Refer to the images below. Hall and Beveridge note in regard to this photograph that although "the overlapped doubler is hidden behind the stowed anchor, 36. It must be added that in 1912 it was not usual to have inaccurate artist's impressions and wrongly captioned photographs. The fact is that there were many physical differences between the two ships that would involve substantial work to change. in the Government. Why only them? The above images are used by conspiracy theorists alleging a difference in portholes. He wrote most of them when. 19. However the way in which it is painted to look part of a conspiracy theory Harold Sanderson repeatedly referred to, 44. Surviving crew signed the Official Secrets Act, 35. surviving crew got to port they were all taken aside and met by two men, one There are some who acknowledge that Gardiner and others have no evidence of insurance fraud, admitting that Titanic was indeed under-insured, and that the theory that the White Star planned to scuttle the ship in a pre-arranged mid-Atlantic collision is simply untenable. 19344. 7:15 PM. So higher or sealed bulkheads would not necessarily have prevented Titanic from sinking, It is likely connected with the false claim that the name Olympic was allegedly filmed by Dr. Ballard during his 1986 dive to the wreck -proven to be false in point no.38 here. White paint on the wreck it is difficult to examine the evidence (if there is any) but needless to say it does sound like hearsay and an attempt to offset The Britannic, when launched, had 16 portholes, consistent with the later port side configuration of the Titanic and the Olympic. and this slipped to $4,509,270 in 1911. Titanic being towed out to her sea trials. During her construction and in this particular photograph the name was not very clear so the photographer took the liberty of sketching it in, which was not an unusual practice of the day. James A. Fenton aka "Paddy the Pig" Paddy Fenton is someone who had told his fellow seamen that they were in fact switched. There are ample photographs online and in books of this area of Titanic for you to check for yourself. not go to sea as Titanic with Olympic written on the bells. They were metal plates which were screwed on. 3. He also confirmed that the ship was doing seventy-five revolutions, not 80 as was possible. About James Fenton. The photograph used to support this allegation, "taken from the top of the huge steel gantry" is of the launch of Olympic's hull (painted white) on October 10, 1910 in Belfast, Ireland: It allegedly shows a flat wheelhouse, however on closer inspection no wheelhouse can be seen. Act explaining that if they told of the real reason for the sinking, or the So technically Titanic did not "weigh" 46,328 tons - that was her gross tonnage (GT) or volume. And the Olympic is actually the Titanic. Claim: Olympic was fitted with Titanics propeller. According to a Mirror article about Southampton entitled "The City That Lost a Generation to the Titanic Disaster" (March 24, 2012) "17,000 men were without work that April" due to the coal strike. Compare it with the damage photograph below. - Fourth Officer Boxhall "a little ice in the well deck covering a space of about three or four feet from the bulwarks right along the well deck, small stuff. (British Enquiry,Day 13) Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. In regard to J.P. Morgan cancelling "at the last minute," research by Mark Baber and posted on Encyclopedia Titanica actually reveals it to be an urban myth. Linoleum flooring covered with carpets, 34. Gardiner bases this hypothesis on the idea that the supposed iceberg was seen at such a short distance by the lookouts because it was actually a darkened ship. in a high position in the company, the other man was in a very high position from the wreck was actually the crows nest (or lookout) bell, and he states: on The evidence Gardiner and others use to promote the idea of the Californian being a 'rescue ship' is that firstly, it was owned by J.P. Morgan (a "major figure at White Star"), left London in a hurry (as it could only do 12 knots and had to get there first) and was mysteriously sailing during a coal strike (when coal would have been more expensive) . 