Hence why post-Titanic-sinking images of Olympic also have this 16 porthole configuration. He always maintained that the iceberg The HMHS Britannic was lost until 1975, when commander an legend Jacques Ives Cousteau found her. Numerous ships were stationed nearby despite a coal strike, 27. Ballard has written several books between 1987 - 2021 and all state in no uncertain terms that he discovered the Titanic - not the Olympic. When the wreck of the Titanic was discovered in 1985, pictures taken of her starboard propeller revealed Titanic’s serial number, 401, on the blade. Not that they would have to, because Olympic had a spare just like Titanic (which was used for memorials after the disaster). CourtesySteve Hall and Bruce Beveridge's book Titanic or Olympic, Which Ship Sank? As I have previously said, no event of any significance in the world takes place without generating a flutter of conspiracy speculation, and the sinking of Titanic,  perhaps the most iconic ship in history with its tragic story known worldwide, is no exception. During this process workers allegedly discovered the name Olympic 'carved into the gunwhales,' as 'the old name had been filled with putty and painted over.' But according to Titanic researcher Ioannis Georgiou "none of Titanic's boats were reused by the White Star Line. Courtesy Steve Hall. Claim: Eyewitnesses themselves describe running along Titanic’s decks, but where they said there were promenades, there should have been cabins. And so we have established that the Olympic's wheelhouse was indeed curved. Copyright © 2021 Claim: The ice on the deck of the Titanic is explained by Gardiner as ice from the rigging of both the Titanic and the mystery ship she hit. Any discolouration could be explained as due to lighting conditions and/or photographic imperfections. Titanic hit an iceberg and sank into the icy waters of the North Atlantic, killing 1,517 of the 2,223 passengers and crew members aboard.To make . Belfast, Northern Ireland, 6 March 1912: Titanic (right) moved out of the drydock to allow her sister Olympic to replace a damaged propeller blade. Found insideThis book addresses some of these conspiracy theories and illustrates both the questionable anomalies and hard technical facts that will prove the swtich theory to be exactly what it is - a mere legend. The fact that the Olympic went on to serve 24 years is simply because the damage was repaired. Passengers said there were promenades instead of cabins, 32. Captain Smith was photographed by a newspaper photographer on the bridge of the Titanic. The above image was taken on 2nd September 1985 by the submarine Argo during the expedition that located the wreck of Titanic. Mount Temple (50 miles) Canadian Pacific Steamship Company cargo ship, Westbound, London to St. John's, Newfoundland Olympic's wheelhouse in 1912 was curved at the front (left diagram) while Titanic's was straight. Found insideOcean liner expert J. Kent Layton examines and debunks some of the conspiracies surrounding two of the great maritime disasters of the twentieth century. Looking back, I’m surprised I managed to make it to the end, although I did skip the odd paragraph. Even becoming one of the most desired diving destination, only 20 international diving teams were able to explore the wreck, mainly because the . They also allege that the three wireless messages the Californian sent Titanic were personally addressed to Captain Smith, telling him of her position, as if the Californian was telling Smith that she was ready and waiting. Titanic's speed was investigated by Mark Chirnside and Samuel Halpern in their article entitled "Speed and More Speed" from which the following information is taken. The Steel Rivets on the Titanic Weighed Over 1,200 Tons. Would be interested to hear where you read this information? However, in December 1911, during Titanic's fit out, she had 2 added to light the crews galley and wash room which resulted in a total of 16 as seen in the maiden voyage photographs. Dr Robert Ballard admitted it was the, 49. To confirm this Parks Stephenson visited B-52 with James Cameron on a later mission in 2001 and described the room as still retaining "several of its fittings. The Turkish bath spaces were different. Olympic's name is on the wreck 39. Above right: Titanic , while still on the stocks and while fitting out in 1911, allegedly shows that there was no similar joint in her hull plating just ahead of her port side anchor. There are two keys errors in this hypothesis. Found insideThis is one of the first and most famous books published after the sinking of the Titanic, and contains much material from contemporary newspaper accounts. It occupied a large space mid-ship on A-Deck, offering views onto the Promenade Deck and the ocean beyond. The Olympic also had signs denoting each deck unlike the Titanic, which had brass lettering facing the stairs; the Olympic was altered at some later point to conform to the Titanic's design. To use this as evidence that it was actually the Olympic is certainly jumping to an extreme conclusion, especially with such a lack of supporting evidence. 