A - No. It appears that no one from the White Star Line actually stated this officially. The press of 1912 reported the following after the disaster "...and they said she was unsinkable. Who was "they?" The nautical magazine Shipbuilder, while publishing articles about the engineering feats accomplished in building Titanic, wrote "With Titanic's transverse bulkheads and watertight doors, it renders this vessel practically unsinkable.

You have to realize the time period in which Titanic was built. The gilded age was an era when new and wondrous things were happening every day. The Titanic's shear size gave an impression of invulnerability. Most people don't realize it, but the White Star line never actually claimed Titanic was unsinkable. This line was made popular by the press of the time, and maybe a few over-zealous shipyard workmen.

A - Yes. The Nomadic, a White Star Line tender (a vessel that ferried passengers to and from ports that were too small to accommodate the large liners) is undergoing restoration and is privately owned by a gentleman in Paris, France. (for photo's of Nomadic today, see the Final Demise Section on this site) A - Most nautical experts and marine engineers feel that this is most likely true.

The Titanic was described in the popular press as "practically unsinkable". This was not unusual ? for decades, ships had watertight compartments to limit flooding in case of an accident, and the press used this phrase as a matter of routine for many years. After the Titanic sank, the story of her loss was turned into a modern fable and the original description "practically unsinkable" became just "unsinkable" in order to sharpen the moral of the story.

After the sinking of the Titanic, White Star chairman Bruce Ismay denied ever considering the name "Gigantic" for the new ship; however, the name "Gigantic" does appear in the technical press in the months before the loss of Titanic. Although there is no direct documentation for it, it is reasonable that the name "Gigantic" was felt to be too arrogant after the loss of the Titanic, and the more conventional and patriotic name "Britannic" substituted in its place.

The keel for Titanic was laid in March 1909, and her hull was launched May, 1911. She was then towed to a fitting out basin where her interiors were installed. She was completed in Feb 1912. So it basically took 3 years to build the Titanic.

After kicking around many names and trying to come up with something akin to the name of his former employer's studio, Electro Vox (Electric Voice), Stan decided to try combining our two names. David GOLD STAn Ross.Santa Monica

It's basically a joke, looking back over the past 10 years at these companies(?) that have come and gone that claimed to have plans to build or to be building a Titanic replica. The webmaster originally had a list posted here of several articles and websites of organizations making the claim to have full intentions of building a replica, complete with estimated launch dates. In updating links etc. to this site in Jan.

In the heart of Hollywood near the intersection of Vine Street and Santa Monica Boulevard. Santa Monica Boulevard was the final stretch of historic Route 66 and one of Gold Star's early clients was the composer of the classic "Get Your Kicks on Route 66" - Bobby Troup.

White trade goods began appearing in the mid 1600s, and it is probable that early French traders were in the South Dakota area by the late 1600s. There is some record of traders by the early 1700s, and the Verendrye expedition passed through South Dakota in 1743. The first well-documented evidence of white trading posts is not until the late 1700s, as traders came up the Missouri from Spanish (later French) St. Louis.

This is a rough refuel percentage indicator. The white filled area approximates the actual refuel percentage with 25, 50, 75, and 100 percent amounts.

The 55-mile Suburban Transit Access Route, or STAR Line, is the first of its kind suburb-to-suburb transit line extending from the Joliet area to O'Hare International Airport. The STAR Line would go beyond providing service to a single corridor or portion of the suburban area, but rather, initially connect nearly 100 communities and enhance Metra's hub-and-spoke system of rail passenger service by linking the entire suburban community.

Pretty darn well! After receiving 14 nominations, "Titanic" won 11 tying "Ben Hur" (1959) for the most Oscars for a single film. The winners are: It's kind of hard for us to remember that this euphoria and this success is for a film that's based on a real event that happened, where real people died, that shocked the world in 1912. I'd just like everybody to go with me for just a second.

Neither are true as far as what's been documented. Titanic was actually the fourth known vessel to use the SOS call. It's important to understand that we're talking about SOS, not the CQD call, the predecessor to SOS. The first recorded use of the SOS call occurred on January 23, 1909 when the White Star liner Republic was passing Nantucket in a dense fog and was suddenly rammed by the Italian liner Florida.

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It's impossible to tell. Right now we are fortunate to have a team of fine historians such as John Blair, Steve Hoffman, Elliot Kendall and others tracking down as many Gold Star recordings as possible. Because Gold Star was a totally independent rather than an in-house concern for a major corporate label, we don't have central documentation or cross-files like the major labels, so we are relying on other sources for our book.

Under admiralty law, the owner of a ship retains rights to its wreck, unless the owner abandons it or an unusually long period of time has passed since the vessel sank. In those situations (as was the case with the Titanic) an admiralty court can name another party "salvor in possession" of the wreck if that party lays claim to it by recovering objects from the site. To maintain its exclusive rights to the wreck, the salvor-in-possession must continue to actively work the wreck site.