RMS Titanic

Wren · 17 Jul 2006 at 23:40

I didn't find any threads for this, so I hope this is O.K.
I am quite a fan of the Titanic...no, not the movie, the actual ship that hit the iceberg in 1912 and sunk.
I think they did a good job on the movie, but I am more into the actual documentaries.
Anyone else, like myself, fascinated with the Titanic and ships in general?

Van Hellseek · 17 Jul 2006 at 23:42

this threads going down.

Wren · 17 Jul 2006 at 23:50

Are you replying with sarcasm, just for the sake of replying, or does anyone out there like to talk Titanic and ships?

Joe42 · 17 Jul 2006 at 23:51

Bit of an icy silence in here.

On topic... isn't it hms?
I have always wondered what happened to its sister ship, the olympia i think it was called... saw a model of it once.
I certainly have an interest in it.

Edit: Heres the wikipedia if anyones interested. It is rms, but what does that stand for?

Van Hellseek · 17 Jul 2006 at 23:52

Wren said:
Are you replying with sarcasm, just for the sake of replying, or does anyone out there like to talk Titanic and ships?

it's called a joke.

stick.out.of.arse plz.

Wren · 17 Jul 2006 at 23:53

Hi Joe,
Well, it has been referred to as RMS Titanic, too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Titanic

TriedandTested · 17 Jul 2006 at 23:53

Amazing ship for its time.

I'd be interested in what you (OP) finds so fascinating about the ship..might also help keep this thread on topic

Wren · 17 Jul 2006 at 23:54

seek said:
it's called a joke.

stick.out.of.arse plz.

I know a joke, I am just used to seeing smilies associated with such, is all.

Wren · 17 Jul 2006 at 23:55

Tried&Tested said:
Amazing ship for its time.

I'd be interested in what you (OP) finds so fascinating about the ship..might also help keep this thread on topic

Thanks for sharing that. It is one of my favourite photos of the ship. It sure was amazing for its time.

Ricochet J · 17 Jul 2006 at 23:55

The sheer SIZE of the thing does it for me!

Wren · 17 Jul 2006 at 23:58

I believe that RMS stands for "Royal Majesty Service"...sorry, Joe, I just saw the rest of your post now.

Joe42 · 18 Jul 2006 at 00:00

Thanks

I think the sister ship was Olympic... can't find out what happened to it tho...
As far as i know it was identical.

Wren · 18 Jul 2006 at 00:03

I goofed on the RMS, it stands for Royal Mail Service. I confused it with Her Majesty.

Didn't the Olympic get torpedoed? I seem to remember hearing something like that.

Wren · 18 Jul 2006 at 00:05

Joe42 said:
Thanks
I think the sister ship was Olympic... can't find out what happened to it tho...
As far as i know it was identical.

O.K., I found a link that shows what happened to her.
http://www.titanic-titanic.com/olympic.shtml

SteveB_NI · 18 Jul 2006 at 00:15

You can't get much more Titanic related than this....

It's back in Belfast!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/5189296.stm

I really have to go down and see it docked soon.

Joe42 · 18 Jul 2006 at 00:16

Wren said:
O.K., I found a link that shows what happened to her.
http://www.titanic-titanic.com/olympic.shtml

Very interesting read.
According to that there were 3 olympic class ships... what was the third i wonder?

Yewen · 18 Jul 2006 at 00:32

Titanic, Olympic and Britannic if my memory serves me correctly.

The Britannic blew up and sunk if I remmeber, someone will post more information I am sure.

Joe42 · 18 Jul 2006 at 00:47

The wikipedia on Britannic
Reading it now...

Edit: Hit a mine.

Wren · 18 Jul 2006 at 02:05

Good on you, Yewen, and you beat me to it. Thanks for the links, guys.
Steve, that is a very fascinating link!

Nix · 18 Jul 2006 at 02:22

seek said:
it's called a joke.

stick.out.of.arse plz.

Jesus, everyone in GD has lost their humour recently.