That which we call a rose, by any other name
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 9:47 pm
Well if you are going to name your boat Titanic, what do you expect?
This is the moment the aptly named Titanic II lived up to expectations by sinking on her maiden voyage.
Just like the doomed liner 99 years ago, the rather more modest, 16ft cabin cruiser went down after taking on water.
Hapless owner Mark Wilkinson was left floundering as the vessel disappeared beneath the waves.
Bemused holidaymakers looked on while Mr Wilkinson, from Birmingham, was pulled out of the sea by the local harbour master.
But unlike her namesake, Titanic II was saved from a watery grave when it was later towed out of West Bay harbour in Dorset.
Mark, aged in his 40s, said afterwards: 'If it wasn't for the harbour master I would have gone down with the Titanic.
'It's all a bit embarrassing and I got pretty fed up with people asking me if I had hit an iceberg.'
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