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Here are some rarely seen photos of damage received to
the sister ship Olympia when struck by a smaller ship the H. M. S. Hawk while on it's test run. Interesting the way the plates appear damaged. However they were struck more directly than a glancing blow as was the Titanic received from the iceberg. However I find it VERY interesting that the steel plates actually ripped and not at the rivet rows. The plates show no signs of buckling at the seams as thought on the Titanic The rivets definitely held on this ship. Where as the last theory on the Titanic's was that the glancing blow buckled the steel plates at the seam. These seams all are flush but the plate is punctured in between the seams. I had to look at these photos several times before I noticed the condition of the rivets and plate seams and then applied this damage to the damage therizied to that the Titanic was reported to have received. I wonder if a more glancing blow would have actually popped the rivets or buckled the plates as many theories indicated happened to the Titanic? The test results of the Titanic rivets that were retrieved and tested were all acceptable for slag amounts and porosity in the steel. Check out these 4 photos of the damage. Here are some rarely seen photos of damage received to the sister ship Olympia when struck by a smaller ship the H. M. S. Hawk while on it's test run. Interesting the way the plates appear damaged. However they were struck more directly than a glancing blow as was the Titanic received from the iceberg. However I find it VERY interesting that the steel plates actually ripped and not at the rivet rows. The plates show no signs of buckling at the seams as thought on the Titanic The rivets definitely held on this ship. Where as the last theory on the Titanic's was that the glancing blow buckled the steel plates at the seam. These seams all are flush but the plate is punctured in between the seams. I had to look at these photos several times before I noticed the condition of the rivets and plate seams and then applied this damage to the damage theorizied to that the Titanic was reported to have received. I wonder if a more glancing blow would have actually popped the rivets or buckled the plates as many theories indicated happened to the Titanic? The test results of the Titanic rivets that were retrieved and tested were all acceptable for slag amounts and porosity in the steel. Check out these 4 photos of the damage. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v607/sundancekid17/Olympic/Olympic1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v607/sundancekid17/Olympic/Olympic4.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v607/sundancekid17/Olympic/Olympic3.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v607/sundancekid17/Olympic/Olympic2.jpg |
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Posted on: 2005/1/15 19:50
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