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RMS Titanic in detail
Ships that may have stood still
Californian
Distance and Bearing
Superior mirage and the Californian
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[QUOTE="T Maltin, post: 403942, member: 166865"] I would like to think Titanic’s longitude error was caused because the sunset times were affected by the superior mirage in the area, but Sam Halpern has a very convincing theory that it was caused by a one minute error in converting Titanic’s twilight star sighting from the time recorded on the hack watch used on deck to Titanic’s chronometer time. The one minute error at her latitude equating to the 10 miles error. And you are right that The Californian Incident was caused by the thermal inversion, but possibly in a slightly different way to what you are imagining: the raised horizon made Titanic appear nearer AND THEREFORE SMALLER. That is why Lord did not risk his own ship in the ice to rescue the (apparently equivalent) vessel in distress. And the rockets were magnified in the cold air near the sea, so they only appeared bright enough to be seen low down, which is why they seemed to be coming from a vessel beyond Titanic. I think Californian and Titanic were about 10 miles apart (though they appeared to be only about five miles apart, due to the abnormally raised horizon). Ray bending at such close ranges would not have had a distorting effect, to the “big side out of the water” is likely to be just that, as the tender Titanic heeled whilst sinking - indeed there is evidence that Wilde ordered everybody to one side to straighten her up! You can all read more about this here: [URL='https://timmaltin.com/2016/04/10/the-hidden-cause-of-the-titanic-disaster/']The hidden cause of the Titanic disaster[/URL] Thank you Darren and all, Tim [/QUOTE]
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RMS Titanic in detail
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