Death of a Titan
She was called the Queen of the Ocean,A beautiful ship of dreams.Titanic was her namesakeUnsinkable was what she seemed. Her story is a tragic one,Oh Royal Mail Steamship.The greatest disaster epic toldNow rests in the…
Tag: Nautical
Disaster at Sea: The Loss of the White Ship
While my main focus of interest is usually Lord Nelson and his Navy, today I'm writing about a ship of a very different era: la Blanche-Nef, aka, the White Ship, which sank during the twelfth…
Titanic: The Sinking Titan
By Amanda Pizzolatto Word Count: 2472 Rating: PG Summary: Jack and Rapunzel have to fight to get off the Titanic before they go down with it. She had never been so happy as she had…
Titanic: The Unsinkable Merida Haddock
By Amanda Pizzolatto Word Count: 2173 Rating: PG Summary: Merida is on her way back home on the Titanic to an estranged marriage, but an accident makes the couple realize just how much they truly…
Surviving the Night: The Story of Collapsible Lifeboat “B” of the Titanic
One of the more gripping parts of the Titanic story has to do with what happened after the great liner had gone down, when hundreds of people found themselves in the dark and cold. After…
Mystery and Adventure on the Sea: A Survey of Nautical Literature and Why It Entices Us
What is it that is so enticing about the sea? What is it that keeps people coming back to it, whether to see it in person or to read about it in books? Water in…
Titanic Quarter: Belfast and the Exhibition of its Most Famous Legacy
If London was the first UK city I had known about, then Belfast was the second one thanks to its connection to the RMS Titanic, which has been a long-time interest of mine and remains…
Beauty Amid Destruction: Titanic’s Celtic Window
When the RMS Titanic slipped beneath the waves 106 years ago today, she was the largest and most luxurious ocean liner in the world, and after all this time underwater, examples of her beauty…
Have You Ever Considered Piracy?: A Helpful Guide to High Seas Crime
So I just recently watched Pirates of the Caribbean: The Black Pearl for the first time. Yes, I know, where have I been? Well, that’s a very long story, one which I don’t have time…