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.

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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