Britannic in Peacetime Colors

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Matthew Ryan Jones

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Did the BRITANNIC conduct trials in peacetime colors? I know she was almost complete when the Admiralty requisitioned her for service. If not, then could someone repost the "doctored" pic of TITANIC that is supposed to show BRITANNIC in White Star Line service?

Thanks in advance!
 
Hi Matthew!

The Britannic was painted gray for her launch and as far as I know she remained gray through her limited outfitting as a passenger ship.

When she was requisitioned by the military she was painted white with hospital ship trim, from this point on she remained white so the answer is no, she did not wear peace time colors for her trials or any other time during her brief career.

Here is a rendering I have made showing the Britannic in White Star service as a passenger liner.

[Image posted was larger than Message Board limits and has been removed. MAB]


Best Regards,

Brian
 
Dear Brain,

That is an awesome recreation of the Britannic as she should have been! She actucally doesn't look as bad as I thought she would with the gantry davits. This is the first time I have seen a color recreated view with her full set. Well Done Brain!
 
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i think the cross piece on the foremast was just for hospital ship service. other wise a great photo! good job! thats a neat what would have been photo!
 
Hi Jeremy!

The original image I worked from was an exceptionally clear photo of the Titanic on her sea trials.

I had to heavily doctor the photo working with Britannic photos and schematics to accurately hand draw in all of the Britannic differences such as the gantry davits, number of boats, the deckhouse on the Poop Deck, covered Aft Well Deck, and the A Deck Promenade and B Deck window pattern among many others.

The project was done at high magnification for seamless blending and shading, and took almost six hours to complete.

The end result is a very realistic and convincing photo of the Britannic as a passenger liner that I am quite proud of!
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Best Regards,

Brian
 
Brian,

I agree with the others that it is indeed a nice image you created, sad that she never looked like that.

But I believe you have been warned before about providing the true source of the images you use for your Photoshop work.
The original picture is one of HMHS Britannic at Mudros, on the 3rd of October 1916.
If it really was a Titanic picture, I'm sure a few collectors would be interested!
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Regards,
Remco
 
Hi All!

I can assure everyone I made the above rendering from a photo of the Titanic and did not take it from a drawing as some think,

And this is for Remco - I know the ORIGINAL source for my rendering was in fact the Titanic on her trials and was not the Britannic at Mudros, I know it was the Titanic because here is the photo of the Titanic I originally used!

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Best regards,

Brian
 
Hi Greg,

You have done a nice Britannic, however your davits are obviously copied and pasted, and facing the wrong way I may add.

The version I have made features the correct "folded in" davit placements and lifeboat arrangements, and was not made from this image as I just viewed it after you posted the link.

Best Regards,

Brian
 

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