More than a century after she sank, Titanic remains the most famous shipwreck in history. But her greatest legacy may lie not in the wreck itself, but in the safer maritime world that followed. In this episode of the Mariner’s Mirror Podcast, Sam Willis speaks with Louise Sanger of Lloyd’s Register Foundation, whose recent work has explored the impact of the Titanic disaster on global maritime safety. Together they trace the extraordinary story of how catastrophe became regulation: from lifeboats, wireless watches and the International Ice Patrol to SOLAS, the international convention that still underpins safety at sea today. They also explore the later disasters—from the Empress of Ireland and Herald of Free Enterprise to the Exxon Valdez—that exposed new weaknesses and forced the maritime world to learn again. And, for the historically inquisitive, we finally reveal the identity of the mysterious “Pious Poisoner” whose name appeared beside the first Titanic headlines on London newspaper boards in April 1912.
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