Distress signal — Call for help redirects here. For the TV show, see Call for Help. A distress signal is an internationally recognized means for obtaining help. Distress signals take the form of or are commonly made by using radio signals, displaying a visually… … Wikipedia
RMS Titanic — was an Olympic class passenger liner owned by the White Star Line and built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland (now Northern Ireland). On the night of 14 April 1912, during her maiden voyage, Titanic hit an iceberg, and sank… … Wikipedia
Timeline of the sinking of the RMS Titanic — The timeline of the sinking of the RMS Titanic details the events of the night of Sunday 14 April 1912, and into the early hours of the following day, which saw the loss of the ocean liner Titanic , one of the worst peacetime maritime disasters… … Wikipedia
Changes in safety practices following the RMS Titanic disaster — RMS Titanic The sinking of the RMS Titanic resulted in changes in maritime policy. Contents 1 Changes in safety practices following the Titanic disaster … Wikipedia
SS Californian — was a Leyland Line steamship that is best known for the controversy surrounding its location during the sinking of the RMS Titanic on 15 April 1912.History Californian was a British steamship owned by the Leyland Line, part of J.P. Morgan s… … Wikipedia
Titanic alternative theories — Many alternative theories to the sinking of the superliner RMS Titanic have been put forward. The accepted reason for the sinking, which resulted in the death of more than 1,500 people, is that the ship struck an iceberg at 11:40 PM on 14 April… … Wikipedia
USCGC Seneca (1908) — had an interesting and varied history. Fighting submarines in World War I, making the International Ice Patrol, capturing rum runners in the Prohibition era, saving lives from Greenland to Puerto Rico, from Gibraltar to the Gulf of Mexico,… … Wikipedia
Alaskan (sidewheeler) — The steamship Alaskan operated from 1884 to 1889 on the Columbia River and Puget Sound. Alaskan and her near sistership Olympian were known as “Henry Villard’s White Elephants.”Newell, Gordon R., ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific… … Wikipedia
ARA General Belgrano — The ARA General Belgrano was an Argentine Navy cruiser sunk in a controversial incident during the Falklands War with the loss of 323 lives. Losses from the Belgrano totalled just over half of Argentine deaths in the Falklands conflict.It is the… … Wikipedia
Athlon (steamboat) — Athlon was a typical passenger steamboat of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet.Construction Athlon was built in Portland, Oregon by the J.H. Johnston yard. Her first owners were a consortium of Jacob Kamm (and his company, Vancouver Transportation Co … Wikipedia
