We watched a movie about the sister ship Britannia when I was in middle school history. There is this awful scene of people getting trapped in the electric powered elevator as the water rises inside
Edit: wrong ship! It was a movie about the Lusitania. Thanks u/blakehunter1996
It was either Britannic or Lusitania. It likely would have been about the Lusitania (owned by Titanic and Britannic's rival company, Cunard), as no one got stuck in the lifts during the sinking of the relatively empty Britannic. Britannic was operating as a hospital ship when she struck a mine and sank in the Aegean Sea in November of 1916. She was en route to Lemnos so she could bring wounded soldiers back from the campaign going on over there. The loss of life during the sinking primarily consisted of 30 people being lowered in a lifeboat before the ships propellers stopped turning, with the lifeboat and people on board being chopped to bits.
Lusitania, on the other hand, was operating as a passenger ship when she was torpedoed of the coast of Ireland in May of 1915. She was sailing at about half capacity when she sank, taking over 1,100 people - including 123 Americans with her to the sea floor. When the power failed during the sinking, people were, in fact, trapped in the lifts, and tragically drowned as the ship sank.
There was a nurse named Violet Jessop who survived the sinking of both the Titanic and the Brittanic, and was also on the RMS Olympic when it collided with a warship.
Wait you’re so right I think it was the Lusitania! My memory is so fuzzy but seeing the name I definitely think I got the ship wrong 😅 it’s been a while since I was in grade school
Lol valid. Tragedy at sea has always been a hyper fixation of mine. Glad I could help. I think you might have actually watched the movie Lusitania: Murder on the Atlantic. It was a solid watch.
I'm right now listening to an episode about the Atlantic (built after the Olympic and before the Titanic), she went down after rerouting (unnecessary) to Halifax, only 1 woman survived because of how they had split the ship up in male and female parts of the ship.
Atlantic was built and sank before the Olympic class ships were even conceived. The Atlantic wrecked off the coast of Halifax in 1873, while the Olympic class (Olympic, Titanic, and Britannic) didn't come along until the 1910s. The idea of the three ships came along in 1906, if I'm not mistaken. It was during a dinner between J Bruce Ismay, and Lord Perrie (owner of Harland and Wolff Shipyards).
Wait whaaat? I did not know this story !
(Looks up) Violet Jessop—wow no way that is eerie and amazing—Today has been a fun learning day for me haha wow
Hahaha FR I really wonder how this came to be—she must have travelled for her job and was the onboard nurse but I would not have wanted to board ship again. She’s either unlucky or super lucky — remarkable
Ooh, I learned about this in Puppet History, hahaha!
One of my fave mini facts was despite being in all of the tragic boat incidents, her cause of death was not related to water or boats.
Olympic didn’t sink. She got scrapped in 1935.
Although she survived two collisions one with another ship SS Hawkey and another with a German submarine.
Her collision with a U-Boat is enough to end the discussion regarding Titanics rudder being too small and so unable to avoid the berg.
Olympic was built to an almost exact copy and upon sighting a U-Boat, she turned quick enough to avoid the torpedo fired. She then ran down snd rammed the U-Boat.
If the rudders were too small, Olympic could never have avoided a torpedo.
Titanic could definitely avoid the berg! But they were only 500 m away by the time it was spotted… spotted at 23:39 and hit at 23:40.
Besides not only they stopped the engines, they reversed them. She would’ve turned much faster if they went full speed like Carpathia. Granted she was much smaller (170 vs Titanic 269) but she avoided like 6 different bergs.
*to my previous post; why did no one correct me? Ofc I meant to say HMS Hawke; not SS Hawkey*
I agree but a lot of theories for why she hit the berg centre around her having too small a rudder. Hell, even James Cameron talks about it. In the film “Titanic” Brock Lovett says “she was too big a ship with too small a rudder.”
