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Colonial Era to Present Day History Buff

Colonial Era to Present Day History Buff

By: Kirk Monroe
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 History 101. Book and Trip Reviews.

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  • Lowering Titanic’s Lifeboat’s Into The Frigid North Atlantic Ocean

    Lowering Titanic’s Lifeboat’s Into The Frigid North Atlantic Ocean
    Sep 9 2025
    Discover just how cold the North Atlantic Ocean Water was come the night Titanic sank. Learn what happened to Titanic between a three minute span from 2:17-2:20AM on April 15. Get a rough ballpark figure behind just how many people onboard Titanic didn’t make it into a lifeboat. Find out what Second Class Passenger Nellie Becker recalled hearing after Titanic sank. Discover what odd distinction First Class Passenger Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Peuchen held. Understand why Second Officer Charles Lightoller refused to allow men into lifeboats. Discover how one Great Lakes Passenger in Lifeboat Number 9 had connections with extended family from Lifeboat Number 4. Determine just how close Lifeboat Number 11 was in reaching its capacity of 65 People. Find out what Second Class Passenger Lillian Bentham who was heading for Rochester, New York, witnessed before her during Titanic’s final moments. Learn how 12 Year Old Ruth Becker, daughter of Nellie Becker, went about going above and beyond to assist fellow passengers in Lifeboat Number 13. Get an in depth analysis report behind Titanic’s four collapsible lifeboats. Go behind the scenes and determine if any high ranking White Star Line Officials survived Titanic’s sinking.

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Titanic’s Passenger Classes Broken Down By Percentages

    Titanic’s Passenger Classes Broken Down By Percentages
    Sep 4 2025
    Find out exactly just how many people total were onboard Titanic when she collided with the iceberg. Get a rough estimate breakdown of just how many people could access a lifeboat onboard Titanic per British Board of Trade Regulations around 1912. Get introduced to some well known First Class Passengers along with what their world represented. Discover the backgrounds of average Second & Third Class Passengers. Learn what the average ticket costs were for First, Second, & Third Class Passengers onboard Titanic. Get a mathematical breakdown of total passenger occupancy per class onboard Titanic. Learn how many of Titanic’s Lifeboats were equipped to hold nearly 65 people each. Discover what made Titanic Lifeboat Number 7 so unique including reasons behind why delays in launching this lifeboat became prevalent. Learn what First Class Passengers Ida & Daughter Jean Hippach noticed heavily while on deck. Get an in depth analysis report behind Third Class Passenger Helmina Nilsson’s big gamble in making it to the upper deck. Go behind the scenes and learn what Third Class Passenger Neshan Krekorian performed including the same for First Class Passenger Major Arthur Peuchen in times of crisis as Titanic was sinking. Discover just how many watertight bulkhead compartments had flooded within a twenty minute span after Titanic first collided with the iceberg. Agree if the initial order from filling to lowering lifeboats eventually became something of desperation and chaos. Learn just how many Distress Rockets Titanic herself carried and whether or not a good majority of them were used while she was sinking. Confirm if a mystery ship lied somewhere not far away from where Titanic herself was positioned.

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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Titanic’s Moment Of Collision With Iceberg

    Titanic’s Moment Of Collision With Iceberg
    Aug 31 2025
    Determine what phrase marine experts coined RMS Titanic after studying the passenger steamers inns and outs. Learn why there would’ve been no need for concern about safety at sea with RMS Titanic amongst greater public. Get to know White Star Line Ship Designer Alexander Carlisle including any specific concerns he held regarding Titanic’s overall safety. Get an in depth analysis behind the state of Greenland’s Glaciers during winter of 1911-1912. Discover how many total messages Titanic’s Radio Operators received from other ships advising of drifting ice on April 14,1912. Receive a brief timeline of what unravels between 11:30-11:40PM on April 14,1912. Determine how one could best go about describing the sound which Titanic made after colliding with the iceberg. Figure out the total number of passengers onboard RMS Titanic including percentage of those calling Great Lakes Region home. Get a complete breakdown of First, Second, & Third Class Passengers onboard Titanic. Go behind the scenes and receive an in depth account report per what different passenger classes recalled hearing after moment of impact. Determine exactly how far RMS Carpathia was in relation to where RMS Titanic’s point of position lied via emergency distress call on April 15,1912.

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    1 hr and 5 mins
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