Titanic's sisters

The oldest sister is the olympic 1911-1935 23-years of service.

The youngest sister is Britannic 1914-1916, sunk in Greek island of Kea, Kea channel.

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[CasperDoll]

I think if the titanic and the britannic didn't sink then they would have the same faith as the Olympic and the mauretania.

[MyKeeva]

Need I remind you all of the carpathia

[doctorwhomaniak]

the only reason the people onboard the titanic was because when they were in their lifeboats and the captain kept the engines running so they could make it to kea and the people in the lifeboats got caught in the spinning propeller blades

[thepickaxelol]

This is why the titanic sink:When they made the ship they think that the ship is unsinkable but they said also GOD can't sink it it's bad to say that o_O so god became angry and let a iceberg brake the boat...

[Thedzor]

Mine.. No torpedosubs in the area at the time of the sinking.

[Thedzor]

It went down faster, although only 36 people died, despite the fact she had 1100 souls on board.

Titanic sank in 2h 43min, while Britannic sank in 51 minutes. Captain Bartlett tried to beach her on Kea, but it was too far off.

Britannic hit the bottom while her stern was still above the water.

[Thedzor]

It was only a trio, Olympic, Titanic, and Britannic. The ships built later was of a different class (Titanic was an Olympic-class oceanliner).

[Thedzor]

Britannic hit a mine in the Kea channel, this is made clear in the German war records that show only one ship in the area, a minelaying U-boat, that carried no torpedoes.

It had finished mining the Kea channel just hours before Britannic came steaming along.

[Thedzor]

White Star Line was merged with Cunard Line in 1934, and completely absorbed in 1947.

They are still in business, and run the largest Ocean Liner afloat today.

[bill woods]

Coal fires dont burn as flames they smolder usually a hose will kill it but the bunker was emptied . Least in 1919 the Olympic was converted into a oil burner as coal was to expensive compared to oil what used to take a day to fill now took hours and the engine room was brought down to 79 men instead of 360 the old coal bunkers where turned into tanks sealed and used to hold the oil

[bill woods]

The name was never considered for the Britannic it was a rumor nothing more .As for the coal fire it was in coal bunker 5 the bunker was emptied Friday night Saturday morniing , these bunkers had a floor above the keel as bunker fires where common on coal fired ships the only damage done was minor warping on a part of the floor and a wall.

[bill woods]

The Titanic did not have a double hull the only double hull was in the keel of the ship,.After the sinking of Titanic and inquiry the Britannic was fitted with a double hull from the water line down