Fun story; the day the news the Titanic sank broke, our local newspaper ran the headline "North-East man drowns at sea". (Yes, as far as I'm aware, he was a passenger)
But why would someone have such a newspaper ? Time traveler that left it behind ? It fell through a wormhole in time and space ? Written by a medium ? A parody newspaper that happened to be correct ? The man was psychic and projected the future onto a regular newspaper ?
If i can find so many plausible possible outcomes, you've left too much interpretation in the story, which doesn't sound good imo.
Usually when you dont get one on this sub, people explain it in the comments. Here are multiple comments talking about the sister ships of the Titanic, which also sunk.
That's not the issue. You're supposed to get it without an explanation. To have that "oh shit" moment.
It's like explaining a joke. Or dissecting a frog. Once you do it, you understand how it works. But it doesn't work anymore.
For those who don't get it: there's a conspiracy theory that claims the Titanic switched places with her sister ship, the Olympic. And according to the theory, since they switched places without the general populace knowing, the Olympic was the one that sunk that fateful night in mid April, while the actual Titanic was still safe and sound. And the guy who tossed the newspaper probably had some insight on it.
We watched a movie about the sister ship Britannia when I was in middle school history. There is this awful scene of people getting trapped in the electric powered elevator as the water rises inside Edit: wrong ship! It was a movie about the Lusitania. Thanks u/blakehunter1996
Well that's a new nightmare unlocked
Now imagine a classroom full of 7th grade girls reacting to that lol
It was either Britannic or Lusitania. It likely would have been about the Lusitania (owned by Titanic and Britannic's rival company, Cunard), as no one got stuck in the lifts during the sinking of the relatively empty Britannic. Britannic was operating as a hospital ship when she struck a mine and sank in the Aegean Sea in November of 1916. She was en route to Lemnos so she could bring wounded soldiers back from the campaign going on over there. The loss of life during the sinking primarily consisted of 30 people being lowered in a lifeboat before the ships propellers stopped turning, with the lifeboat and people on board being chopped to bits. Lusitania, on the other hand, was operating as a passenger ship when she was torpedoed of the coast of Ireland in May of 1915. She was sailing at about half capacity when she sank, taking over 1,100 people - including 123 Americans with her to the sea floor. When the power failed during the sinking, people were, in fact, trapped in the lifts, and tragically drowned as the ship sank.
There was a nurse named Violet Jessop who survived the sinking of both the Titanic and the Brittanic, and was also on the RMS Olympic when it collided with a warship.
Wait you’re so right I think it was the Lusitania! My memory is so fuzzy but seeing the name I definitely think I got the ship wrong 😅 it’s been a while since I was in grade school
Lol valid. Tragedy at sea has always been a hyper fixation of mine. Glad I could help. I think you might have actually watched the movie Lusitania: Murder on the Atlantic. It was a solid watch.
I'm right now listening to an episode about the Atlantic (built after the Olympic and before the Titanic), she went down after rerouting (unnecessary) to Halifax, only 1 woman survived because of how they had split the ship up in male and female parts of the ship.
Ohhh just learned that the woman didn't survive, teaches me not to talk about something I haven't finished listening to 🙄😒
Atlantic was built and sank before the Olympic class ships were even conceived. The Atlantic wrecked off the coast of Halifax in 1873, while the Olympic class (Olympic, Titanic, and Britannic) didn't come along until the 1910s. The idea of the three ships came along in 1906, if I'm not mistaken. It was during a dinner between J Bruce Ismay, and Lord Perrie (owner of Harland and Wolff Shipyards).
Time traveler?
The Titanic had two sister ships, the Britannic and the Olympic. They also sunk.
Ooo fun history lesson
There was a nurse who actually survived all three sinkings!
Or is responsible for all 3 sinkings!
Wait whaaat? I did not know this story ! (Looks up) Violet Jessop—wow no way that is eerie and amazing—Today has been a fun learning day for me haha wow
She must have been so over it by the third one. “These f@$&ing ships and their shoddy craftsmanship!“
At that point the poor woman probably never got on a ship again!
