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He knew that Montague, a widower and retired, had plenty of time on his hands.
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in 1858: naval architect Isambard Bruneis Great Eastern, which really was virtually unsinkable. The Great Eastern, a clumsy monstrosity only one hundred feet shorter than the Titanic, had a double hull compared to the latters single-layer one. Bruneis creation also had More Page More Page More Page More Page69 Reade Street longitudinal as well as transverse bulkheads, providing a honeycomb structure ncsecu web site org
enormous strength. Her transverse bulkheads reached thirty feet above the waterline; the Titanics.
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