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Re: TITANIC'S SISTERS
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DANNYJ wrote:
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Captain Dan wrote:
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The Britannic was sunk due to a German mine (no fault of the ship's design or of the crew), we all know what happened to the Titanic, but the Olympic never sank, and in fact rammed and sank a German U-boat during WWI.

The Olympic was decommissioned after 25-30 years of service and after failing to find a commercial buyer, she was scrapped by Cunnard, who had taken over the White Star Line.

I'll have to watch the vids when I get home; my company's security protocols won't allow you-tube to run on my machine.

Daniel


actually. Britanic was torpedoed and Olympic in 1932 drove through a fishing boat and killed several of its crew members so it was decommissioned and all pieces sold in an auction. most are in a hotel in england and they are still in mint condition.


Torpedoed or mined, the result was, sadly, the same for the Britannic.

I don't believe that the sinking of the Nantucket lightship itself had any bearing on the scrapping, which occurred almost a year later. I would gather that the stock market crash of 1929, the age of the ship and perhaps the $500,000 bill for the accident were greater factors; ships are not generally decommissioned due to collisions unless the ship is damaged beyond economical repair, which the Olympic certainly was not.

Attempts to find a commercial buyer were made, but unfortunately, none were successful

Daniel
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     Re: TITANIC'S SISTERS Danny J 2007/3/18 22:53
       Re: TITANIC'S SISTERS Danny J 2007/3/27 1:00
         Re: TITANIC'S SISTERS Captain Dan 2007/3/28 14:44
           Re: TITANIC'S SISTERS Danny J 2007/3/28 20:51
             Re: TITANIC'S SISTERS MGY Friend 2007/3/28 21:46
             Re: TITANIC'S SISTERS Captain Dan 2007/3/29 1:28
               Re: TITANIC'S SISTERS MGY Friend 2007/3/29 14:29
                 Re: TITANIC'S SISTERS Captain Dan 2007/3/29 16:00
                   Re: TITANIC'S SISTERS MGY Friend 2007/3/29 18:49
                     Re: TITANIC'S SISTERS Mark Chirnside 2007/3/29 23:00
                     Re: TITANIC'S SISTERS Captain Dan 2007/3/29 23:35
                       Re: TITANIC'S SISTERS Mark Chirnside 2007/3/30 9:36
                         Re: TITANIC'S SISTERS MGY Friend 2007/3/30 15:42
                           Re: TITANIC'S SISTERS Mark Chirnside 2007/3/30 18:25
                             Re: TITANIC'S SISTERS Captain Dan 2007/3/31 22:04
                               Re: TITANIC'S SISTERS MGY Friend 2007/3/31 23:08
                                 Re: TITANIC'S SISTERS Mark Chirnside 2007/4/2 9:27
                                   Re: TITANIC'S SISTERS MGY Friend 2007/4/2 14:38
                                     Re: TITANIC'S SISTERS Mark Chirnside 2007/4/2 15:30
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