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The former was replaced by Olympic while Majestic was replaced by Titanic. Majestic would be brought back into her old spot on White Star's New York service after Titanic ' s loss. Olympic painted grey and ready for launching, c. 1910. Titanic, under construction, is visible to the left.
It took two weeks for the damage to Olympic to be patched up sufficiently to allow her to return to Belfast for permanent repairs, which took just over six weeks to complete. [16] To expedite repairs, Harland & Wolff was obliged to replace Olympic ' s damaged propeller shaft with one from Titanic, delaying the latter's completion. [17]
Gardiner draws on several events and coincidences that occurred in the months, days, and hours leading up to the sinking of the Titanic, and concludes that the ship that sank was in fact Titanic ' s sister ship Olympic, disguised as Titanic, as an insurance scam by its owners, the International Mercantile Marine Group, controlled by American ...
Edward Smith, captain of Titanic, on board the Olympic in 1911. Titanic had about 885 crew members on board for the maiden voyage. [108] Like other vessels of the time, Titanic did not have a permanent crew, and the vast majority of crew members were casual workers who only came aboard the ship a few hours before sailing from Southampton. [109]
The initial success was quickly disrupted. On 20 September 1911, Olympic was damaged following a collision with the cruiser HMS Hawke, which led to her return to the shipyard for lengthy repairs and the postponement of the entry into service of Titanic. [106] Titanic eventually entered service in April 1912, but her career would be short-lived.
The Olympic-class ocean liners were a trio of British ocean liners built by the Harland & Wolff shipyard for the White Star Line during the early 20th century, named Olympic (1911), Titanic (1912) and Britannic (1915). All three were designated to be the largest as well as most luxurious liners of the era, devised to provide White Star an ...
Gardiner uses as evidence the length of Titanic ' s sea trials. Olympic ' s trials in 1910 took two days, including several high speed runs, but Titanic ' s trials reportedly only lasted for one day, with (Gardiner alleges) no working over half-speed. Gardiner says this was because the patched-up hull could not take any long periods of high speed.
In fact, RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic were assigned the yard numbers 400 and 401, respectively. [33] [34] Another myth is that the Titanic was transporting the supposedly cursed "Unlucky Mummy" Egyptian artifact from the British Museum to New York when it sank. However, the artifact in question is still housed in the British Museum today.