Women and Children First: How a Rarely-Used Maritime Practice Caused Confusion On Board the 'Titanic'
Over 100 years after 'Titanic' sank, the origins and true meaning of “women and children first” remain a source of confusion.
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HMS Liverpool on her way to be broken up at a Turkish scrap yard
HMS Liverpool was sold to Leyal Ship Recycling, Aliaga, near Izmir, Turkey, where the former Birkenhead Historic Warship, HMS Plymouth, is being dismantled. HMS Liverpool was sold as part of a ...
Why a modest memorial in Edinburgh to truly brave men needs a closer look
In 1852, the troopship HMS Birkenhead left Portsmouth heading for ... Naturally, like all good Victorian disasters, someone ...