Joshua Gulch
Member
Greetings, ET board! It's been too long!
I've been working on things of a fairly Carpathia-n nature, and have come across a bit of a jam concerning the vessel's gross tonnage. Now I know that refers to a ship's internal capacity, but it's the numbers that's throwing me off.
The sources I've gathered are giving me three different figures for gross tonnage, and I'm at a loss to figure out which one is correct -- if any.
My sources right now are:
Sir James Bisset's "Tramps and Ladies," Ken Smith's "Tyne to Titanic," Brian Ticehurst's "The Titanic's Rescuers," Henrik Ljungström's information at The Great Ocean Liners, Encyclopedia Titanica's Carpathia page, and general arrangement plans from THS
This is what each source gives:
THS general arrangement plans: 12,500
Smith's "Tyne to Titanic" &
Ljungström's TGOL webpage: 13,555
Cunard ad reprinted in Ticehurst,
Bisset's "Tramps and Ladies" &
Encyclopedia Titanica: 13,603
I think I'm more likely to take the 13,603 figure because one would assume that Bisset would be correct in a matter such as this, he being Second Officer and all. The period Cunard ad gives that number, with Brian Ticehurst and his paper both being references on ET's Carpathia info page.
The 12,500 figure on the THS plans comes from Joseph Carvalho. I'm given to say that since the plans depict the ship as-built, then perhaps the gross tonnage was increased after later refits? After all, wasn't Olympic's?
Smith and Ljungström both give 13,555. I know I've seen this elsewhere too. A mistake that just keeps getting repeated, perhaps?
If anyone can assist me in this matter, I would be very thankful.
Josh.
I've been working on things of a fairly Carpathia-n nature, and have come across a bit of a jam concerning the vessel's gross tonnage. Now I know that refers to a ship's internal capacity, but it's the numbers that's throwing me off.
The sources I've gathered are giving me three different figures for gross tonnage, and I'm at a loss to figure out which one is correct -- if any.
My sources right now are:
Sir James Bisset's "Tramps and Ladies," Ken Smith's "Tyne to Titanic," Brian Ticehurst's "The Titanic's Rescuers," Henrik Ljungström's information at The Great Ocean Liners, Encyclopedia Titanica's Carpathia page, and general arrangement plans from THS
This is what each source gives:
THS general arrangement plans: 12,500
Smith's "Tyne to Titanic" &
Ljungström's TGOL webpage: 13,555
Cunard ad reprinted in Ticehurst,
Bisset's "Tramps and Ladies" &
Encyclopedia Titanica: 13,603
I think I'm more likely to take the 13,603 figure because one would assume that Bisset would be correct in a matter such as this, he being Second Officer and all. The period Cunard ad gives that number, with Brian Ticehurst and his paper both being references on ET's Carpathia info page.
The 12,500 figure on the THS plans comes from Joseph Carvalho. I'm given to say that since the plans depict the ship as-built, then perhaps the gross tonnage was increased after later refits? After all, wasn't Olympic's?
Smith and Ljungström both give 13,555. I know I've seen this elsewhere too. A mistake that just keeps getting repeated, perhaps?
If anyone can assist me in this matter, I would be very thankful.
Josh.
