Olympic was not in need of any repairs john apart from a few however when I say not in need I mean no point in getting them done, she served her time, and it was time for scrap. She no longer could attract the passngers or break even with the maitanence, from a money point of view scrap was the only option. Sad

On the contrary, it's my understanding that upon being scrapped, the Olympic had some fairly serious structural problems that would need to be remedied. Scrapping the ship was easier than repairing.

As for the fate of the Titanic, I have to agree with all others who have said that most likely it would have happened eventually. There's really nothing spectacular about the Titanic, other than the fact that it sank. Had it survived the sinking, I suppose that there's always a chance of it having been saved for some reason, but not likely.

As a prime example, between the 1830s and 1930s, there were quite literally tens of thousands of day packet boats built for service on the Mississippi River system. Throughout the years, many could boast being the fastest, largest, heaviest, etc., but all eventually sank or were scrapped(with parts being transferred to other boats). Today, only one survives. Even the one surviving has come close to being lost twice since 1960, having been days from the scrap heap in 1962 when bought and refurbished, and lying with the paddlewheel on the bottom of the Ohio River, the engine room flooded with thousands of gallons of city tap water in 1997. Pretty much all other day packets, even the ones who broke records upon being built, today are forgotten.

Indeed, that's what a thought to, after all she did get her stern section frame replaced, that and the fact, all those insodents with other ships must of damaged her integraty.

Ave said it before All 3 ships where nothin remarkable, everything on them had been done prior to there building, they just did it on a larger scale.

She was in need of repairs but doing them was not economically viable to the company. That's why she did't get them, so the company did't think she needed them now she was going for scrap, so I would't agree with that. Since it was descided she was going for scrap repairs are not needed are they?

I dont think that titanic should be scrapped or raised from the bottom of the ocean.

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*On the contrary, it's my understanding that upon being scrapped, the Olympic had some fairly serious structural problems that would need to be remedied. Scrapping the ship was easier than repairing.*

I disagree, in relation to the Olympic and her contemporaries. Too many articles have focused on the Olympic in isolation and not covered her contemporaries' problems. See:

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Mark.

sad really, she would have been a great liner.

was it a barge boat that rammed into her

No she was not to bad, just old and past her prime.

mmm sources say that a boat rammed into her once at a dock

is it false

Can't really remember but Olympic did ram a lot of things in her carrer.

it rammed things because it was big and broad