[Rhodes22-list] Titanic

[jbconnolly at speakeasy.net]

I recall seeing on the Discovery Channel or similar TV that the shipbuilding trade paper in England did an article during Titanic's construction which detailed the watertight measures on the Titanic.  It summarized by saying that the features (presumably if used properly) rendered the ship "...virtually unsinkable".  This was seized upon by the non-technical press and the qualifiers ignored after she sank.

Jim Connolly


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Effros [mailto:bill at effros.com]
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> The claim that the Titanic could not sink was not made before it sank.  When the reports of it's sinking reached the White Star Liners home office, someone was quoted as saying "It can't sink..."  The press jumped all over this claim subsequently, probably in an attempt to justify their earlier reporting.  The original newspaper reports claimed that everyone on board had been saved.
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> The Titanic had 2 sister ships, one built before the sinking of the Titanic, and one after.  The one built after was originally going to be named Gigantic, but that was changed to Britannic.  It sank too.  The original ship, Olympic, survived both war duty and commercial duty.
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> The 3 ships were built for a New York to London "shuttle" concept--before the days of commercial airlines.
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> Bill Effros 
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> Right on. The Titantic couldn't sink either remember.
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