Hello,

Not to be awkward ( ), but Britannic was eighteen inches wider and not two feet; her extreme breadth being 94 feet compared to Olympic-Titanic's 92 feet 6 inches.

She was not wider due to the 'inner skin' because her width was finalised in October 1911, long before the 1912 redesign -- although it is a common mistake.

One misconception arose from the ship's H&W specification book. Simon Mills pointed out that the specification book recorded the ship's width as 93 feet 6 inches, whereas the British registry in 1914 recorded her width at 94 feet; in reality, one measurement is the 'moulded' breadth/width and the other is the 'extreme'. However, the six-inch discrepency has led people to assume that six inches was added in the redesign, which wasn't the case.

Best wishes,

Mark.