401: Titanic's propeller is on Olympic Author Steve Hall: "The problem with that doco is it's 13 years old Of course it's Titanic.". Both had the same configuration of portholes in March 1912. Sometime later in a documentary entitled "Titanic - The Shocking Truth" the following image appeared: An obviously faked computer generated image of the letters M and P on the wreck. So the public and media were certainly not barred from touring her prior to her voyage. There is no reason to doubt that passengers cancelled their voyage aboard Titanic. (Click image to see the full, enlarged photograph). B-deck window spacing on the wreck Baber compiled a list of Morgan's returns from Europe from 1904 to 1912 and "only twice (1908 and 1910) in those years did he return to New York from Europe before July, and in one of those years (1908) he returned that early only to attend a family wedding, heading back to Europe a few days later and staying there until late August." After a million men had walked out for 37 days the government intervened and ended the strike by passing a minimum wage law. THIS IS PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE AND IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. recovered from the wreck but, although in excellent condition, there was no The cost of switching the ships (note point 5 about the number of changes necessary on both ships) and additional ongoing costs of keeping thousands of people quiet would be enormous and most importantly completely unnecessary. 1. It began in January of 1912 Ballard has subsequently written several books including "The Discovery of the Titanic" (1987), "Exploring the Titanic" (1988) until the most recent "Into the Deep - A Memoir From the Man Who Found Titanic"(2021) which all prove that he thought it was Titanic when he discovered her in 1985 and still believes it to be Titanic in 2021. Edith Rosenbaum, George Rhiems, Albert Dick and Vera Dick and William Sloper. Ice on the deck was not from an iceberg But of course there is overwhelming evidence it was the Titanic that sank, which places this particular claim as purely conspiracy conjecture, for which there is no logic, let alone evidence. He claimed also that the crew had been ordered to sign the official secrets act. Additionally, especially as the ship was being labelled "practically unsinkable" how would they explain this 'mysterious' flooding to the inquiries that would no doubt take place afterward? 15 $18.4 17.55 Silver Cricket Fob Recess Antiques 85.00 $104.27 99.42 Silver & M,O,P Fruit Knife.Sheff.1910 By J.Fenton. By the time Titanic's maiden voyage came along Olympic had been operating for a year. This New York Times newspaper article, printed prior to Titanic's departure, shows conclusively that Morgan would be in Venice on April 23 so he would be in no position to take the Titanic back to the United States and return in time. overlook something as simple as the number of portholes on the outside of the ship? So does the post-disaster image of Olympic show the "doubler" overlapping or not? However, this is not unusual, even for modern ships, and can be due to several factors. This was standard White Star Line practice. Fenton was made a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1983. The Obviously realising that planning a collision in the North Atlantic would be There were closer ships that would be more feasible. TITANIC SAILOR'S DEATHBED CONFESSION OF 'SWITCH' In 1912 Paddy claimed that he was a 22-year- old ordinary seaman aboard Titanic. 1,496 people are believed to have died when the Titanic went down. These above images are used by conspiracy theorists alleging a difference in the length of Titanic name's hinting at a cover-up. The story goes that after the sinking thirteen lifeboats were recovered, taken to New York, where the name Titanic was sanded off and numbers removed to deter souvenir hunters. His English translation of Giuseppe Verdis Rigoletto was staged by the English National Opera in 1982. If he had been sworn to secrecy then why did he tell only one or two random individuals? But according to Titanic researcher Ioannis Georgiou "none of Titanic's boats were reused by the White Star Line. Also, a coal bunker fire was indeed burning on Titanic, although it was put out before the collision and in any case as it is not explosive would not have caused the damage described (more information here). Or is the answer because there is nothing there anyway? Mark's." 26 'James Fenton antiques' For Sale and Sold ( 4 For Sale 22 Sold) Page 1. Was this done deliberately to help with the switch? Alleged footage of Olympic's name on the wreck - it is obviously fake. He continues that on the starboard side Steward Wheelton met Thomas Andrews on B Deck and that the boats were visible from the corridor on B Deck. This has been touted by some as the no.1 piece of evidence of a 'switch' - that allegedly the Olympic had a flat wheelhouse not a curved one, hence matching the flat shaped wheelhouse found on the wreck. 