凭礼服认出「腐尸是头等舱贵族」 铁达尼号最后一艘救生艇影像曝光
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一批「铁达尼号」的珍贵历史照片在近日曝光，然而，也让人深感遗憾。
根据外媒报导，当铁达尼号沉船事件发生后的一个月，一艘名为「RMS Oceanic」的英国邮轮在事发海域200英里远的位置，发现一艘救生船！该艘救生船正是铁达尼号出事当下，最后一艘驶离的救生船。
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
邮轮船务人员也在海里找到三具已经腐烂的尸体，借由尸体的衣物判断，救生艇上是两名消防人员和一名来自头等舱的乘客，名为Thomson Beattie，当时他坐上救生艇准备逃离时，身上还穿着正式的晚礼服，显示他在事发前，正参加船舱里的晚宴派对。除此之外，邮轮船务人员也找到一枚结婚戒指。
救生艇上另有重要文件，日期被标注为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
根据邮轮船务人员描述，尸体已经严重发烂，当他们把尸体抬起时，腐烂的双臂直接掉下来，吓坏现场所有人，他们随即为三具尸体进行海葬。
#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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