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Titanic conspiracy theories - Wikipedia
One of the most controversial[6][7] and complex theories was put forward by Robin Gardiner in his book, Titanic: The Ship That Never Sank?[8] In it, Gardiner draws on several events and coincidences that occurred in the months, days, and hours leading up to the sinking of the Titanic, and concludes that the ship that sank was in fact Titanic's sister ship Olympic, disguised as Titanic, as an insurance scam.
Robin Gardiner, author of ‘Titanic : The Ship That Never Sank’, took the inquiry’s findings as the basis for his theory as to why the RMS Titanic never actually sunk at all.
Gardiner believes that, without any chance of making a successful insurance claim, White Star Line were forced into drastic action.
Repairing the Olympic, which had damage to her central turbine’s mountings as well as keel damage, would have cost millions in today’s money.
Additionally, such repairs would have created huge delays in Titanic’s launch, thereby losing revenue too.
Gardiner therefore alleges that White Star Line took the decision to turn the Olympic into the Titanic and vice versa.
With very few identifiers on board either ship the transformation took less than 2 months.
The Titanic subsequently took to the seas and served for 25 incident free years.
He then goes on to suggest that the Olympic was then repaired, not to a true seaworthy standard, but to a barely safe level, in order that she could be deliberately sunk in the Atlantic in order to facilitate an insurance claim.
Obvious name markings on the Olympic were altered or replaced in order that she would then appear to be the brand new and fully functional ‘Titanic’.
Just before launch the real Titanic, sailing as the Olympic, returned to dry dock to have her propeller blade replaced.
Gardiner believes this period allowed the final changes to be made to ensure that passengers and casual observers would believe that the damaged Olympic was now the flagship Titanic.
RMS Titanic – A Sink And Switch Insurance Fraud?
btw 31 may marked 100 years of Titanic launch.
Titanic conspiracy theories - Wikipedia
One of the most controversial[6][7] and complex theories was put forward by Robin Gardiner in his book, Titanic: The Ship That Never Sank?[8] In it, Gardiner draws on several events and coincidences that occurred in the months, days, and hours leading up to the sinking of the Titanic, and concludes that the ship that sank was in fact Titanic's sister ship Olympic, disguised as Titanic, as an insurance scam.
Robin Gardiner, author of ‘Titanic : The Ship That Never Sank’, took the inquiry’s findings as the basis for his theory as to why the RMS Titanic never actually sunk at all.
Gardiner believes that, without any chance of making a successful insurance claim, White Star Line were forced into drastic action.
Repairing the Olympic, which had damage to her central turbine’s mountings as well as keel damage, would have cost millions in today’s money.
Additionally, such repairs would have created huge delays in Titanic’s launch, thereby losing revenue too.
Gardiner therefore alleges that White Star Line took the decision to turn the Olympic into the Titanic and vice versa.
With very few identifiers on board either ship the transformation took less than 2 months.
The Titanic subsequently took to the seas and served for 25 incident free years.
He then goes on to suggest that the Olympic was then repaired, not to a true seaworthy standard, but to a barely safe level, in order that she could be deliberately sunk in the Atlantic in order to facilitate an insurance claim.
Obvious name markings on the Olympic were altered or replaced in order that she would then appear to be the brand new and fully functional ‘Titanic’.
Just before launch the real Titanic, sailing as the Olympic, returned to dry dock to have her propeller blade replaced.
Gardiner believes this period allowed the final changes to be made to ensure that passengers and casual observers would believe that the damaged Olympic was now the flagship Titanic.
RMS Titanic – A Sink And Switch Insurance Fraud?
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