The history of wwi hospital ship, the hmhs britannic. She returned to civilian service after the war, and served successfully as. Titanic was sunk by fire, claims journalist investigating the illfated cruise ship new documentary claims blaze on board sealed the liners fate before it even left northern ireland kathryn cain. Rms titanic was the largest ship afloat at the time she entered service and was the second of three olympic class ocean liners operated by the white star line. Mar 25, 2012 the titanic coverup a new investigation into the titanic tragedy has uncovered evidence suggesting its sister ship olympic is the one that sank amid an insurance scam and governmentsanctioned. When the titanic sank, the olympic was about 500 miles away.
The sinking of the titanic, and great sea disasters. Contact content responsibility usage policy pdf help privacy policy. Check out these stunning photos of the replica ship. These and many other questions are raised in robin gardiners brilliantly entertaining read which reveals a fascinating version of what really happened on that terrible night in april 1912.
The titanic, the largest ship afloat at the time of her maiden voyage was actually one of three sister ships. Steve hall, bruce beveridge the titanic is one of the most famous maritime disasters of all time, but did the titanic really sink on the morning of 15 april 1912. Olympic and titanic construction published in the shipbuilder magazine. Titanic history, history of the titanic with pictures. The new ship is planned to have a gross tonnage gt of 56,000 while the original ship measured about 46,000 gross register tons grt. Sunday april 14, 1912, and sank two and a half hours later, carrying over 1,600 of her passengers and crew with her. The titanic sank after colliding with an iceberg on april 15, 1912. Then on july 30, 1908, official authorization was given to build both the olympic and her sistership the titanic. Rms titanic was a white star line ship that sank on her maiden voyage in april 1912. On 12 april 1912 the white star lines royal mail steamer titanic, a ship many considered unsinkable, set sail on its maiden voyage from southampton, england, with stops at cherbourg, france, and queenstown, ireland. Til 14 years prior to titanic sinking, the book futility told. Maybe so but second officer lightoller actually boarded the ship on 20th march 1912. May 20, 20 what can businesses, and dot coms in particular, learn from the sinking of the titanic.
Unlike the other ships in the class, olympic had a long career spanning 24 years from 1911 to 1935. Author robin gardiner has provided one of the most controversial conspiracy theories regarding the two ships. Many titanic history buffs contend that the titanics downfall came due to the increase speed through iceberg rich waters. Thomas andrews, chief naval architect of the shipyard at.
I do realize the internet has a near limitless supply of some form or variant of the c. Titanic infographic titanic facts history of the titanic. Apr 09, 2015 thunder bay on april 10th, to great fanfare, the royal mail ship titanic set sail on her fateful journey. The titanic, now disguised as the olympic, would then carry on in service. May 10, 2017 it was rms titanic not rms olympic that struck an iceberg at 11. On board were many of the most wealthy and influential. Many titanic history enthusiasts believe that multiple warnings were sent out by vessels traversing the same waters as the titanic warning of large iceberg sightings in the water.
Titanic sinking other ships were close by gendisasters. The titanic cia ship is sinking richard lighthouse. Lightollers statement is of interest in as much as the ship sank only days after leaving the builders. I really enjoyed reading this story about the rms titanic, the socalled unsinkable ship. Imagine, if you will, that the titanics near identical sister ship the olympic was severely damaged in a collision while sailing from southampton.
Til 14 years prior to titanic sinking, the book futility told the story of an unsinkable ship titan which also struck an iceberg on its starboard side in the north atlantic on an april night. She was built by the harland and wolff shipyard in belfast. However, it would be a good three years later, in 1911. In all of that time, no evidence that the ship was really the titanic was ever discovered. Did the titanic really sink or was it one of her sister ship. The titanics sister ship, rms olympic, rammed and sunk a uboat during the first world war nov 4, 2016 ian harvey one of the most exciting activities in the career of the rms olympic took place on may 12, 1918. The olympic had a long and successful career and was scrapped in 1935. Newspapers blamed the owners for inadequate safety arrangements. Smart news keeping you current the story of the first manned expedition to the sunken wreck of the titanic the manned exploration in 1986 brought back the first highquality images of the. Brochure for white star lines two ships olympic and titanic wdl11257. File history click on a datetime to view the file as it appeared at that time.
No one would know they had swapped the ships except the people in charge. The olympic, titanic, and, the britannic were very similar in size approx 882ft long and accommodations. The story about the unsinkable ship by henry freeman. Rms olympic was a british ocean liner and the lead ship of the white star lines trio of olympic class liners.
