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True and False: Titanic History (Page 12)
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What was Titanic? R.M.S Titanic (aka Royal Mail Steamer/Steamship) Titanic was an ocean liner that sailed from April 10th 1912 at Southampton, England to what was intended to be New York City, but sank on April 14/15th 1912. She was built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast, Northern Ireland and was intended to be part of a trio of sister ships for White Star Line. Myth #12: 4-Bladed Central Propeller? It was certainly a plausable statement for many years as there was nothing to contradict it. However, recent evidence sheds new light on it. 1. Harland and Wolff kept an engineering notebook that details varies specifications on the ship, including propellers. 2. The commonly used photo claiming to be Titanic's propellers are actually Olympic's from 1924. (This can be better confirmed from the more angled view of them by viewing the tip of the Stern at the top where the letters MPI are clearly visible.) 3. There's actually no evidence Titanic ever had a 4-bladed propeller, though likely would've had 3 to see if it was a better fit for their ships going forward. Of course, it wasn't possible to confirm this on Titanic since she sank. 4. One set of propellers can be seen next to Titanic and 3D modeling suggests it's 3 blades. Sources https://markchirnside.co.uk/titanic-the-three-blade-centre-propeller-dossier/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60F6UHE5nBg https://collections.nationalmuseumsni.org/object-hoyfm-hw-1796 https://collections.nationalmuseumsni.org/object-hoyfm-hw-h1514 |