tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024771680506727521.post3827760312143345243..comments2024-03-21T11:39:29.478-07:00Comments on Titanic Station: Titanic's Sister Ship 'Olympic'Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407654772361090579noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024771680506727521.post-77044401363461847572013-01-01T15:23:53.590-08:002013-01-01T15:23:53.590-08:00The Britannic was found just off the coast in the,...The Britannic was found just off the coast in the, I think Adreadic Sea. Sorry about my spelling. You can actually find all kinds of documentaries on youtube. They found the teathers that the mine(s) were attached to, that she hit. A lot of info on youtube, just be carefull not all is factual. Look for real people that were involved with the ships, not just someone who loves her a lot. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024771680506727521.post-42225402209649819772012-09-08T20:20:10.769-07:002012-09-08T20:20:10.769-07:00Have we ever located Britanic and photographed it ...Have we ever located Britanic and photographed it in the ocean floor? May not be as romantic as the Titanic, but may be interesting to see it too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024771680506727521.post-80573587953868628462012-05-09T18:55:02.391-07:002012-05-09T18:55:02.391-07:00Thanks! My husband insisted and was silly enough t...Thanks! My husband insisted and was silly enough to place a bet that the Titanic did not have a sister ship especially not one that was launched before her. Proven wrong! Actually I thought that the Germans sank her during one of the world wars, near Ireland, the holds having (suspiciously) having blown outwards in the impact... were the Enlish using a passenger liner to transport munitions? Or am I thinking of the Britannic?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024771680506727521.post-40926322485711055292012-03-07T13:02:36.911-08:002012-03-07T13:02:36.911-08:00Next month will be the 100th annaversary of the si...Next month will be the 100th annaversary of the sinking of Titanic, I bought a dvd that showed a Hotel with the Olympic's first class dining room called The White Swan, the walls 12'3'' ceilings, wood carved, quite unbelievable. Very Cool, quite a tribute!!!Cherienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024771680506727521.post-71697862304661182002010-06-24T22:01:54.298-07:002010-06-24T22:01:54.298-07:00the titanic and britanic are speashal
but the olem...the titanic and britanic are speashal<br />but the olempic was a hero ship.they sold it for scrap!!!! that would be a <br />cool musium but they had to sell it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024771680506727521.post-5202819496679052382008-01-07T12:50:00.000-08:002008-01-07T12:50:00.000-08:00Olympic was the only ship in the trilogy that surv...Olympic was the only ship in the trilogy that survived! the Brittanic sank after hitting a mine when she was a hospital ship!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024771680506727521.post-70419093415828643232007-11-02T21:26:00.000-07:002007-11-02T21:26:00.000-07:00And what about the scrapping, where certain things...And what about the scrapping, where certain things wrere found, not least the decomposed body of a young man.<BR/><BR/>The supposition is that during the refit and the addition of the double skin, a shipyard apprentice fell (or was knocked unconscious) and somehow became sealed between the original hull and the new hull. His corpse was discovered whilst the Olympic was being scrapped. No-one ever identified the poor youth.<BR/><BR/>This is probably the saddest part of the whole Olympic tale.<BR/><BR/>GAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024771680506727521.post-1785344707189376582007-06-07T19:33:00.000-07:002007-06-07T19:33:00.000-07:00Yeah... Like with my fascination with Father Thoma...Yeah... Like with my fascination with Father Thomas Byles. But the truth is, he was merely another rural priest who had not done anything particularly outstanding. He lived an interesting life, but nothing that would cause him to become famous. His fame came because he died, and on THAT ship. Writer Joseph Maddalena described Byles as an "obscure person who, due to circumstance, is vaulted into immortality." (<I>Autograph Insights</I>, September 1999)<BR/><BR/>The same can be said for so many of the other passengers, obviously, whose only real fame is either being rescued from, or dying on the <I>Titanic</I>.<BR/><BR/>Finally, the same could also be said for the ship, the <I>Titanic</I> herself. She was magnificent, yes, but she was the <I>second</I> ship. The <I>Olympic</I> had gotten most of the glory the year before. The <I>Titanic</I> was simply the next ship. A big deal, yes, but not THAT big a deal. If she had made it to New York on Wednesday, she would only barely been remembered by us today, and certainly not with the kind of fascination we have for her.<BR/><BR/>But instead, well, she did sink, with over 1500 people with her. And 95 years later, they live on, in a different way, but in a way they never would have if the <I>Titanic</I> had completed her maiden voyage intact.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024771680506727521.post-53563244938482885142007-06-07T16:43:00.000-07:002007-06-07T16:43:00.000-07:00you're right, we wouldn't be thinking anything abo...you're right, we wouldn't be thinking anything about it...........those ships would be lost in history and not thought about........what a terrible reason to be remembered .......because you sank. :(Mohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03137358585207348637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024771680506727521.post-39505709262717660132007-06-07T07:57:00.000-07:002007-06-07T07:57:00.000-07:00Perhaps if the Titanic had not sunk she would prob...Perhaps if the Titanic had not sunk she would probably have become a war ship as well and been dressed up in all that dazzle camouflage. But then if the Titanic hadn't sunk, we wouldn't be thinking about it in 2007. So I'm not sure what to think.<BR/><BR/>-LAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024771680506727521.post-90673548729163777792007-06-05T14:21:00.000-07:002007-06-05T14:21:00.000-07:00Well I'm glad I could share something with you tha...Well I'm glad I could share something with you that you never knew! I'll be talking about the other sister ship as well sooner or later.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03407654772361090579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024771680506727521.post-28953119762974144982007-06-05T10:06:00.000-07:002007-06-05T10:06:00.000-07:00That was a cool post, I never knew that the titani...That was a cool post, I never knew that the titanic had sister ships. That was a fun read. Thanks <BR/><BR/>Aunt TTheresa's Noteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928558505389698075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024771680506727521.post-17556647102423818082007-06-05T07:49:00.000-07:002007-06-05T07:49:00.000-07:00Oh how I wish that they would have kept the Olympi...Oh how I wish that they would have kept the Olympic, as at least a museum! <BR/>Seems like that would have been better than scraping her.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03407654772361090579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024771680506727521.post-1511241226399996402007-06-05T06:58:00.000-07:002007-06-05T06:58:00.000-07:00Yeah, the picture of the Olympic in camouflage mak...Yeah, the picture of the <I>Olympic</I> in camouflage makes me think of a weird dream I had once about a striped sky.<BR/><BR/>Poor <I>Olympic</I>. Society seems to do that to its honored senior citizens. They get old and the younger generation just tosses them aside as useless. :-(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com