[Rhodes22-list] Titanic

[Bill Effros]

Jim,

I did some research on the topic for a book.  I was sent to find quotes from original sources.  Never found them.  If anyone can point me to an original source I'd love to see it.  Even after it had sunk, but before people knew what had happened, the White Star Liners spokesman was only willing to say it was "practically unsinkable"--and even that was not a direct quote.

I don't know why a shipbuilding trade paper would have done a story detailing watertight measures on Titanic.  Those measures had been employed on many boats prior to Titanic, and it was believed, or at least reported, that, to use the words of the future Captain of Titanic in 1906 (6 years before Titanic's maiden voyage) "I cannot imagine any condition that would cause a ship to founder...Modern shipbuilding has gone beyond that."

By the way, this was the same captain who piloted Olympic into a Royal Navy Cruiser, sustaining major damage.  He must have been related to somebody.

Bill Effros 


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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


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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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