SharpsDressedMan
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Anyone ever discover what and how many guns might have been aboard the Titanic when it sank? I'm surprised they did not find some among the wreckage. Or did they?
Yeah, it was actually an AK-15 ghost gun with its 30 magazine clip and shoulder thing that goes up that went crazy and blasted a hole in the hull. That whole iceberg story was a cover up by the NRA.Oh well, if there were actually guns aboard the Titanic, that's probably why she sank. The iceburg had nothing to do with it.
But shouldn't the people organizing the trip be aware of the laws of the port where they would land?People in Europe in 1912 probably didn't get the letter about the Sullivan Act. Seem to me that few outside of NYC would even know about it, public television and the internet being what it was back then.
Titanic, as most British vessels of the same size, was an auxiliary vessel of the Royal Navy. She would carry the same type and number of small arms as any other British vessel with the same number of officers and crew of the time period.
cool pic. here is anotherBy the way, here's a comparison of the Titanic and a modern cruise ship:
https://www.google.com/search?q=com...diculous-compared-to-moder-1462306555;640;360
They had newspapers, radio, and the transatlantic cable, which was placed in 1858. News went back and forth across the Atlantic.
Of course there were. The HMHS Brittanic (882'9") and the RMS Olympic (882'6"), the sister ships of the RMS Titanic. The Titanic was laid in 1909, with the Olympic predating the Titanic by a year, being laid in port in 1908.
But the Britannic had a larger displacement. The Brit was newer than Titanic, not seeing its maiden voyage until after the Titanic met her fate.
Olympic was slightly smaller, but its a matter of semantics to compare the two. Almost like comparing a C-5 to an AN-124.
People in Europe in 1912 probably didn't get the letter about the Sullivan Act. Seem to me that few outside of NYC would even know about it, public television and the internet being what it was back then.