Samuel Halpern

9 items written by Samuel Halpern


Titanic Research	ROCKETS, LIFEBOATS, AND TIME CHANGES A FLASH OF LIGHT IN THE SKY The story of what took place on the tramp steamer Californian the night of April 14, 1912, is one of those tales that cause some ...	4th March 2010
Titanic Research	IT'S A CQD OLD MAN: 41.46 NORTH, 50.14 WEST	9th January 2009
Titanic Research	WHY A LOW ANGLE BREAK? In the James Cameron film "Titanic," we all saw the stern of the ship rise up in the air and take on a relatively steep angle as the bow of the ship sank deeper and deeper into the water. Suddenly, the hull split and the stern came...	23rd October 2008
Titanic Research	SPEED AND REVOLUTIONS "We were working out a slip table, and we had not quite finished when she went down. All of us were on, working out a slip table, how many turns of the engine it would require to do so many knots; and all this, and it tapered down." - Titanic's 5t...	18th September 2007
Titanic Research	TITANIC'S PRIME MOVER - AN EXAMINATION OF PROPULSION AND POWER	9th July 2007
Titanic Research	KEEPING TRACK OF A MAIDEN VOYAGE On Thursday the 11th of April 1912, the RMS Titanic departed Queenstown on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic ocean to New York. About 2:20 PM GMT, she took departure from the Daunt’s Rock light vessel, and pro...	20th February 2007
Titanic Research	ICEBERG RIGHT AHEAD We all know the story how lookout Frederick Fleet had sighted an iceberg at about 11:40 PM on April 14th 1912, went to the lookout bell and struck it 3 times to indicate that something was seen ahead, and then went to the telephone and ...	29th April 2006
Titanic Research	A CAPTAIN ACCUSED ...	1st July 2005
Titanic Research	TITANIC'S HIDDEN DECK An examination of Titanic's double bottom...	8th April 2005