Titanic “the Unsinkable Ship”
Titanic “The Unsinkable ship”
The Titanic was known as "the unsinkable ship". She was the largest ship afloat at the time of her maiden voyage in April of 1912, during which she collided with an iceberg. She was the second of three Olympic class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line. A numerous amount of people believe that the collision that occurred on April 15, 1912 was The Titanic’s sister ship The Olympic, and that the wreckage was premeditated and was used to commit insurance fraud.
White Star Line felt a great pressure to compete with the Cunard Line, as they had just put out two amazing ships Lusitania and Mauretania. At this time White Star line produced the Olympic class liners, which consisted of the Olympic, Titanic, and the Britannic. The Olympic was the first ocean liner to be completed and to set sail. One day, when the Olympic was in the Bramble Bank, a warship took a wrong turn and collided with the Olympic. This caused severe damage to both ships, and left the Olympic in a state of uselessness. The Royal Navy completed a full investigation were they found their warship free from any responsibility of the collision. White Star line was afforded no money and had to pay for all the damages themselves. White Star line was looking at $90 million in repairs. (today’s money)
White Star line was under a great amount of pressure, they were in the process of constructing the most luxurious ship of its time and the ship they were relying on for an income was unassailable. White Star Line was in a great need of money. The number one way that Marine fraud is committed is to swop ship names. It is actually quite simple, frequently done and can be very profitable. This is exactly what White Star Line needed, a quick and easy fix.
After the collision the Olympic went into seever repair. White Star Line never elaborated on how extensive the damage exactly was. In 1912 while the Olympic was under repair it started to transform and
The Titanic was known as "the unsinkable ship". She was the largest ship afloat at the time of her maiden voyage in April of 1912, during which she collided with an iceberg. She was the second of three Olympic class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line. A numerous amount of people believe that the collision that occurred on April 15, 1912 was The Titanic’s sister ship The Olympic, and that the wreckage was premeditated and was used to commit insurance fraud.
White Star Line felt a great pressure to compete with the Cunard Line, as they had just put out two amazing ships Lusitania and Mauretania. At this time White Star line produced the Olympic class liners, which consisted of the Olympic, Titanic, and the Britannic. The Olympic was the first ocean liner to be completed and to set sail. One day, when the Olympic was in the Bramble Bank, a warship took a wrong turn and collided with the Olympic. This caused severe damage to both ships, and left the Olympic in a state of uselessness. The Royal Navy completed a full investigation were they found their warship free from any responsibility of the collision. White Star line was afforded no money and had to pay for all the damages themselves. White Star line was looking at $90 million in repairs. (today’s money)
White Star line was under a great amount of pressure, they were in the process of constructing the most luxurious ship of its time and the ship they were relying on for an income was unassailable. White Star Line was in a great need of money. The number one way that Marine fraud is committed is to swop ship names. It is actually quite simple, frequently done and can be very profitable. This is exactly what White Star Line needed, a quick and easy fix.
After the collision the Olympic went into seever repair. White Star Line never elaborated on how extensive the damage exactly was. In 1912 while the Olympic was under repair it started to transform and