Posted by Jean-Yves on Nov 9, 2015
A newly discovered distress telegram sent from the Titanic has shed new light on the luxury liner’s last hours, revealing the ship owners knew of the disaster unfolding – something they vehemently refuted at that time.
The world’s biggest passenger liner left Southampton, England, for New York on its maiden voyage on April 10, 1912. The RMS “unsinkable” Titanic struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic four days later, on the night of April 14. It sank within hours on April 15 with the loss of more than 1,500 lives.
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