33. Change ). (This is something I have noticed. So does the post-disaster image of Olympic show the "doubler" overlapping or not? This claim is of course connected to the previous claim that the ship hit, instead of an iceberg, an IMM rescue ship that was drifting with its lights out. (Click to enlarge). Author Steve Hall admits it could be the, 48. In a similarly themed false claim, it is also stated that "when the supposed Olympic was taken out of service in 1935 (arriving in Jarrow, UK on October 13th 1935 to be stripped and broken down) part of the wood panelling and other parts including the Aft first class staircase, was taken and used in the White Swan Hotel, Alnwick, UK. And the answer is the same. Titanic sailor's deathbed confession of 'switch' If not, it is a moot point. a lifeboat, keeping older hands on deck for lowering boats. Due to the lack of media coverage the wreck will be examined. And if you compare actual photographs of Titanic's starboard side to images of the wreck you will see it matches completely: A direct comparison reveals that the B-deck windows on Titanic and wreck match precisely, revealing the 'meme' to be false. The number 401 on Olympic woodwork "It was a somewhat quiet affair.". This disaster has been the subject of the third highest-revenue movie in history, plays . They were mostly Belfast men - i.e. The Claim: Photographs taken of Titanic at Southampton shortly before her maiden voyage show a large area of discoloured plating, as if it had been newly painted with paint that did not quite match the original, in the same location as Olympic's hull was damaged by HMS Hawke. The Titanic was a Massive Polluter Burning 600 Tons of Coal per Day. according to the subsequent Royal Navy inquiry, the Hawke was pulled towards Olympic due to her large displacement. from the wreck was actually the crow’s nest (or lookout) bell, and he states: ‘on For all its failings, it does an adequate job of presenting the evidence from the book that a switch did happen. The claim that Olympic was fitted with Titanic’s propeller has been made as a defense for the fact that the propeller on the wreck has Titanic's number on it: 401 Displacement tonnage is the actual weight of a ship (about 52,000 tons for Titanic). We all know that the actors in low budget documentaries are never going to win an Oscar, but in Titanic: The Shocking Truth, they take it to another level. Marble in the Sitting Room 42. When the wreck of the Titanic was discovered in 1985, pictures taken of her starboard propeller revealed Titanic's serial number, 401, on the blade. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. keeping quiet all those years had taken a great toll on his health and the sanity The montage was then later created by "AIVL, WHOI" and released by National Geographic on the 100th anniversary of the sinking in March 2012. The wreck looks like Titanic. The reality is that the Californian's cargo manifest does not exist. The crew aboard Titanic from Belfast to Southampton were (except for the deck officers) local operators (or "runners") who mostly worked on voyages that were made locally, and did this with a number of ships, not just Titanic. The Titanic cover-up A NEW investigation into the Titanic tragedy has uncovered evidence suggesting its sister ship Olympic is the one that sank amid an insurance scam and Government-sanctioned . It was also carrying no passengers, at a time when due to the coal strike and so many ships confined to port there would be plenty of people eager to pay above the cost in cash to get to Boston. It is clearly in a different area. Except from "Titanic - The Shocking Truth." Olympic's name allegedly on the Titanic wreck -but it is clearly fake or poor computer animation, not actual evid. (Click image to see full photograph). When questioned about the 'switch' theory at the Belfast Titanic museum Q&A in 2014, the man who discovered the wreck of the Titanic, Dr Robert Ballard, answers: "I think it is the Titanic at the bottom of the ocean.". Was this to hide 12 months worth of scratches and marks on the linoleum's surface? 100 cubic feet equals 1 "ton" of internal volume. Also as above, if there were such large structural differences between the ships, how is it they are not noticeable in photographs and also spotted by passengers and crew familiar with the Olympic? In 1986, the French National Oceanographic Institute looking at the wreck, looked for the name of the ship, and when they saw two letters that dropped off into the seabed, it was M and P. On the wreck claimed to be that of the Titanic the windows are incredibly uneven just like those of the Olympic. Public domain/via Wikimedia Commons. It is not unusual, however, for ships even today to have a slight list due to improper ballasting. For this to happen Bruce Ismay would have had to be in on it. This claim shows a total ignorance, not only of Olympic and Titanic