Titanic or Olympic: Which Ship Sank? - Softcover

Hall, Steve; Beveridge, Bruce

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0752461583 ISBN 13: 9780752461588

Publisher: The History Press, 2012

Synopsis

Debunking the theory that the sister ships swapped places, this book proves a switch was not possible Titanic's older sister, the nearly identical Olympic, was involved in a serious accident in September 1911, which may have made her a liability to her owners the White Star Line. Since 1912 rumors of a conspiracy to switch the two in an elaborate insurance scam has always loomed behind the tragic story of the Titanic. Could the White Star Line have really switched the Olympic with her near identical sister in a ruse to intentionally sink their mortally damaged flagship in April 1912 and cash in on the insurance policy? This book addresses some of these conspiracy theories and illustrates both the questionable anomalies and hard technical facts that will prove the switch theory to be exactly what it is—a mere legend.

About this title

About the Author:

Steve Hall and Bruce Beveridge set up the Titanic Research & Modeling Association and are the coauthors of Titanic: The Ship Magnificent. Bruce Beveridge lives in Chicago.

About this edition

• Publisher: The History Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0752461583
• ISBN 13: 9780752461588
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288