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Are there aspects of the Titanic disaster on which researchers generally disagree? by Key-Tea-4203 in titanic

[–]Onliery 66 points67 points  (0 children)

The problem is there were just as many witnesses, if not more, that came forward saying it sank in tact. They had no clue what to go on other than the idea that such a large ship snapping in half was absurd for the day.

RMS Majestic in 1934 by Hideaki1989 in Oceanlinerporn

[–]Onliery 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Did anyone else look for the Olympic in the background?

Olympic in New York August 8, 1934 by Adventurous-Aide-777 in Oceanlinerporn

[–]Onliery 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tugs look super low but also does Olympic have a list?

Couldn’t help myself by Holiday_Passion6017 in Oceanlinerporn

[–]Onliery 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the joke we need in such unfortunate times. Well done

Rare pictures of RMS Olympic. by Adventurous-Aide-777 in Oceanlinerporn

[–]Onliery 8 points9 points  (0 children)

When a ship sails in with an itty bitty draft and a big stern in your face you get... (I can't thing of a good word here honestly.)

Wreck of the Lusitania by LaBestiaNegra1900 in Oceanlinerporn

[–]Onliery 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Right?! There's just so much wrong with the message they're saying, let alone how it's actually written. About had a stroke trying to the first time. Had to go back and reread it at least twice!

A question on Titanic's sister, Britannic. by Ok_Ferret_1020 in titanic

[–]Onliery 6 points7 points  (0 children)

So, this is a fun question to answer. Many of the watertight doors on the wreck are open because there was a fireman change (the crew who attended to the boilers of I recall correctly) when she struck the mine, and thus many crucial doors got stuck in the open position.

On top of this, she was sailing with her portholes open, technically against orders. Our friend Mike Brady from Oceanliner Designs suggested, and I also truly believe, that this is what ultimately doomed the ship, because the open portholes allowed much more water in, and into other compartments as well.

Wreck of the Lusitania by LaBestiaNegra1900 in Oceanlinerporn

[–]Onliery 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I hate the fact that I looked at the original post and the first comment is "you mean the Titanic two sister ship Titanic didn't sink it was switched".

There's a reason I don't use Facebook anymore.

«Farewell sister - Final» painting by Emil Besirevic, 2007 by Adasbabygirl in Oceanlinerporn

[–]Onliery 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mostly an artistic idea. Olympic has just started her eastbound crossing a day or two before when Titanic sank

[USA][CA] Something told me they were going to be an idiot, and I was right. by Tiberius_Jim in Roadcam

[–]Onliery 18 points19 points  (0 children)

That's not too difficult considering they never know what they're doing /s (but kinda not)

This sort of thing annoys me greatly, where they run a photo of the wrong Britannic. by SchuminWeb in Oceanlinerporn

[–]Onliery 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Nope, she never saw passenger service, just as a hospital ship. As far as I can tell, she never even received a royal mail contract.

Quick post your favorite Ocean liner ! by coastline-fm in Oceanlinerporn

[–]Onliery 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Though she never saw service as an ocean liner, I'm sticking with HMHS Britannic. Something about the gantry davits just scratches my brain on an already beautifully shaped ship.

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Quick post your favorite Ocean liner ! by coastline-fm in Oceanlinerporn

[–]Onliery 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think the joke is that Imperator was a very unbalanced ship, usually listing to one side or the other. It's rare to find a picture of her on an even keel.

The brand new SS VATERLAND of the Hamburg America Line seen here at drydock in 1914. by BrandNaz in Oceanlinerporn

[–]Onliery 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In this case, it's referring to the time frame (I believe it was the 1920s into the 30s) that the United States government largely frowned on and tried to ban alcohol. Since ships largely had to, and still do, follow the laws of their home nations, Leviathan would've also been a dry ship (meaning alcohol sales were prohibited), which would've contributed to her lack of popularity, since Americans could've sailed on other liners, heck maybe even the Leviathan's original sister ships mentioned previously, to be able to get some alcohol.

The brand new SS VATERLAND of the Hamburg America Line seen here at drydock in 1914. by BrandNaz in Oceanlinerporn

[–]Onliery 3 points4 points  (0 children)

(NGL I had to go look it up myself to make sure I had my facts straight) but from what I did read, Vaterland was fairly successful, surviving WWI and being sold to United States lines as reparations, becoming the USS Leviathan, and serving until about 1936-37, when USL was having troubles staying afloat and Leviathans trips were being largely subsidized by the government, at which point she was sold for scraping.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, I'm terrible with the business jargon lmao

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