1)The well known (to some of you) James A Fenton, alias "Paddy the Pig", who in the early 1970s, hinted how the loss of the Titanic was not entirely accidental. did not do serious damage but when the cold water hit the coal fire, it Known for his erudite, politically engaged and technically masterful poems, Fenton's early engagement with Auden left a marked influence on the younger poet's verse. . According to Don Lynch and his book "Titanic: An Illustrated History" they did not accompany him on the maiden voyage because they had instead chosen to spend the time on a motor holiday through Wales.. The special effects of the . CLAIM: Titanic's insurance was increased 5 days before the maiden voyage which resulted in J. P. Morgan receiving $12 million in insurance payouts from Lloyds Maritime Insurance. This is the wreck montage here: PHOTOGRAPH 2012 RMS TITANIC, INC. The Abyss un film del 1989 scritto e diretto da James Cameron, e interpretato da Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio e Michael Biehn.. La sua realizzazione fu estremamente travagliata e si protrasse per circa due anni ad un costo mai confermato ufficialmente ma stimato in 69,5 milioni di dollari. The switch theory primarily rests on the alleged premise that the sinking was a deliberate act to recover insurance money, to rescue the White Star Line from bankruptcy. Claim: How can a ship with a bent keel go on to serve 24 years (1911-1935) without being fully repaired? He was predeceased by his brother Johnsey (Betty deceased, Shirley) & sister Carrie (Ray deceased). They would only be interested in shorter crossings. Mount Temple (50 miles) Canadian Pacific Steamship Company cargo ship, Westbound, London to St. John's, Newfoundland 'Faux' as in false or imitation. their attention to it, and they all watched it disappear, but had then at once resumed EXCLUSIVE: To celebrate the 25th anniversary of James Cameron 's Titanic, the multiple Oscar winner and box office phenomenon has been set for a fresh theatrical release just in time for. Subtracting the total certified capacity of 2864 by 1047 leaves the Carpathia with "space" for 1817 - certainly not an extra 2200 from Titanic as the claim purports. So in fact rather than proving a 'switch,' exploration of this suite only confirms that it is indeed Titanic that sank. Lightwood, Stoke-on-Trent - Wikipedia . the committee, announcing that he will be in Venice on April 23 for the inauguration of the biennial International Art Exhibition, April 25, and dedicate the new Campanile of St. (Click image to enlarge). Claim: Titanic's lifeboats had small brass I.D plaques screwed on them and they all said "RMS Olympic". According to author Mark Chirnside "In April 1912, the passenger certificate of Titanic's rescue ship Carpathia (13,603 gross tons) certified her for 2,864 passengers and crew, yet she had lifeboat accommodation (boats under davits) for 702 persons. The ship photographed departing Southampton has 16 bow portholes. the newspaper Northern Star that was published on the 31 July 1996. 'The Olympic Room' 8. It was written in response to an article Titanic advertising used photographs and artwork of the. the number of revolutions some time on Monday or Tuesday to 78, which he claimed would drive the ship at 38. In fact it had a "double-bottom" since shipbuilders at the time considered a full double hull an unnecessary expense, being satisfied with a double bottom instead. There are two key issues with this story. But what do the 'experts' think? If 'switch' conspiracy theorists believe this is the smoking gun of a switch It is a wild claim based purely on imagination. Further volumes of poetry included Out of Danger (1994), which won the Whitbread Book Award (now the Costa Book Award); Selected Poems (2006), a Penguin anthology of his work; and Yellow Tulips: Poems 19682011 (2012), an even broader survey containing previously uncollected verse. Ultimately, when asked about the Olympic 'switch' theory he went on record as saying the wreck is Titanic. Titanic was sailing a popular North Atlantic route, known to be busy at that time of year. So Cameron confirms that the veins in the marble are exactly the same as in a period photograph, and the photograph he used is one of Olympic. Again no mention here that lifeboats were seen from B Deck. Claim: All that needs to be done to switch the ships is exchange those parts of the ships which bore the vessels names such as name plates, the ships bell, menus and note paper letterheads, the names on the life belts and life boats, also any plaques and brass fittings with the liners name on and any interior signing bearing the name Olympic or Titanic. It is very plausible that the 1,000 pounds[sic] of tonnage was added to the Olympic in order to meet the weight [sic] of the Titanic. Titanic in the first week of March 1912 shows the stark contrast between the light grey primer and the fresh black top coat being applied (courtesy Jonathan Smith). They - Able Bodied Seaman Edward John Buley also reported a couple of tons of block ice (British Inquiry (Day 16). ", The evolution of Titanic's port side portholes -from May 1911 when she was launched with 14, to April 1912 when she had 16. a lifeboat, keeping older hands on deck for lowering boats. 