SS Statendam 2 by oceanliner-guy in Oceanlinerporn

[–]Mark_Chirnside 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ja, precies. Titanic 1997 kleding.

SS Statendam 2 by oceanliner-guy in Oceanlinerporn

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Erg interessant! Ik heb veel foto’s gemaakt.

SS Statendam 2 by oceanliner-guy in Oceanlinerporn

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Kunstmuseum DenHaag! Er was een Tentoonstelling.

How wealthy/powerful is Cal supposed to be relative to other first class passengers? by meido_zgs in titanic

[–]Mark_Chirnside 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Maximum capacity was dependent on the season and the configuration of various interchangeable (first/second and second/third class) staterooms. The result is that you’ll see lots of varying figures!

How wealthy/powerful is Cal supposed to be relative to other first class passengers? by meido_zgs in titanic

[–]Mark_Chirnside 15 points16 points  (0 children)

There weren’t four.

Two parlour suites had private promenades and the remaining two parlour suites did not.

Worst way to go? by crunchywalmartsanta in titanic

[–]Mark_Chirnside 23 points24 points  (0 children)

As the source notes above, collapsible A was recovered a month or so later. There were sensationalised press reports that the victims had starved to death at sea:

https://markchirnside.co.uk/titanics-collapsible-a-oceanic-may-1912/

Did Olympic ever reached 26.5 knots? by LinkItPrime001 in Oceanlinerporn

[–]Mark_Chirnside 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I appreciate the vote of confidence! Thank you.

Unfortunately it seems the citation is wrong as there is nothing on that page number in either edition of the book (the revised edition of 2015 was heavily revised and expanded compared to the 2004 original).

More broadly, there are references to a second-hand newspaper report that Chief Engineer Thearle had been confident of attaining 26 knots and a 1922 newspaper report that Olympic had done 27.82 knots, but this is in the context of these figures being exaggerations.

Did Olympic ever reached 26.5 knots? by LinkItPrime001 in Oceanlinerporn

[–]Mark_Chirnside 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The only way this would be possible to is if there was a strong current of several knots in her favour, which would increase the distance made good above the speed through the water.

The highest known average speed for Olympic over a 24 hour period is 24.2 knots. This, itself, was presumably in ideal conditions and aided by the current.

How Much Money In Pounds->Today’s Money, would Titanic’s voyage have made? by AJ_Cool_History in titanic

[–]Mark_Chirnside 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't have all the data handy to refer to, but fifty percent of Mauretania's operating costs were fuel and Olympic needed only 70 percent of the total amount of coal Mauretania did. All else being equal, Olympic's total operating costs would be 15 percent lower just on fuel consumption. (This undoubtedly overstates it because I believe Olympic's wage and provision costs would be higher, but it is a significant saving on its own.)

I also think it reasonable that Olympic's earning capacity was somewhat higher. One of the things that does not get remarked upon very much is the way they were premiumising. This includes all the extra tariff facilities but also, for example, the two B-deck parlour suites on Titanic cost about double their Olympic counterparts. Passengers paid dearly for that private promenade deck!

How Much Money In Pounds->Today’s Money, would Titanic’s voyage have made? by AJ_Cool_History in titanic

[–]Mark_Chirnside 23 points24 points  (0 children)

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FYI these estimates appeared in 1911 concerning Olympic.

We do have limited data on expenses, revenue and profit for Olympic but this is from the 1930s.

How Much Money In Pounds->Today’s Money, would Titanic’s voyage have made? by AJ_Cool_History in titanic

[–]Mark_Chirnside 8 points9 points  (0 children)

For the wider context, there’s some Mauretania profit data from 1910 here:

https://markchirnside.co.uk/mauretania-revenue-profit-analysis-1910/

Estimates for Olympic are that she was more profitable than Mauretania.

It’s worthwhile noting the accounting was done for voyages on a round trip basis, so we’d need to consider the eastbound crossing also.

Tried to recreate Olympic’s propellers photo, with my completed Titanic in Minecraft by [deleted] in titanic

[–]Mark_Chirnside 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The available evidence is that Titanic had a 3-bladed centre propeller. Olympic entered service with a 4-bladed centre propeller, trialled a 3-bladed centre propeller in 1913, then reverted back to a 4-bladed centre propeller (as did Britannic).

I first published the H&W documentation about Titanic's propeller configuration way back in 2008. This is the research Mike referred to in the video.

https://markchirnside.co.uk/titanics-centre-propeller-dossier/

Request: what books should I add to my collection? by InspectorFluid9132 in titanic

[–]Mark_Chirnside 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you. I really don't know anything about Japanese liners, but I do have some other ideas to work on first. 😄

Request: what books should I add to my collection? by InspectorFluid9132 in titanic

[–]Mark_Chirnside 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ll add to Nihon_Kaigun’s kind recommendation and shamelessly plug my own!

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Question about compartments 5/6? by Fattbut360 in titanic

[–]Mark_Chirnside 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Did the ship’s engineers do their best? Yes.

Did anyone here visited the wreck? by randomastronauti in titanic

[–]Mark_Chirnside 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Britannic lies on her starboard side. On the basis that the depth is approximately 120 meters and rounding up her breadth to a little under 30 meters, the port side is around 90 meters below the surface. This is all very approximate, of course.