10-24-2007, 05:42 PM
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|  Mysteriously fast sinking of Britannic explored
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If at first you don't succeed, don't worry. You will always have plenty more chances to fail. This principle came sadly into play for England's White Star Line, a passenger ship company that was a paragon of its day.
But White Star also lost its two biggest ships, RMS Titanic on its April 1912 maiden voyage and Titanic's sister ship RMS Britannic on Nov. 21, 1916. The latter is the subject of The History Channel documentary "Titanic's Tragic Sister."
Each disaster embodied one of fate's sinister jests. Promoted as unsinkable, the Titanic submerged within three hours of grazing the iceberg. White Star studied the sinking and built fundamental improvements into Britannic, which slid down the ways on Feb. 26, 1914. When disaster struck -- or, more likely, when Britannic struck disaster -- she plunged under in 55 minutes.....
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