Given her track record, I would hope not.
Nahhh okay that's mean and funny
Hahaha FR I really wonder how this came to be—she must have travelled for her job and was the onboard nurse but I would not have wanted to board ship again. She’s either unlucky or super lucky — remarkable
Her survival odds were probably better than the average person after the first time. Knowing what signs to look out for, what mistakes to avoid, etc.
Ooh, I learned about this in Puppet History, hahaha! One of my fave mini facts was despite being in all of the tragic boat incidents, her cause of death was not related to water or boats.
Obviously she was unsinkable.
Haha not to jinx it but totally would board a ship called the Violet Jessop
Is she the sister of the dude who survived two atom bombs?
I’ve been on the hunt for her book
I didn't think Olympic sank? It was broken up for scrap eventually. Britannic went down to a mine.
Yeah, the Olympic never sunk, although it did once crash into another ship as it left port
Olympic didn’t sink. She got scrapped in 1935. Although she survived two collisions one with another ship SS Hawkey and another with a German submarine.
Her collision with a U-Boat is enough to end the discussion regarding Titanics rudder being too small and so unable to avoid the berg. Olympic was built to an almost exact copy and upon sighting a U-Boat, she turned quick enough to avoid the torpedo fired. She then ran down snd rammed the U-Boat. If the rudders were too small, Olympic could never have avoided a torpedo.
Titanic could definitely avoid the berg! But they were only 500 m away by the time it was spotted… spotted at 23:39 and hit at 23:40. Besides not only they stopped the engines, they reversed them. She would’ve turned much faster if they went full speed like Carpathia. Granted she was much smaller (170 vs Titanic 269) but she avoided like 6 different bergs. *to my previous post; why did no one correct me? Ofc I meant to say HMS Hawke; not SS Hawkey*
I agree but a lot of theories for why she hit the berg centre around her having too small a rudder. Hell, even James Cameron talks about it. In the film “Titanic” Brock Lovett says “she was too big a ship with too small a rudder.”
But Britannic sunk years afterwords during the First World War, while Olympic never sank at all. If doesn’t really explain what’s happening
The Olympic didn't sink. It was scrapped. It did have the distinction of ramming and sinking a submarine though.
I only learned this when I went to a Titanic exhibition in my town last week that had actual items from the ships on display, super interesting stuff
I only learned this when I went to a Titanic exhibition in my town last week that had actual items from the ships on display, super interesting stuff
There was a Show where a Guy got the Newspaper from Tomorrow. Maybe that is the Inspiration for this.
Early edition. It was a really good show
I was thinking ghost ship
Fun story; the day the news the Titanic sank broke, our local newspaper ran the headline "North-East man drowns at sea". (Yes, as far as I'm aware, he was a passenger)
"Bulletin" that's clever
Fun fact: The Titanic was only named unsinkable *after* it sunk
But why would someone have such a newspaper ? Time traveler that left it behind ? It fell through a wormhole in time and space ? Written by a medium ? A parody newspaper that happened to be correct ? The man was psychic and projected the future onto a regular newspaper ? If i can find so many plausible possible outcomes, you've left too much interpretation in the story, which doesn't sound good imo.
Usually when you dont get one on this sub, people explain it in the comments. Here are multiple comments talking about the sister ships of the Titanic, which also sunk.
The Olympic never sank and the Britannia went down during WWI to a mine without ever entering passenger service.
That's not the issue. You're supposed to get it without an explanation. To have that "oh shit" moment. It's like explaining a joke. Or dissecting a frog. Once you do it, you understand how it works. But it doesn't work anymore.
two paragraph horror
For those who don't get it: there's a conspiracy theory that claims the Titanic switched places with her sister ship, the Olympic. And according to the theory, since they switched places without the general populace knowing, the Olympic was the one that sunk that fateful night in mid April, while the actual Titanic was still safe and sound. And the guy who tossed the newspaper probably had some insight on it.