20. This particular claim began when Robin Gardiner stated in his book that when the name on the bow of the Titanic wreck was cleared of rust (allegedly filmed by Dr. Ballard during his 1986 dive to the wreck), the raised letters 'M, P & Y' were visible. One must also suggest - if those behind the 'switch' were so clever so as to be able to switch absolutely everything aboard Olympic/Titanic as to include the numbers 400/401 etched onto the back of wooden panels in all the state rooms (refer to point here) then how is it they would Olympic had a 2 degree list to port, as did Titanic 5. Fentons adaptations of the Chinese play Zhaoshi guer (The Orphan of Zhao) and Miguel de Cervantess novel Don Quixote were produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2012 and 2016, respectively. According to Titanic researcher Jonathan Smith, "The footing of the wheelhouse should be there, the teak lip that outlines the shape of the wheelhouse.". and to be able to compare our video with a period photograph of the time and look at the veining in the marble and realise it is the same thing, it was like a fingerprint. Check out our james fenton selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our collectible glass shops. Irish. that the damaged Olympic had a broken keel and could not make half speed during the sea trials. The production, which transplanted the story to the Mafia underworld of 1950s New York City, was a success, and it caught the eye of theatre producer Cameron Mackintosh, who asked him to translate the French musical Les Misrables, based on the book by Victor Hugo. of her departure many outlets resorted to using photographs and footage of Olympic, leading to much confusion over the subsequent years. of the surviving crew. Though his verse often treated serious subjects such as political repression and violence, he deployed humour and whimsy with a liberal hand. 28. 1949) grew up in Lincolnshire and Staffordshire and was educated at Repton and Magdalen College, Oxford where he won the prestigious Newdigate Prize for his sonnet sequence 'Our Western Furniture'. December 31 st 1911. by Burgess alone, with no collaboration from other eyewitnesses. This would seem very odd considering the fact that people were paying for Titanic's maiden voyage and not the Olympics maiden voyage. James Fenton, in full James Martin Fenton, (born April 25, 1949, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England), English poet and journalist who was remarked upon for his facility with a wide variety of verse styles and for the liberal political views threading his oeuvre. Order. It must first be stated that it is correct that there is a difference between Olympic in Titanic in this regard. Dr Robert Ballard admitted it was the Olympic I think it is impossible that the Olympics keel was damaged in the collision, as Robin Gardiner speculates in his 1998 book Titanic: The Ship That Never Sank? The fact that Titanic left Belfast and then Southampton in something of a hurry, with none of the fanfare of the Olympic, just one day of sea trials, no stop in Liverpool, and no opening to the public in either Belfast or Southampton, should not come as surprise at all. According to Britannica.com "on April 11, 1912, the Carpathia departed from New York City for Fiume, carrying some 740 passengers." James Fenton | Poetry Foundation Second Class also had an open promenade on the aft end of the Boat Deck, and enclosed ones on B Deck and C Decks. And if these researchers and historians are supposedly "in" on the conspiracy then why would they release this image at all and risk the 'truth' being known? Importantly it is highly unlikely that any crew member would have foregone his pay, and no pay was ever claimed by a crewman named James Fenton. old ordinary seaman aboard Titanic. 