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The Titanic’s Best Lifeboat

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by zeristor

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An interesting podcast.
The mind set was that life boats were dangerous, only with the Titanic’s sinking did occur on a tranquil sea, otherwise many others would have died.
That and the California’s radio operator having just turned in for the night missing the distress call, which the ship could have transferred the passengers to.

by UncleSlacky

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Not sure why they think the Titanic's boats were overcrowded - many of them werre only about half-full, as the crew thought that they couldn't be winched down when full (it was a recent innovation). Also the list of the ship made launching the boats on one side difficult, even with nobody in them.

by goopypoop

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by hoseja

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Genuinely, why are people/culture seemingly more concerned with the 1500 lives lost on Titanic than the 15~20 MILLION lost in The Great War? Similarly airplane vs automobile casualties. Is it just about the power of the story to sell in a newspaper?