The next twelve months, being part of 1907 and the first half of 1908 was spent in extensive design work and pre planning for the building these grand ships. Rms titanic, then the worlds largest and most luxurious cruise liner, hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage early on the morning of the 15 april 1912. Jan 30, 2018 the olympic, or, if the insurance swap theory is true the titanic disguised as the olympic, continued to serve for many years. Brochure for white star lines two ships olympic and titanic. The titanic the largest and finest steamship in the world. The massive ship, which carried 2,200 passengers and crew, had struck an iceberg two and half hours before. Titanic the ship that never sank encyclopedia titanica. After the ship sank, a survivor recounted steads story to the new. The story of the titanic is about an exceptional ship with glamorous people, tragic mistakes, heroes and villains, and the dramatic last hours at sea. Who was responsible for the sinking of titanic the thomas hardye. Rms titanic was the largest ship afloat at the time she entered service and was the second of three olympicclass ocean liners operated by the white star line. April 10 1912 rms titanic sets sail on fateful journey. This theory starts with the fact that the olympic was damaged while sailing.
The titanic, called an unsinkable ship, met disaster and sank on its maiden voyage from southampton, england, bound for new york, april 15, 1912. The reader is seriously asked to swallow that, following an accident to titanic s sister ship the olympic, the latter was declared beyond economic repair. Read download the great titanic conspiracy pdf pdf download. In april 1912 the unthinkable happened the supposedly unsinkable titanic sank after hitting an iceberg. The sinking of the titanic with the loss of 1,500 lives caused an uproar on both sides of the atlantic. The story has been told in print, in film and has come to put a measure of the end of the era of optimism for its time. Our collection has some original company documents, some of which are. Jul 16, 2017 author robin gardiner has provided one of the most controversial conspiracy theories regarding the two ships. Discover fascinating facts and trivia about rms titanic and other ships built by white star line and harland and wolff, as well as exclusive titanic stories.
The titanic pages is dedicated to the history of the tragic ship. The olympic, the theory goes, would be swapped with the titanic and sunk in a staged accident. The britannic was sunk by a turkish sea mine five years later, while serving as a hospital ship in world war i. The sinking of the rms titanic in 1912 shocked the world, and attracted so much controversy. The titanic coverup a new investigation into the titanic tragedy has uncovered evidence suggesting its sister ship olympic is the one that sank amid. The titanics sister ship, rms olympic, rammed and sunk a u. You dont have to visit the ocean floor to appreciate the truths this disaster brought to light.
Oct 29, 1998 in 1912 the unthinkable happened the supposedly unsinkable titanic sank after hitting an iceberg. Titanic s older sister, the nearly identical olympic, was involved in a serious. Apr 02, 2012 that same year, with captain smith commanding and held accountable by an inquiry, the ship crashed into a royal navy cruiser called h. The ice was closely packed between us and the position of the titanic when she went down, and there would have been great danger in going nearer. Titanic ii is a planned ocean liner intended to be a functional modernday replica of the olympicclass rms titanic. May 14, 2014 many thanks to the people who uploaded this presentation. Rms titanic, so called the unsinkable ship, became the largest maritime disaster in. As work moved forward in belfast, the first two ships proved starcrossed. For more than 80 years, the drama of the last hours of the titanic has long fascinated the public. In 1912 one of the biggest maritime disasters claimed the lives of 1,500 inncoent people, when the superliner titanic hit an iceberg on her maiden voyage.
It acted as troop transport in ww1 and resumed service as a luxury liner in the 20s and 30s before been finally retired in 1935. The ship that never sank was the titanic swapped with its sister ship the olympic as part of an insurance scam. Nov 04, 2016 the titanics sister ship, rms olympic, rammed and sunk a uboat during the first world war nov 4, 2016 ian harvey one of the most exciting activities in the career of the rms olympic took place on may 12, 1918. Everyone is the world has got to know the story of the titanic that sank in 1912 but theres always a whole lot more to learn about it and its dramatic voyage. People have a fascination with the titanic the doomed ship that sank more than 100 years ago in the north atlantic ocean. The fictitious ship closely matched the titanic s length, weight, speed, capacity, and lack of lifeboats. By contrast with olympic, both the other two ships in the class, titanic and. That story need not be retold here, but it had a substantial impact on olympic and britannic. The olympic, or, if the insurance swap theory is true the titanic disguised as the olympic, continued to serve for many years. The national archives education service life aboard the titanic. Titanic or olympic encyclopedia titanica message board. Others blamed the captain for going too fast and too carelessly in waters known to be iceberginfested.
