Was the B deck Bruce Ismay suggested after Olympic's maiden voyage identical to what the Titanic had?

Aurélien WOLFF

Aurélien WOLFF

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Hello, while looking through Mark Chirnside book "The olympic class- olympic, titanic, britannic", there's a part where it say bruce ismay made suggestion after olympic maiden voyage in regard to B deck, I wonder if it's identical or different to what titanic got, I think I'll have to add that to my june 1911 britannic at 1/570 scale.
Thanks for your answers!
 
Aurélien WOLFF said:
Hello, while looking through Mark Chirnside book "The olympic class- olympic, titanic, britannic", there's a part where it say bruce ismay made suggestion after olympic maiden voyage in regard to B deck, I wonder if it's identical or different to what titanic got, I think I'll have to add that to my june 1911 britannic at 1/570 scale.
Thanks for your answers!
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Mr. Ismay noted down in his letter to the White Star Line offices in Liverpool:
"The deck space, with the number of passengers on board going out, was certainly excessive, and I think in another ship we might carry out rooms on ‘B’ deck the same as those on ‘C’ deck"
After Mr. Ismay noticed that the B-deck promenade was a waste of earning space, meaning it would produce less profit if it remained unchanged for the Titanic and the potential third ship (The letter of agreement wasn't signed yet for the Britannic at the time, since the White Star Line prefered to wait to see the Olympic in service).

The Titanic got her forward staterooms and special stateroom amidships, the galley and pantry of the á la carte restaurant, the á la carte restaurant itself and the new café Parisien extended completely outboard instead of looking out onto a promenade.

The Britannic never got a café Parisien and never had her forward staterooms extended outboard, however it remained the same for the earlier mentioned rooms. So her B-deck promenade remained.

The Olympic didn't receive changes regarding the promenade until the 1912-1913, where she had her á la carte restaurant and it's galley and pantry extended outboard, as well as a café Parisien being added. However her special staterooms amidships were never extended outboard throughout her career. During a 1930 refit the majority her standard staterooms forward were redesigned and were extended to the side of the ship.

I hope this explains it all a bit.
 
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In his article on the name gigantic, paul lee refer to the order to proceed with britannic being given in june 1911 after olympic maiden voyage and ismay letter http://www.paullee.com/titanic/gigantic.html Wasn't the café parisien from britannic removed due to changes made in its B deck design post titanic sinking.
 
Weren't a lot of the modifications carried out on the Olympic/Britannic merely cover for wholesale strengthening to the superstructure following the Titanic's sinking. Thomas Andrews was certainly aware of the wild 'panting' on the Olympic. Some 'modifications' were made to the Titanic to counter this. (ie: the covered in promenade deck).
 
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Thomas Andrews was certainly aware of the wild 'panting' on the Olympic. Some 'modifications' were made to the Titanic to counter this. (ie: the covered in promenade deck).
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While Thomas Andrews Jr, as well as Board of Trade Surveyor Francis Carruthers, were aware there were minor stress fractures at the corners of the enclosed B-deck promenade windows on the Olympic, it is false that the enclosed promenade on A-deck with the additional 42 windows, measured 31 inches in width and 37 inches in height, strengthened the hull or superstructure of the Titanic in any way. Considering they were made from the same thin plating as well as having the exact same large windows it is impossible that they would cause any additional strength to the superstructure.

However in regard of the Britannic, 2 additional expansion joints were fitted out onto her to reduce stress on her superstructure.
 
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