but of ships and shipbuilding in general. The wreck lies in just over 400 feet of water, making it accessible to advanced SCUBA divers. White paint on the wreck 41. On the panels the number 400 is stencilled, but on the frames the number 401 is clearly visible. According to both the book and the documentary, Olympic’s starboard propeller was badly damaged after the collision with the Hawke and needed replacing. In the early hours of April 15th, the British passenger liner RMS Titanic, owned by the White Star Line, collided with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. Damage to Olympic caused by its collision with HMS Hawke. At launch, Titanic did indeed have only 14 portholes on the port side on C deck, however, In December 1911, during her fit out, she had 2 added to light the crew galley and wash room. instead of a promenade as on Olympic's B deck, two private verandahs and suites were added to Titanic, hence necessitating a change in the B deck window configurations. It also put forward the hypothesis that this is the reason why the California did not come to the rescue, despite seeing the distress rockets, believing it to be another vessel in trouble. Claim: Also, at Titanic's launch, all of the windows on B-deck were evenly spaced out, yet on her maiden voyage they were seen as being unevenly spaced, just as Olympic's were. If indeed Titanic had been insured at the last minute at "$12.5 million," as is alleged by conspiracy theorists, would this not have raised serious alarm bells in the minds of the insurers at the time, especially if it was part of the public record that the value was "$7.5million"? This is Larry Silverstein, World Trade Center owner with his son Roger and daughter Lisa. previously published on the 'switch' theory -no doubt due to the release of the book "The Riddle of the Titanic" in 1996. The RMS prefix stand for Royal Mail Ship, and indicated that she carried mail on behalf of the Royal Mail, the British mail service. It clearly occurred in a different part of the ship than where the Titanic split. Claim: The surviving crew were detained overnight and forced to sign a pledge under the 'Official Secrets Act', promising to keep secret forever, the actual events of the night of 14th / 15th April, 1912. Add to Favorites. The Titanic was the largest passenger ship of its time. Furthermore, it was on a single plate so a partial reveal is impossible. This next image is supposedly of the same name plate. Surviving crew signed the Official Secrets Act First and foremost we must address the fact that 'tonnage' mentioned here does not refer to a ship's "weight". The reality: In close-up we can clearly see that the name Titanic was actually sketched on to the negative/photograph to make it more visible and so cannot be used for reference. They covered the entire thing. In fact, White Star’s profit Those travelling east bound logically did not depart from England, and so were relatively unaffected by the coal strike. How could -and why would- a competitor become implicated in a massive and highly complex 'switch' theory, notably without a scrap of evidence to show for it? In regard to J.P. Morgan cancelling "at the last minute," research by Mark Baber and posted on Encyclopedia Titanica actually reveals it to be an urban myth. 1 were never lit at all. (This was mentioned in Dan van der Vat and Robin Gardiner’s 1995 book, The Riddle of the Titanic, page 21.) The California rushes in with warm sweaters and blankets and lots of passenger space. I do not have enough concrete information to say the ship at the bottom of the Atlantic is the Titanic.". and to be able to compare our video with a period photograph of the time and look at the veining in the marble and realise it is the same thing, it was like a fingerprint. Even if he did blatantly confuse the names of the ships, it would be clear evidence there was not a 'switch', as otherwise he would have been absolutely sure to get the correct name of the ship to ensure the fraud was watertight. She also carried mail for the US Postal. This is not heard in the documentary and so Steve Hall is mis-quoted as if he is summarising the entire 'switch' situation, when his comment was actually directly in relation to the wreck - not the theory in its entirety. The main stairwell was located in the forward part of the ship and began on the . 