(Len Over 21) wrote in message ...
In article , PAMNO
(N2EY) writes:

Trying to turn away, and in doing so exposing the side of the ship to the
danger, was the final mistake. That action can be understood, however, because
the decision to do it was made in haste. (Later analysis showed that had the
First Officer simply reversed engines and hit the 'berg head-on, the ship
would
have stayed afloat and few if any lives would have been lost).

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!

Why are you laughing, Len? 1500 people died that night. Do you think
that's funny?

Riiiighhhtttt...

Yes, it is:

http://www.answerbag.com/q_view.php/8912

http://www.cruiseserver.net/travelpa...ws_titanic.asp

http://titanic.marconigraph.com/mgy_grounding.html

Some time after the Titanic disaster, liner Niagara did indeed run
headlong into an iceberg. She did not sink and all of her passengers
survived (details in one of the references above).