Captain Smith Believed Titanic To Be Unsinkable
Washington Times
The talk was concerning the accident in which the British warship Hawke rammed the Olympic.
“The commander of the Hawke was entirely to blame,” commented a young officer who was in the group. “He was ‘showing off’ his warship before a throng of passengers and made a miscalculation.”
Captain Smith smiled enigmatically at the theory advanced by his subordinate, but made no comment as to this view of the mishap.
“Anyhow,” declared Captain Smith, “the Olympic is unsinkable, and the Titanic will be the same when she is put in commission.
“Why,” he continued, “either of these vessels could be cut in halves and each half would remain afloat indefinitely. The non-sinkable vessel has been reached in these two wonderful craft.”
“I venture to add,” concluded Captain Smith, “that even if the engines and boilers of these vessels were to fall through their bottoms the vessels would remain afloat.”
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