LeoPlumtree wrote:
It's an absolutely preposterous theory. One that shouldn't be taken seriously.

How was this switch supposed to've been conducted? Are we to believe that the dissimilarities between the ships had been thoroughly altered in a swift, overnight operation? How was secrecy maintained?

And of course, Olympic's proper hull number was found throughout the ship during its scrapping.

Why would White Star be so desperate to dispose of Olympic? Sure, Olympic had been involved in some incidents, but was never damaged so critically that it couldn't be repaired.

Why would White Star even come up with such a harebrained scheme if they knew even beforehand that there'd be no way they could ever profit from it? White Star only lost money as a result of Titanic's loss. It'd only been partially insured; White Star had underwritten the remainder. And the other part had been insured by IMM, the company that owned White Star! They basically insured it themselves, and therefore had no way to benefit financially from the loss of the ship. And think of the unavoidable bad publicity of the sinking.