You know, id always heard a little bit about the lusitania, but i didnt really realize that there was a human drama at the core of that story as poignant, as moving as anything youd find with the titanic, but also that it was a story which had deep political ramifications. It was a story of an event which really changed the nature of warfare. Cspan the titanic was sunk in 1912. Guest thats right, just three years earlier. Cspan the lusitania was owned by what company . Guest it was owned by the Cunard Company. Shed been built up in scotland, on the river clyde, by the john brown company, launched 1906, made her Maiden Voyage 1907, and really was the technological marvel of her age. It wasnt just that she was a uniquely beautiful, elegant ship, with suites and public rooms, you know, modeled on the grand palaces of europe, like versailles and fontainebleau. She was also very technological advanced. She had revolutionary turbine engines. This was a ship that could cut through the atlanti
The Titanic went down on April 14, 1212. The story of the luxury liner's demise is well known. The Song of the Day, "The Titanic," by blues singer Lead Belly and the story behind it isn’t.
In 1912, the British luxury liner Titanic collided with an iceberg on her maiden voyage from England to New York City and sank in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland.
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