Titanic or Olympic: Which Ship Sank?

by Steve Hall, Bruce Beveridge

Overview

Debunking the theory that the sister ships swapped places, this book proves a switch was not possible
 

Titanic's older sister, the nearly identical Olympic, was involved in a serious accident in September 1911, which may have made her a liability to her owners the White Star Line. Since 1912 rumors of a conspiracy to switch the two in an elaborate insurance scam has always loomed behind the tragic story of the Titanic. Could the White Star Line have really switched the Olympic with her near identical sister in a ruse to intentionally sink their mortally damaged flagship in April 1912 and cash in on the insurance policy? This book addresses some of these conspiracy theories and illustrates both the questionable anomalies and hard technical facts that will prove the switch theory to be exactly what it is—a mere legend.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780752461588
Publisher:	The History Press
Publication date:	05/01/2012
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.70(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Steve Hall and Bruce Beveridge set up the Titanic Research & Modeling Association and are the coauthors of Titanic: The Ship Magnificent. Bruce Beveridge lives in Chicago.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 7

Foreword Mark Chirnside 9

Preface 11

Introduction 15

1 Ismay's Titans 18

2 Olympic and Titanic 32

3 Seeds of the Conspiracy 49

4 Mystery or History? 65

5 The Lifeboat Evidence 75

6 A Window of Opportunity 88

7 Photographic Assessment 97

8 The Final Verdict 116

Conclusion 155

Appendix I Almost Identical Sisters 157

Appendix II Olympic: The Last Grand Lady 214

Appendix III His Majesty's Hospital Ship Britannic 261

Endnotes 281

Select Bibliography 285

The Authors 286