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Haven't seen this conspiracy: The Titanic never sank.
Posted on 12/20/14 at 10:45 pm
Posted on 12/20/14 at 10:45 pm
Posted on 12/20/14 at 10:47 pm to prplhze2000
Cliff notes for those of us who don't feel like watching a 46 minute video?
Posted on 12/20/14 at 10:49 pm to Dorothy
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Cliff notes for those of us who don't feel like watching a 46 minute video?
Posted on 12/20/14 at 10:51 pm to Dorothy
WHite Star had a damaged ship it could not use again or get insurance on. It switched the ships and their names. Got the insurance money.
Posted on 12/20/14 at 10:57 pm to prplhze2000
It never existed in the first place.
Posted on 12/20/14 at 10:59 pm to prplhze2000
The Titanic's completion was delayed because the Olympic had a collision w/ a British cruiser (HMS Hawk) and lost or damaged a prop in another incident. But I'm pretty sure the Olympic was used as a troopship in WWI (although that may have been Brittanic, the third of three White Star ships of the Olympic class) and was back in liner service after the war.
These ships were something like 880' long and 45,000 tons. I don't think they'd be that easy to just swap out under the cover of darkness!
These ships were something like 880' long and 45,000 tons. I don't think they'd be that easy to just swap out under the cover of darkness!
Posted on 12/20/14 at 11:02 pm to Brosef Stalin
Well, there are pictures of Hulls number 400 (Olympic) and 401 (Titanic) sitting side by side in the H & W yard in Ireland, so I'm pretty sure they both existed.
Posted on 12/20/14 at 11:25 pm to prplhze2000
It sank. But my theory is that Violet Jessop was to blame. She was onboard the Olympic when it struck the British Royal Navy ship before transferring over to the Titanic for its maiden voyage. After seducing the captain during a critical navigational opportunity, she escaped in a lifeboat. Shortly after, she boarded the Brittanic. As we know from the made-for-TV movie in 2000, it wasn't a mind of torpedo that sent her to the deep- it was a spy. Who was the saboteur? You guessed it. Violet Jessop.
In all seriousness, this woman served on all three ships, survived a wreck on Olympic and the sinking of her two sister ships. I would need to see a pretty high salary to ever set foot on a boat after two major ships I had worked on sunk.
In all seriousness, this woman served on all three ships, survived a wreck on Olympic and the sinking of her two sister ships. I would need to see a pretty high salary to ever set foot on a boat after two major ships I had worked on sunk.
Posted on 12/20/14 at 11:28 pm to Hopeful Doc
quote:Screw that. The fact that someone hired her to work on another ship after is insane.
I would need to see a pretty high salary to ever set foot on a boat after two major ships I had worked on sunk.
Posted on 12/20/14 at 11:33 pm to Scruffy
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Screw that. The fact that someone hired her to work on another ship after is insane.
They should have ran a background check.
Posted on 12/20/14 at 11:33 pm to DakForHe15man
the two ships were identical...
the rumor is they switched boarding of the ships the night before at the piers
the rumor is they switched boarding of the ships the night before at the piers
Posted on 12/20/14 at 11:34 pm to Scruffy
She went on to work for the Red Star Line and then the Royal Mail Line after she successfully sunk two White Star ships.
Posted on 12/20/14 at 11:35 pm to whodidthat
quote:Wifi was terrible back then.
They should have ran a background check.
Posted on 12/21/14 at 10:18 am to Hopeful Doc
Why would any line hire her? She was a jinx.
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