https://padlet.com/fieldemma/9163tsprvset Titanic Switched to the Olympic en-us 2017-04-24 14:51:15 UTC 2025-10-15 00:54:28 UTC hello@padlet.com fieldemma https://padlet.com/fieldemma/9163tsprvset/wish/167860511 He approached Thomas Andrews (Managing Director of Harland and Wolff, the builder) with a cunning, daring plan. Switch the Olympic with the Titanic (currently under construction), scuttle the "Titanic", have the passengers saved, claim the insurance money, and save the White Star Line from an impending financial disaster.]]> 2017-04-24 15:09:42 UTC https://padlet.com/fieldemma/9163tsprvset/wish/167860511 fieldemma https://padlet.com/fieldemma/9163tsprvset/wish/168127428 Different placements of the letters on the Titanic switched to the Olympic!]]> 2017-04-25 14:49:59 UTC https://padlet.com/fieldemma/9163tsprvset/wish/168127428 fieldemma https://padlet.com/fieldemma/9163tsprvset/wish/168132295 Olympic has 16 portholes, Titanic has 14 portholes]]> 2017-04-25 15:03:32 UTC https://padlet.com/fieldemma/9163tsprvset/wish/168132295 fieldemma https://padlet.com/fieldemma/9163tsprvset/wish/168394433 White Star Line was facing financial problems. So the company decided that they would switch the Titanic with the Olympic. It was cheaper for the company to switch the two twin ships.]]> 2017-04-26 14:52:06 UTC https://padlet.com/fieldemma/9163tsprvset/wish/168394433 fieldemma https://padlet.com/fieldemma/9163tsprvset/wish/168396738 * Other evidence supports the switch , the windows on the Olympic were somewhat unevenly spaced, but more evenly spaced on the Titanic.
* Titanic propeller was fitted to the Olympic during its repair following the collision with the Hawke. This shows that the ship that sank was the Olympic.
* The immense initial outlay in constructing Olympic and Titanic, and the amount of income lost by the former’s two-month lay up following the Hawke incident, the owners and builders were left with serious financial problems. That the owners, with the help of the builders, decided to switch the brand new Titanic with her slightly older sister in order to get at least one vessel back to sea and earning money. The owners, deciding that repair of the Olympic was uneconomic, might have resolved to dispose of the ship in such a way as to be able, this time, to collect on their insurance.’]]> 2017-04-26 14:57:48 UTC https://padlet.com/fieldemma/9163tsprvset/wish/168396738 fieldemma https://padlet.com/fieldemma/9163tsprvset/wish/168402654 2017-04-26 15:13:19 UTC https://padlet.com/fieldemma/9163tsprvset/wish/168402654 fieldemma https://padlet.com/fieldemma/9163tsprvset/wish/168409204 * There was also pressure on White Star to make up the cost of the damage to Olympic, which had been damaged in a collision with HMS Hawke, but which the insurance company would not cover.

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