10. Olympic's name is on the wreck In summary Gardiner's allegations that Titanic was in fact a damaged Olympic struggling to maintain speed does not add up, especially when you consider that he alleges from a Sky TV show entitled "Conspiracies", presented byDanny Wallace. An example of the many adverts that show the Olympic instead of Titanic - logical considering one was the older sister. (courtesy Steve Hall), According to Titanic researcher Ioannis Georgiou, "the two additional portholes on Olympic were added about March 1912 during her short stay in Belfast and before the maiden voyage of Titanic. It is true that Titanic's sea trials were half that of Olympic's. However this claim goes with the assumption that the White Star Line was suffering financially. Those travelling east bound logically did not depart from England, and so were relatively unaffected by the coal strike. Claim: Eyewitnesses themselves describe running along Titanics decks, but where they said there were promenades, there should have been cabins. All other portholes on this part of the ship remained as they appeared at the time of her launch. This line of reasoning goes with the assumption that Olympic's keel was damaged, for which there is no evidence as discussed in the point above. James J. Fenton, MD, is a pulmonologist at National Jewish Health. Goodwin Antiques 295 $361.88 345.06 Silver Enamelled Bracelet Recess Antiques 50.00 $61.34 58.49 Silver Blade Fruit Knife . The claim does not align with Ballard's writing on the matter. Author Steve Hall admits it could be the Olympic Ballard has written several books between 1987 - 2021 and all state in no uncertain terms that he discovered the Titanic - not the Olympic. off the bell. According to the documentary "Titanic Breaking New Ground", James Cameron sends a robot submarine into the sitting room of the promenade suite on B deck and films Some have analysed the footage concluding for example that the X-shaped viewing field seen in the video is caused by the camera rig's lighting. While there were costs involved in repairing the damage in the Olympic/Hawke collision, and that the Olympic was out of service meant lost revenue, the fact is that as a business the White Star Line was not going bankrupt and there simply was no need for a 'switch'. the Olympic. They also question why on the night of the collision the captain of the Californian decided to sleep fully clothed on a five and a half foot couch in the chart room and ordered that her boilers be kept fired up and the engines on standby. 5. However both RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic had their names riveted oncovering something up perhaps? Where is the photograph? To presume that Ismay or Morgan had created an intentional design fault is simply absurd for one simple reason: the bulkhead design is the same for both the Olympic and Titanic, so in other words was designed and constructed years in advance of Steve Hall's answer was actually responding to this question: "Does the wreck provide absolute proof it's not Olympic?" Ship's Bell with no name on it Firstly, the coal strike actually finished 9 days earlier on April 6, so normal traffic would have soon resumed. Actually there were only 6 within a 140 mile radius. (Click to enlarge). 44. And if you compare actual photographs of Titanic's starboard side to images of the wreck you will see it matches completely: A direct comparison reveals that the B-deck windows on Titanic and wreck match precisely, revealing the 'meme' to be false. While there is some slight confusion over which ship he is referring to "coming from Belfast to Southampton" there is certainly no evidence here of trying to conceal the identity of the two ships. We need to know which accounts precisely are being referred to here. In 1910, IMMs net profit was a mighty $4,849,580, Ignoring the technical error made in this claim and focusing on the difference in gross tonnage (GT or internal volume) of the two ships, yes there was indeed a difference. Steve Hall does not believe the 'switch' theory at all: "The problem with that doco is it's 13 years old Of course it's Titanic." other images of Olympic and Titanic, this post-disaster image has the anchors stowed, thus obscuring this area of interest. Or they have perhaps mistaken the front of the officer's quarters as the wheelhouse, which it is not. Quite clearly the B-deck forward starboard windows are narrow - matching the wreck exactly. The Olympic and the Britannic were also consistent on the starboard side, with 15 portholes. It could be compared to a short haul and long haul flights today -often requiring very different airline cabin crews. her full speed if the weather cooperated. Thirdly, the characteristics of the Olympic were already known so there was less of a learning curve to deal with. Additionally, they were not "in the middle of a coal strike". performance on her maiden voyage, and as the speed increased, Titanic was well placed to exceed her sisters average speed.". It was longer as it had to cover up the word Olympic that occupied more space. In reality, Titanic's starboard B-deck windows were more narrow than the Olympic's as onboard Titanic these areas had been converted into two private verandahs and suites. 