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On this day the world-wide navigational warning service (wwnws) commemorates the sinking, 100 years ago, of…

R.M.S · Titanic Memorial · NAVAREA IV 184/12

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2012-04-15 02:20Z
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cancelled 2012-04-16 08:41Z (archive)
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TITANIC MEMORIAL 150220Z APR 12.
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Original warning text

R.M.S. TITANIC MEMORIAL.
1. ON THIS DAY THE WORLD-WIDE NAVIGATIONAL WARNING SERVICE (WWNWS)
   COMMEMORATES THE SINKING, 100 YEARS AGO, OF R.M.S. TITANIC AND
   REMEMBERS THE TRAGIC LOSS OF LIFE, IN WHAT STILL REMAINS THE
   MOST HISTORIC MARITIME DISASTER OF ALL TIME. THIS EVENT LED
   TO THE ADOPTION OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE
   SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA (SOLAS) AND INTRODUCED NEW INTERNATIONAL
   REQUIREMENTS DEALING WITH SAFETY OF NAVIGATION FOR ALL MERCHANT
   SHIPS, INCLUDING THE EVENTUAL ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WWNWS.
2. THE WWNWS PROVIDES AN INTERNATIONALLY AND NATIONALLY
   CO-ORDINATED SERVICE FOR THE PROMULGATION OF MARITIME SAFETY
   INFORMATION VITAL TO THE SAFE CONDUCT OF VESSELS AND HEREBY
   REAFFIRMS ITS COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE RELEVANT, TIMELY AND
   ACCURATE NAVIGATIONAL WARNINGS TO THE MARINER ON A GLOBAL BASIS.
3. ADDITIONALLY, THE WWNWS WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
   REMEMBER AND HONOR ALL THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES AT SEA.

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