I think it was jaguar, if I remember correctly, Olympic had to use the drydock that Titanic was using during her fitting out. The time used to repair the Olympic ended up delaying Titanic's completion, which, in turn, moved up the original scheduled date of her Maiden Voyage. The rest is history, and we can only guess how things would have turned out had Olympic not been involved in that collision with the Hawke. It's yet another event in a very long list of "if only's".
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Actually this was in March, 1912 when Olympic had dropped a blade from her port propeller. Work was progressing on the enclosure of Titanic's A-deck promenade. Her new maiden voyage date was firmly set for April 10th. This is, perhaps, the clearest photo of this event I've ever seen. Someone has used photoshop here!
A cordial greeting to all Titanic people on this 100th anniversary - posted almost to the minute she hit the iceberg those many years ago... It's eleven bells again!
Mike - The Sun Viking & Co-founder of the American Titanic International Society.
A cordial greeting to all Titanic people on this 100th anniversary - posted almost to the minute she hit the iceberg those many years ago... It's eleven bells again!
Mike - The Sun Viking & Co-founder of the American Titanic International Society.
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Stephen -
LUCKY YOU. my friend!
I celebrated the 100th by opening a nice bottle of red wine and watching my all time favorite Titanic movie - A NIGHT TO REMEMBER. While not as splashy and full of special effects as that later 3-D version - still "spot on" in my book!
Mike - The Sun Viking & Co-founder of the American Titanic International Society.
LUCKY YOU. my friend!
I celebrated the 100th by opening a nice bottle of red wine and watching my all time favorite Titanic movie - A NIGHT TO REMEMBER. While not as splashy and full of special effects as that later 3-D version - still "spot on" in my book!
Mike - The Sun Viking & Co-founder of the American Titanic International Society.
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