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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => History => Topic started by: Elderberry on December 26, 2020, 01:39:19 am
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Earth Chronicles 12/25/2020
It wasn’t the Titanic that was sinking. The wreck of the legendary ship received an unexpected interpretation
The version about the substitution of the ship is gaining popularity on the network. Its adherents provide some intriguing evidence to support their thinking.
When the shipwreck happened in 1912, it shocked the whole world. One of the best representatives of technological progress and at that time the limit of innovative dreams went to the bottom after meeting with an iceberg. Nevertheless, writes Popular Mechanics, in recent years, the idea has spread among Internet users that the sunken ship was not the Titanic at all.
The publication writes that the following is known for sure: there was a ship, it really sank in the icy waters of the North Atlantic on April 15, 1912, and about 1,500 passengers on board this ship were killed. According to a non-standard version, the British manufacturer White Star Line has changed the vessel for the trip from Southampton to New York. Instead of the declared “Titanicâ€, an older ship, the “Olympicâ€, set sail.
The Olympic was the first and lead ship of the White Star Line. But on September 20, 1911, passing by the warship Hawk, he made an unexpected U-turn, which caused the ships to collide. Litigation began, and the “Olympic†began to bring losses to the company – the repair of the ship could not be covered by insurance. With this fact, the conjectures of the adherents of the non-standard theory begin.
More: https://earth-chronicles.com/histori/it-wasnt-the-titanic-that-was-sinking-the-wreck-of-the-legendary-ship-received-an-unexpected-interpretation.html (https://earth-chronicles.com/histori/it-wasnt-the-titanic-that-was-sinking-the-wreck-of-the-legendary-ship-received-an-unexpected-interpretation.html)
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Interesting..I was expecting more to the story..it was very brief and unconvincing.
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My maternal grandfather served in France, for the US and h her allies.
His ancestors were from Minnesota, New Brunswick. and Nova Scotia,
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Unlikely. The "real" Titanic would have been seen elsewhere.
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Unlikely. The "real" Titanic would have been seen elsewhere.
@Cyber Liberty
Ever think that maybe Scotty just "beamed it up" because they needed a luxury hotel in orbit somewhere in the solar system?
Huh? Huh? Huh?
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@Cyber Liberty
Ever think that maybe Scotty just "beamed it up" because they needed a luxury hotel in orbit somewhere in the solar system?
Huh? Huh? Huh?
No, I never thought of that. I'll bet Richard Branson wish he'd thought of that....
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RMS Olympic was Titanic's class mate, but was scrapped 1935-1937, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Olympic . There was a major investigation of the sinking of the Titanic at which the ship's officers and designers would have testified. IOW, too many to sustain such a secret switcheroo.
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This is silly. Although nearly the same size and style, they were not identical.
Olympic was fitted out for a different clientele to that of Titanic and had very little of the lavish affection to detail, craftsmanship and opulence that Titanic was to later offer.
https://www.ultimatetitanic.com/rms-olympic-britannic#:~:text=Titanic%20was%20fractionally%20larger%20than,military%20cruiser%20the%20HMS%20Hawke. (https://www.ultimatetitanic.com/rms-olympic-britannic#:~:text=Titanic%20was%20fractionally%20larger%20than,military%20cruiser%20the%20HMS%20Hawke.)
(https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/community/attachments/img_7463-jpg.3863/)
https://www.jmilford-titanic.com/2014/03/differences-between-olympic-and-titanic.html (https://www.jmilford-titanic.com/2014/03/differences-between-olympic-and-titanic.html)