Lost Photos of the Titanic and The Stories Behind Them

Warnings From Other Ships

Sadly, the Titanic was warned about ice several times the day the accident happened. A total of six messages from other ships were sent out, but only two were received due to the radio operators dealing with a major backlog of passenger messages.

No Binoculars

There were no binoculars in the crow's nest. It's still unclear as to why the binoculars were missing from the crow's nest. Frederick Fleet said had he been issues binoculars, he believes they would have avoided the disaster.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.