Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: The Titanic
Interesting information and fun facts about the sinking of the Titanic disaster in 1912.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Titanic Facts and History
Description of the Titanic with details on its collision with an iceberg in 1912 where almost 1500 people died.
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Quarantine Questionnaire, Grosse
An original questionnaire that passenger ships had to fill out when they stopped at the quarantine station at Grosse Ile on their way into the St. Lawrence Seaway. They had to pass inspection in order to continue on to Quebec City.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Conflicting News Reports on the Fate of the Sinking Titanic
The RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning of 15 April 1912, after colliding with an iceberg. More than 1,500 passengers died as a result of the ship sinking. After the ship...
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Ad lit.org: Reading Discussion Guide: Corby Flood
Corby Flood and her family are about to set sail on a rather ramshackle cruise ship, the S.S. Euphonia. Onboard, among the odd passengers and eccentric crew, there is a strange group of men in bowler hats who call themselves the...
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National Foundation for Jewish Continuity: The Ss St. Louis Project
Here's a piece of American history you problably know little about. In 1939 a ship filled with Jewish refugees sat off the coast of Miami waiting for permission to land. That permission was denied. Find out what happened to the...
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Washington (State): Virginia v (Steamer)
Constructed in 1922, the Virginia V is the last functioning ship of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet, and the only "wooden-hull, steam-powered, passenger vessel" that operates on the West Coast of the United States.