41. carburetter (he had filled in his declaration 42. The Olympic didn't even have a carpet, but the Titanic -- ah, you sank in it up to your knees. A battered pair of white cotton gloves were one of the artifacts found in the Titanic wreckage, and they have since been dubbed some of the "rarest Titanic artifacts ever recovered," according to USA Today. Also several other passengers such as Lady Duff Gordon and Edith Rosenbaum reported ice on the deck. Titanic being towed out to her sea trials. Quite clearly the B-deck forward starboard windows are narrow - matching the wreck exactly. Lack of testimony. The vessel which sailed out of Southampton on 10 April 1912 can only have been a 45,000 ton ship with the last minute addition of 1,000 tons of GRT in her B Deck public rooms and enclosed area on A Deck. Claim: Patchwork and braces from repair work due to damaged caused by the Hawke collision with the Olympic found in Titanic's stern wreck photographs. The number 401, Titanic's shipyard number, is also on the Titanic's starboard propeller. By far the most popular conspiracy that was put forward was by Robin Gardiner in his book, ‘Titanic: The Ship That Never Sank’, which theorises that Titanic’s sister ship, Olympic, disguised as Titanic, sank that night. Describes the voyage of the Titanic, the accident that caused it to sink, and the rescue of those who survived. Hardly "numerous" or warranting any suspicion, especially considering drive the ship at full speed.”. 31. And that there were not binoculars on the Titanic? The Titanic fires its flares to signal it needs help. RECEIVING ROOM : Although Titanic's wireless room was only featured briefly in the final cut of the blockbuster movie of the same name, no effort was spared to recreate the original in every detail as this Douglas Kirkland photo reveals. It’s also incredibly lazy and it looks nothing like the actual Bow of the Titanic. However, this time they could not simply take Titanic’s, as the two ships had differently pitched propeller blades. there are many passenger accounts of large quantities of ice, more than what could be explained by what would fall from rigging onto the deck, such as the following: - Able Bodied Seamen William Lucas saw "about a couple of tons...On the fore-well on the starboard side." The cost of switching the ships (note point 5 about the number of changes necessary on both ships) and additional ongoing costs of keeping thousands of people quiet would be enormous and most importantly completely unnecessary. WELL HERE YA GO. Titanic's Last Secrets is the never-before-told story of the Ship of Dreams, a contemporary adventure that solves a historical mystery. 40. 37. The Grand Staircase was one of the most impressive features on board the RMS Titanic and the centre of First-Class activity. Found insideVictorian and Modern Ship's Bells Tom Bennett (Shipwreck Historian) ... is not the Titanic at all and but her sister ship the Olympic that was built twelve ... Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window). Blog at WordPress.com. The second ship, Titanic, was to become world famous through sinking with huge loss of life on her maiden voyage.Her two sisters, Olympic and Britannic, are less well known and had very different careers. Able Bodied Seaman Frederick Clench who was in lifeboat No. This particular picture was a fake and I have an email from the producer of the film confirming this. between eighty and ninety feet.". Some have analysed the footage concluding for example that the X-shaped viewing field seen in the video is caused by the camera rig's lighting. ( Log Out /  The collision with an Numerous ships were stationed nearby despite a coal strike Oh, I beg your pardon; they were on the Oceanic; but on the Titanic they had been provided coming round from Belfast? Any object with the Titanic name on were put onto the 'Olympic' and again vice versa. At first glance, Olympic and Titanic seem identical after all they were constructed fro the same set of plants however a number of improvements were made to Titanic during Olympic’s construction and after her maiden voyage. Only a limited number of changes required for a switch, 8. What’s interesting is that at this time, Olympic also only had 14 portholes, and it was not until March 1912, after the Titanic, that two additional portholes were added. PRODUCED BY AIVL, WHOI While everyone knows the new White Star liner was the most glamorous and was full of millionaires when she sank, few appreciate just how luxurious she was or how advanced her design was for her day.For the first time, Bruce Beveridge, Scott ... To give credit where credit is due, the book does mention some of the external differences such as the enclosed sections on titanic, but downplayed the effort it would not only take to make Titanic look like Olympic, but also to make Olympic look like Titanic. (Click image to enlarge). Name plate on the wreck of RMS Titanic. The closest we have is when he is questioned about the binoculars and is asked: 19342. Olympic's wheelhouse was not curved Olympic's name is on the wreck Although the novel was written before the Olympic-class Titanic had even been designed, there are some remarkable similarities between the fictional and real-life counterparts. It was longer as it had to cover up the word Olympic that occupied more space. 