Oregon Yacht Club “The Oaks”

The British ocean liner RMS Titanic sank at 2:27 a.m. on Monday, April 15, 1912
in the North Atlantic Ocean after hitting an iceberg the previous evening. The ship
was on its maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York. A total 1,514
people died. It is listed as one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in
history.

This iceberg was photographed by the chief steward of the liner Prinze Adelbert on
the morning of April 15, 1912, just south of where the Titanic sank.. What caught his attention was the smear of red paint along the base of the berg.

Color plans of Titanic

The bow of Titanic photographed in June 2004  during an expedition of the
shipwreck.

  
           Jules Gabriel Verne (February 8, 1828 – March 24, 1905)

French author Jules Verne is best known for his novels Twenty Thousand
Leagues Under the Sea (1870), A Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864),
and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873). He wrote about space, air, and
underwater travel before the invention of such means of transportation. Jules
Verne is often referred to as the “Father of Science Fiction”. Some of his books
have been made into live-action and animated films and TV shows.  

Lloyd Bridges

Sea Hunt was a syndicated television adventure series that premiered on
Saturday, January 4, 1958 and ran till September 3, 1961. It starred Lloyd
Bridges as ex-Navy frogman Mike Nelson. The series served as a spring
board for some of Hollywood’s most famous actors, including Leonard
Nimoy, Robert Conrad, Bruce Dern, Larry Hagman, and Jack Nicholson
who appeared in the last episode of the series (below). Bridges’ own sons,
Beau and Jeff also appeared on the show.

The movie 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a 1954 adventure film starring Kirk
Douglas and James Mason. It was the first science fiction film produced by Walt
Disney Productions, as well as the only science-fiction produced by Walt Disney
himself. It was also the first feature length Disney film to be distributed by Buena
Vista Distribution. It is the best-known adaptation of the Jules Verne novel. The
film won two Academy Awards and was nominated for one more.