In a way white star line bragged about there ships and they paid the price when they all sank.

Brittanic sinking could not have been avoided, but the titanic could have.

Olympic was just a waste of money, imagine building it, the largest and expensive liner(back then) and then taking it apart.

If i ran white star line my gut would have been twisted when i found out it would cost to much to reapair and that i had to take it all apart

Do you think that not chritening the ships had something to do with their fate?

They made a ton of money from Olympic, it was scrapped because it was no longer economically viable to white star. One reason for this is because of the restriction's now in place about immigration. So a large liner was not really needed, and certainly not an old one like that. Olympic even after Titanic was seen as the way to cross the Atlantic, for a number of years, so I disagree about them loosing money after scraping it.

Olympic was a large step for wsl

shame its still not here, shame britanic isn't here, shame titanic isn't here.

Yes that is a shame, however all is not lost. There is one small possibility to see one of the three great ships. The Brittanic does not lie too deep as far as I know. With the right diving experience and equipment it just might be possible to dive the wreck. Certainly this will be within reach compaired to the Titanic which is nearly 3miles down. If I had the cash I would do it in a heartbeat. I guess I'll be playing the lottery this weekend then...

Yes that is a shame, however all is not lost. There is one small possibility to see one of the three great ships. The Brittanic does not lie too deep as far as I know. With the right diving experience and equipment it just might be possible to dive the wreck. Certainly this will be within reach compaired to the Titanic which is nearly 3miles down. If I had the cash I would do it in a heartbeat. I guess I'll be playing the lottery this weekend then...

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The White Star Line never had a christening ceremony for any of their ships.

They must have saved a few pounds on champaign then...

yeah. lol

I can remember as a kid how I couldn't understand why the funnels were gone from the wreck but the masts were still in place. Surely the masts were higher than the funnels and therefor one would expect them to have detached as was the case with the funnels. Why were all four funnels missing?