The ship that never sank was published in 1998, author robin gardiner has unearthed a wealth of new evidence in support of his theory that the sinking of the titanic was a vast conspiracy, and that the ship that went down on april 12 was in fact the olympic, titanic s sister ship. Jun 04, 2003 he states that second officer lightoller said that it took him a fortnight before he could find his way around the ship with any confidence. Thunder bay on april 10th, to great fanfare, the royal mail ship titanic set sail on her fateful journey. The titanic was the middle sister weighing in at 46,328 gross tons, only slightly larger than the olympic at 45,323 gross tons. The craziest titanic conspiracy theories, explained history. The white star line then cooked up an insurance scam which entailed changing the identities of the two farfromidentical ships, which involved structural alterations done in a period of only.
The story of the first manned expedition to the sunken wreck. Gardiner alleges that the titanic and its nearly identical sistership olympic were swapped as part of an. Titanic, british luxury passenger liner that sank on april 1415, 1912, during its maiden voyage. The ship that never sank, gardiner states his opinion that the ship that sank that april morning was not the titanic at all, but the olympic disguised as the titanic. This dissertation studies the conspiracy theory published by robin gardiner in his 1998 book, titanic.
He states that second officer lightoller said that it took him a fortnight before he could find his way around the ship with any confidence. It was rms titanic not rms olympic that struck an iceberg at 11. However, when the front of the titanic scraped the side of the ice burg, and at the velocity they were going, it made just enough of an impact to break the rivets and flood the first five chambers. The sick and disturbed cia criminals will go down with the ship. In 1912 the unthinkable happened the supposedly unsinkable titanic sank after hitting an iceberg. Rms olympic was a british ocean liner and the lead ship of the white star lines trio of. The fictitious ship closely matched the titanics length, weight, speed, capacity, and lack of lifeboats.
The last time i uploaded this vid it became corrupted and diverted as another facile and meaningless vid, i wonder why. The sinking of the rms titanic in 1912 shocked the world, and attracted so much controversy that a number of conspiracy theories have been put forward regarding the disaster one such theory is that the sunken ship was actually the titanic s nearidentical sister ship olympic, which was the subject of a large insurance claim, and that the two vessels were secretly switched prior to the voyage. Imagine, if you will, that the titanic s near identical sister ship the olympic was severely damaged in a collision while sailing from southampton. In any case, think about how much effort it would be to claim that one particular ship sank when in fact it was another of the same class. Add a oneline explanation of what this file represents. This included service as a troopship during the first world war, which gained her the nickname old reliable. Musicians played for two hours and five minutes as the ship sank.
Titanic, despite of the multiple iceberg warnings it had received, she did not slow down. The opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of nist or the us government. Titanic conspiracy theories include the claim that the ship. People have a fascination with the titanic the doomed ship that sank more. If you wont do it for yourself then do it for someone that cares about you. The plan was simple, switch olympic with her sister ship titanic and sink it to claim compensation. Other congressional documents issued in 1912 as a result of the titanic. Charlies first movie a four year old explaining how both the titanic and britannic sister ships sank.
While olympic was involved in a collision with the destroyer hms hawke in 1911, titanic, foolishly dubbed unsinkable, sank with a loss of 1,517 on april 15, 1912. Aug 16, 2016 the ship that never sank was the titanic swapped with its sister ship the olympic as part of an insurance scam. When the crewmembers discovered an iceberg, they steered the ship to evade it, but the vessel could not avoid the collision. They had built 16 watertight chambers, so if any water had entered the boat, the ship wouldnt sink. May 29, 2019 this ship was laid down on november 30, 1911. Thomas andrews, chief naval architect of the shipyard at the time, died in the disaster. That same year, with captain smith commanding and held accountable by an inquiry, the ship crashed into a royal navy cruiser called h. I hadnt read it and still havent, but i had seen a youtube documentary outlining the major points.
The reader is seriously asked to swallow that, following an accident to titanics sister ship the olympic, the latter was declared beyond economic repair. A large quantity of seawater flooded into the ship due to. The two ships were essentially identical save for minor differences and were moored side by side in dry dock. The rms titanic was the worlds largest passenger ship when it entered service.
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