5 out of 5 stars. Leading Fireman Frederick Barrett testified before the British Wreck Commission that on the day of the collision The name TITANIC was in fact engraved onto the hull. Titanic's sea trials were shorter than Olympic's There are a couple of important points to first realise. Examination of the wreckage however, shows that the name Titanic was actually made from iron letters and attached to the ship with rivets. In Titanic's case, it was likely due to improper ballasting--too much on the port side or too little on the starboard. And also the Olympic was 500 miles away and would have been a much better solution if such a rescue was necessary. No, and for one very simple reason: it is a faux marble fireplace. Firstly, how would White Star believe they could pull something like this off when no doubt hundreds of crew would see water pouring into the ship through the seacocks? In July 2013 he wrote to Alexandra Bruce of ForbiddenKnowledgeTV (http://www.forbiddenknowledgetv.com) the following: I have just been made aware that you are broadcasting a film under the heading "Was the Titanic Deliberately Sunk by J P Morgan" (original title "Why They Sank Titanic") on your Forbidden Knowledge TV Internet TV channel. Take a look at the two photographs and compare for yourself. RMS TITANIC Wreck exact wreck Coordinates Bracelet! by passengers and crew familiar with the Olympic? Titanic researcher Ioannis Georgiou explains further: "Ismay's sitting room was explored by James Cameron during his 2001 dives. 5 on starboard. He had called was 60 years old at the time of the sinking, and was examined on Day 17 of the British Wreck Commissioner's Inquiry. Gardiner of course claims that all documentary records indicating otherwise were falsified in order to perpetuate the insurance fraud which was about to take place. Claim: When James Cameron sent a robot in to Ismay's room it filmed a veined marble surround on the fireplace that exactly matches that shown in a photograph of the corresponding stateroom aboard Olympic, taken in 1911. The Britannic, when launched, had 16 portholes, consistent with the later port side configuration of the Titanic and the Olympic. RMS Olympic was a British ocean liner and the lead ship of the White Star Line's trio of Olympic-class liners. According to Bruce Ismay's testimony before the British Wreck Commission they planned to increase Such falsification and misinformation reveals that 'switch' adherents are sadly not interested in the truth. It was renamed the Titanic on it's maiden voyage! 38. aware she never exceeded 75 revolutions. Close to the site chosen to stage the accident was the SS California, who was tasked with picking up survivors. their attention to it, and they all watched it disappear, but had then at once resumed Captain Smith posing for one of Southampton's local newspapers shortly before Titanic's sailing day. Olympic served until 1935 - was subject to a "mutiny" by firemen due to fitting of collapsable lifeboats (seen as unseaworthy) after the sinking of Titanic, was a troop transport in WW1, returned to being a luxury liner after WW1, was involved in a collision in New York Harbour in 1924 that necessitated . There is, however, an important difference. Local "runners". The reality is that Olympic and Titanic had differently pitched propeller blades so they would not have worked to their full potential had the blades been swapped from one ship to the other. Morgan and Ismay would have to be fortune tellers as well as fraudsters! The Olympic was launched in October 1910, and the Titanic in May 1911. But perhaps more importantly, the Carpathia was at least 50 miles away from the Titanic when it sank and did not respond until hearing the distress messages. These above images are used by conspiracy theorists alleging a difference in the windows on B-deck -which should not be surprising as two private verandahs and suites were added to this section of the ship after its launch. He also may have been confused with the Reception Room, which did indeed have wall-to-wall carpet on the Olympic. In the movie the fireplace was a mixture of the fireplace in B 51 (Cardeza) and C 55 (Straus) and was representing a "new" sitting room B 52 (the complete room became nearly a copy of C 55) which never existed on the original ship...Furthermore the fireplaces were in different places. It was at this time, at least according to the book, that a plan was hatched to allow White Star to not only collect the full insured value of a brand new ship, but also to have a fully working ship that continues to make transatlantic journeys. The wreck of the Titanic was found on September 1, 1985. Claim: Titanic's lifeboats had small brass I.D plaques screwed on them and they all said "RMS Olympic". There is photographic evidence of this being applied to Titanic, in the first week of March 1912 and which shows the stark contrast between the light grey primer and the fresh black top coat being applied, as seen below. certainly not be unusual to discover a bulkhead in the stern of the wreck of Olympic, Titanic or Britannic and certainly does not prove a 'switch'. Engineers spent over two weeks making temporary repairs to Olympic, allowing her to return to Belfast, where she was moored next to her sister ship, Titanic. Claim: J. 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