There is a good site on the show he

http://titanicsfinalmoments.com/

As far as I know, the lifeboats only had numbers and I think they went
to other ships.

I think it would be OK to name your dinghy "Titanic" as long as you
don't row it near ice.

BTW for anyone in the Portland area, I'll be doing a 1 hour show at
9:00 on WGAN radio tomorrow morning(Sunday, Feb 26). This should be
the most complete discussion of the technical issues available
anywhere for a long time.

--

Roger Long

Roger ,,, what happens to the steel, iron, after so many years under water?
Doesn't it just turn back into rust or sand?


"Roger Long" wrote in message
...
There is a good site on the show he

http://titanicsfinalmoments.com/

As far as I know, the lifeboats only had numbers and I think they went to
other ships.

I think it would be OK to name your dinghy "Titanic" as long as you don't
row it near ice.

BTW for anyone in the Portland area, I'll be doing a 1 hour show at 9:00
on WGAN radio tomorrow morning(Sunday, Feb 26). This should be the most
complete discussion of the technical issues available anywhere for a long
time.

--

Roger Long

It's being eaten by iron loving bacteria that create the long fuzzy
things you see all over the wreck. About four tons a day is
disappearing. How did all these iron eating bugs end up in a desert
12,500 feet down where there is no other iron? One of life's
mysteries.

--

Roger Long



"Thomas Wentworth" wrote in message
news:HZ6Mf.747$SJ2.316@trndny01...
Roger ,,, what happens to the steel, iron, after so many years under
water? Doesn't it just turn back into rust or sand?


"Roger Long" wrote in message
...
There is a good site on the show he

http://titanicsfinalmoments.com/

As far as I know, the lifeboats only had numbers and I think they
went to other ships.

I think it would be OK to name your dinghy "Titanic" as long as you
don't row it near ice.

BTW for anyone in the Portland area, I'll be doing a 1 hour show at
9:00 on WGAN radio tomorrow morning(Sunday, Feb 26). This should
be the most complete discussion of the technical issues available
anywhere for a long time.

--

Roger Long

"Thomas Wentworth" wrote
Roger ,,, what happens to the steel, iron, after so many years under
water? Doesn't it just turn back into rust or sand?


Roger Long wrote:
It's being eaten by iron loving bacteria that create the long fuzzy
things you see all over the wreck. About four tons a day is
disappearing. How did all these iron eating bugs end up in a desert
12,500 feet down where there is no other iron? One of life's
mysteries.


Lots of fascinating things... organisms from fish on down...
live in the deep ocean & nowhere else. There are many
species of little critters that live in oceanic volcanic
plumes at temperatures that seem impossible to sustain life.

Not only is the iron being eaten but the bodies have been
totally dissolved, including the bones. Chemistry works
different at such high pressures.

About the Titanic and ocean liners in general, there is
another USENET discussion group much like this one:
alt.history.ocean-liners.titanic which was very active some
years ago, discussing everything from what-ifs (the head-on
scenario, the California rescue, etc etc) to engineering
details.

There are also a LOT of interesting resources out there. Two
of the most interesting to me:

http://users.senet.com.au/~gittins/wheel.html
Right on the money, lots of other subjects, and the author
is also a cruising sailor with a lot of good stuff about
that too.

http://home.flash.net/~rfm/index/contents.html
The most unusual model of the Titanic you'll find, along
with a lot of info about the wreck as it happened and as she
is now.

Regards
Doug King

DSK wrote:
"Thomas Wentworth" wrote

Roger ,,, what happens to the steel, iron, after so many years under
water? Doesn't it just turn back into rust or sand?



Roger Long wrote:

It's being eaten by iron loving bacteria that create the long fuzzy
things you see all over the wreck. About four tons a day is
disappearing. How did all these iron eating bugs end up in a desert
12,500 feet down where there is no other iron? One of life's mysteries.


Lots of fascinating things... organisms from fish on down... live in the
deep ocean & nowhere else. There are many species of little critters
that live in oceanic volcanic plumes at temperatures that seem
impossible to sustain life.

Not only is the iron being eaten but the bodies have been totally
dissolved, including the bones. Chemistry works different at such high
pressures.

About the Titanic and ocean liners in general, there is another USENET
discussion group much like this one: alt.history.ocean-liners.titanic
which was very active some years ago, discussing everything from
what-ifs (the head-on scenario, the California rescue, etc etc) to
engineering details.

There are also a LOT of interesting resources out there. Two of the most
interesting to me:

http://users.senet.com.au/~gittins/wheel.html
Right on the money, lots of other subjects, and the author is also a
cruising sailor with a lot of good stuff about that too.

http://home.flash.net/~rfm/index/contents.html
The most unusual model of the Titanic you'll find, along with a lot of
info about the wreck as it happened and as she is now.

Regards
Doug King


I can't find the Titanic show on our local 'History Television' channel.
This station must be different from the 'History Channel' broadcast
stateside.

I can't find the Titanic show on our local 'History Television'
channel.
This station must be different from the 'History Channel' broadcast
stateside.

It is, unfortunately. I think the UK and Canada HC's are separate as
well. The History Channel in Britain ran a show on a different 2005
expedition which created all sorts of confusion.

--

Roger Long

Roger Long wrote:
I can't find the Titanic show on our local 'History Television'
channel.
This station must be different from the 'History Channel' broadcast
stateside.


It is, unfortunately. I think the UK and Canada HC's are separate as
well. The History Channel in Britain ran a show on a different 2005
expedition which created all sorts of confusion.


Here's what I get on cable station 46 here in Halifax.
http://www.historytelevision.ca/