They
fired rockets, but
not red ones I believe.

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"DSK" wrote in message
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Scotty wrote:
Joe, for 2.5 points, which distress signal did the
Titanic
send out.


MGY (the Titanic's call sign) CQD

And some time later they remembered the then-new signal
and sent

MGY SOS

So the answer is both.




"Joe" wrote...
Is that were SOS came from? or was it save our souls?


No it stands for "Steel Only Sinks."

DSK

Joe wrote:
Is that were SOS came from? or was it save our souls?

Joe

I've a;ways heard it was save our souls...

Nothing to do with that, although it's commonly thought to be. It's the
morse code.

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"katy" wrote in message
...
Joe wrote:
Is that were SOS came from? or was it save our souls?

Joe

I've a;ways heard it was save our souls...

Capt. JG wrote:
Nothing to do with that, although it's commonly thought to be. It's the
morse code.

I knew it was the Morse Code but thought that they used the SOS as an
acronym...I see now that that was a fairy tale...

"katy" wrote in message
...
Capt. JG wrote:
Nothing to do with that, although it's commonly thought
to be. It's the
morse code.

I knew it was the Morse Code but thought that they used
the SOS as an
acronym...I see now that that was a fairy tale...

more like, a sea story. They *did* use the acronym 'Save
Our Souls' and Save Our Ship , but only after the signal
was in use for some time. SOS made it easier to remember.

Capt. JG wrote:

Hmmm... my understanding was the the Titanic did not send up any distress
signal, although there were claims that they did.

Yep. All the surviving ships officers & passengers "claimed"
they did.


.... They fired rockets, but
not red ones I believe.


At the time, the standard for distress signals was that they
be white rockets. One of the Titanic's junior officers was
ordered to start firing rockets and he did so for a couple
hours, right up until he couldn't strike any more fuses
because they were getting wet.

Most of the dispute about the Titanic's distress signals
come from Captain Stanley Lord of the 'Californian' and his
sympathizers. The 'Californian' was the ship parked for the
night nearby (between 5 ~ 15 miles) which did not respond
and did not have her radio turned on.

This is a great reference for the Titanic and a lot of other
maritime history. It is very interesting to read thru the
U.S. Senate hearings and the British hearings right afterwards.
http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/

DSK