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"ICEBERG RIGHT AHEAD" TWO IMAGES OF THE BERG THAT SANK RMS TITANIC RP

$ 5.27

Availability: 28 in stock
  • Cruise Ship & Ocean Liner: White Star & Titanic
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Condition: New
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted

    Description

    YOU WILL RECIEVE REPRINTS OF BOTH IMAGES.
    This listing is for reprints (2) of the iceberg that is most likey to have sunk the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912.
    IMAGE #1
    The first image was taken by the chief steward of the German ocean liner
    SS Prinz Adalbert
    , which on April 15, 1912, was sailing through the North Atlantic a mere 3 miles south from where the
    Titanic
    had sunk the night before. At the time, the chief steward hadn't yet learned of the
    Titanic
    's fate, so he wasn't even on the lookout for icebergs. He simply spotted a streak of red paint along the iceberg's base, which most likely meant a ship had collided with it in the last 12 hours. The red paint peaked his curiosity and he snapped the image.
    IMAGE #2
    This image was taken by a Captain De Carteret of the
    Minia
    , one of a few cable ships -- vessels ordinarily used to lay deep sea cables, such as those for telecommunications -- sent to the site of the shipwreck, from Nova Scotia, to recover corpses and debris. The captain claimed this was the only iceberg in the area, and the red paint was again a clear sign that a ship had recently struck it. There's some disagreement over whether this was the
    only
    iceberg in the area, but it certainly seems likely that
    something
    had hit it, and the odds are good that that something was the
    Titanic
    .
    Your reprints will be carefully packaged in a heavy card board mailer with chip board inserts to protect your reprints.
    The prints measure 8.5 x 11, and are printed on 65lb acid free archival card stock, and will not have the White Star Supply Coompany watermark.
    I am also including an information sheet on the history behind the two images.
    I ship via USPS with Tracking.
    Thanks for looking and please check back often as I am adding new items daily!