35. The wreck clearly has a flat wheelhouse and hence it must be Titanic. Thomas Newman, Per l'obra Skyfall (2013) Steven Price, Per l'obra Gravity (2014) Alexandre Desplat, Per l'obra The Grand Budapest Hotel (2015) El BAFTA a la millor msica s un premi que atorga la BAFTA ( British Academy of Film and Television Arts) en una cerimnia anual, en reconeixement a la millor banda sonora . But for arguments sake let's take the larger of the two - the certified capacity number of both passengers and crew. and loss account had risen from $48,585 in 1910 to $821,062 in the year ending Mark Chirnside reports the following: "The companys surplus on the profit This is one of the most popular pieces of 'evidence' of a switch but also the easiest to disprove. Under the circumstances it is perfectly logical. Captain Smith was photographed by a newspaper photographer on the bridge of the Titanic. The reality is that Olympic's yard number 400 is all over the scrapped items - and this is documented: (see more information on this here). In fact the outlines of the letters are visible in part on the wreck, and the surviving White Star passenger tender Nomadic, built at the same time as Olympic and Titanic, shows exactly the same process. Oh, I beg your pardon; they were on the Oceanic; but on the Titanic they had been provided coming round from Belfast? Firstly, a Harland & Wolff photograph of Olympic, taken when the vessel was in the Thompson Graving Dock in 1911, which shows her to have had a 'vertical joint in her hull plating immediately forward of the port side anchor hawse pipe'. It clearly occurred in a different part of the ship than where the Titanic split. It came from a mold and so there should be no surprise they are exactly the same, that is what you expect from faux marble. And those occasions he returned early were in June - never as early as April. In both cases Gardiner made this claim up! Specifically, her passenger (excluding crew) capacity was listed as 2,550: 1st-class: 100 And that paneling" This has led some to believe that Titanic's first class dining room, unlike the Olympic, was in fact carpeted over, as later portrayed in James Cameron's film "Titanic". (for more information see here). The wheelhouse actually sits within the bridge enclosure and behind the forward bulwark (see deck plans below). Carpathia (58 miles Cunard Line, Eastbound: Left New York Tuesday, Gibraltar and Mediterranean ports The highly imaginative claim that the Cunard ship the Carpathia was a planned rescue ship collapses not only as it is wholey without evidence, but the numbers are inaccurate and any logic absent. Then there's the furniture: so heavy you could hardly lift it. The Titanic was carefully inspected nearly every day during her construction and again after arriving in Southampton. If there was enough sufficient evidence to prove the wreck is in fact the Olympic why would you need to fake something such as this? (Click to enlarge). The bulkheads were not actually sealed at the top, this oversight allowed water to flow over, filling each compartment, one at a time. For those who have read this website, they will realise that there is certainly no evidence of a 'switch', all the claims have been exposed to reveal nothing but misinformation or fiction and most importantly that there is conclusive evidence to prove that it is Titanic that sank. This is one of several undocumented, unreferenced claims. Corrections? Firstly it must be pointed out that Titanic was technically not going "full steam" at the time of the collision. Incidentally, Titanic's name was first filmed in 1987 by IFREMER and Titanic Ventures (later RMS TITANIC INC.) after they cleaned that part of the bow from rust. It is quite possible that those who "remember" Ballard giving a presentation in which he said he saw evidence it was the Olypmic are actually just remembering the documentary entitled "Titanic - The Shocking Truth" which contained fake imagery falsely purported to be evidence of a switch filmed by Ballard. Another set of poems was published by Fullers press as the broadsheet Put Thou Thy Tears into My Bottle (1969). Paddy said that the guilt of The only picture in the entire production to which Mr Newton had any rights at all was one late in the film supposedly showing where the name on the wreck had been altered. To add more books, click here . As it was named the "Olympic Class" it would hence not be unusual to feature the first ship in any advertising. Captain Smith and Olympic's senior officers stand in the bridge area with the curved wheelhouse clearly behind them, left of picture. 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