憑禮服認出「腐屍是頭等艙貴族」 鐵達尼號最後一艘救生艇影像曝光
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一批「鐵達尼號」的珍貴歷史照片在近日曝光，然而，也讓人深感遺憾。
根據外媒報導，當鐵達尼號沉船事件發生後的一個月，一艘名爲「RMS Oceanic」的英國郵輪在事發海域200英里遠的位置，發現一艘救生船！該艘救生船正是鐵達尼號出事當下，最後一艘駛離的救生船。
120 years ago RMS Oceanic launched into action and ruled the waves. I can't help thinking of those onboard starting their new lives. Research for 'The Pearler's Wife' gave me great insight into ocean liners and the hopes and dreams they carried with them. (Photographer unknown) pic.twitter.com/EbLft4gXrI
#throwbackthursdayRMS Oceanic at Canning Dock in the late 1880s! Still mind-blowing how many sheer beauties Liverpool's Docks have seen@angelcakepics @albertdock @theAlbertDock pic.twitter.com/4YkHi71aFw
郵輪船務人員也在海里找到三具已經腐爛的屍體，藉由屍體的衣物判斷，救生艇上是兩名消防人員和一名來自頭等艙的乘客，名爲Thomson Beattie，當時他坐上救生艇準備逃離時，身上還穿着正式的晚禮服，顯示他在事發前，正參加船艙裡的晚宴派對。除此之外，郵輪船務人員也找到一枚結婚戒指。
救生艇上另有重要文件，日期被標註爲1912年5月13日。
Crewmen from the RMS Oceanic board a Titanic lifeboat found adrift about a month after the sinking. On the collapsible lifeboat were the corpses of two firemen from the Titanic's engine room and that of first class passenger[May, 1912] pic.twitter.com/sDkhLnE4q1
根據郵輪船務人員描述，屍體已經嚴重發爛，當他們把屍體擡起時，腐爛的雙臂直接掉下來，嚇壞現場所有人，他們隨即爲三具屍體進行海葬。
#Liverpool OTD - 1899: Maiden voyage of White Star's RMS Oceanic II, to New York with 1,890 people on board https://t.co/FfgkFzoZxm pic.twitter.com/HRaHX7qcaN
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