Year from scratch,
Line discount feared;
Finish safe with heat and patch;
Hull not granite; ship not geared
Single fire by coal-oil seared.
According to these findings, the Titanic had been on fire internally for some time before the sinking, and it has emerged that cost-cutting exercises occurred including a patch in the hull. This and other articles on the same theme make fascinating reading — and contribute nicely to my usual economical Wordle!
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Someone didn’t know the proverb ‘For Want of a Nail’
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And there the signs were, plain to see!
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Thank you for Titanic information, I knew none of that.
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I thought fanatical granddaughter R had dredged up everything there was to be dredged, but she missed this angle.
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I’m guessing this was initially a school topic.
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She made it one, but she was initially hooked on the movie.
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Ah, I can see why the film made such a big impression on her!
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