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Post by Quinsam on Aug 27, 2005 12:37:07 GMT -8
NEWSFLASH! Did you guys know that Titanic had 2 sisters? Titanic and Olympic:  Britannic:  Then Britannic was converted to this: perso.wanadoo.fr/titanic/images/britannic2.jpgOlympic was used to ferry troops to England during WW1 from America. She was scrapped between WW1 AND WW2 because she had sunk 1 battleship 1 German U-2 submarine and and lighthouse ship! Britannic probably sank like Titanic, I saw a pic of a diver looking at Britannic:  |
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Aug 27, 2005 12:39:11 GMT -8
I KNEW ABOUT THIS SINCE 6 YEARS AGO
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Post by Doug on Aug 27, 2005 12:41:17 GMT -8
I was long obsessed with the Titanic...long before ferries.
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Post by Doug on Aug 27, 2005 12:42:21 GMT -8
I've never heard of the movie "Britannic"...it's probably a spoof like or something.
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Post by Balfour on Aug 27, 2005 12:43:14 GMT -8
I remember watching the movie, and the over-playing of that Celine Dion Song, "My heart Will Go On"
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Post by Doug on Aug 27, 2005 12:44:04 GMT -8
Ya...the best part was where it was sinking.  |
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Post by Quinsam on Aug 27, 2005 12:45:46 GMT -8
Yeah, I just got a model of Titanic today, she needs a repaint and refit, and some dusting.
I will post pics soon.
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Post by Quinsam on Aug 27, 2005 13:17:53 GMT -8
I got the pics uploaded now.
If Titanic hadn't split in 2, maybe they could have refloated it, did Britannic Split too?
Or did she just sink.
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Post by Curtis on Aug 27, 2005 15:23:39 GMT -8
Knew about it for awhile now
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Post by Koastal Karl on Aug 28, 2005 9:54:42 GMT -8
yeah it could be a spoof of the Titanic movie! I havent seen it though! I saw Titanic like 3 or 4 times in the theater when it was out I liked it so much! Good movie!
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Post by Ian on Aug 28, 2005 11:10:56 GMT -8
Nope, the Brittanic hit a mine in the med sea.
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Post by NMcKay on Aug 28, 2005 11:35:38 GMT -8
yeah. shes got a big hole in her
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Post by Fenklebaum on Aug 28, 2005 22:23:37 GMT -8
Oh Christ Almighty...
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Post by NMcKay on Aug 29, 2005 8:46:41 GMT -8
Britanic
Nov. 21, 1916, Kea Channel in the Aegean Sea, Sunk By a Mine or Torpedo with a Loss of only 30 People
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Post by NMcKay on Aug 29, 2005 9:21:46 GMT -8
it looked like a mine hit. cause no torpedo can make a hole THAT big  |
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Post by NMcKay on Aug 29, 2005 11:38:14 GMT -8
Yeah, she must've gone down fast, because a crew change was happening, and therefore the watertight doors were all open.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Aug 29, 2005 17:54:53 GMT -8
She would have been picking up wounded ANZAC's from Gallipoli. I was first thinking Salonika, but when your mentioned the down-under's, it had to be Gallipoli.
It's interesting that originally Churchill & Fisher wanted to do a major battleship bombardment of the Dardanelles.....but I guess that they didn't want to risk all those Dreadnaughts in one small area.
Gallipoli is unique to the Great-War's tragedies....because the allies can't blame their losses on Douglas Haig !
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Post by Curtis on Aug 30, 2005 9:03:24 GMT -8
Yeah they were very good at not keeping those doors closed
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Post by Curtis on Aug 30, 2005 12:37:56 GMT -8
I saw a picture in a book
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Post by NMcKay on Aug 31, 2005 16:21:54 GMT -8
The Titanic had her doors closed. she sank because the door did not extend past a certain deck, os at the ship filled with water, they just poured into the next compartment, and onward. untill the ship sank
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Post by CN2972South on Sept 7, 2005 19:07:18 GMT -8
Britannic did indeed hit a mine, however a lot of the damage in that drawing was caused by the impact when she hit the bottom. The damage from the mine is buried under the ship on the starboard side. Apparently they figure the achilles heel of the Olympic class ships were the cavernous engine rooms, once they flooded it was pretty much a given that the ship was going down.
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