I have recently finished reading an excellent and thought-provoking book called "Tianic - the ship that never sank?" In it the author makes many claims that it was Olympic that sank and that Titanic completed a very good 24 year career masquerading as her elder sister. He brings up numerous points:
1st) Why does Olympic have 16 portholes on the C deck forecastle days after the Titanic disaster (the same number as Titanic) when before she only had 14 (16 were "officially" there in her 1912/13 refit)?
2nd) The number 301 is etched onto the wreck's starboard propeller. this is the one taken off Titanic and put on Olympic in February 1912 when her own became damaged.
The author suggests that Olympic's keel was damaged in her collision with Hawke and she was beyond economic repair (suggesting this is why Titanic broke in two where she did - the same place where Olympic was rammed). Because of this and the fact White Star lost the case against the navy they swapped the vessels to stage a huge insurance scam (which went very wrong indeed).
Anyone have any comments?
1st) Why does Olympic have 16 portholes on the C deck forecastle days after the Titanic disaster (the same number as Titanic) when before she only had 14 (16 were "officially" there in her 1912/13 refit)?
2nd) The number 301 is etched onto the wreck's starboard propeller. this is the one taken off Titanic and put on Olympic in February 1912 when her own became damaged.
The author suggests that Olympic's keel was damaged in her collision with Hawke and she was beyond economic repair (suggesting this is why Titanic broke in two where she did - the same place where Olympic was rammed). Because of this and the fact White Star lost the case against the navy they swapped the vessels to stage a huge insurance scam (which went very wrong indeed).
Anyone have any comments?