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True...I wonder if it was just a case of "don't change the design if you don't get complaints".
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Lightsy, that was what the entire tragedy was built upon - "Let's see if they don't notice".
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Apr/7/2004, 2:07 am
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graham 01
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Hi TTF
Great point and good observation. Fires though where a common thing and not seen as a problem as such just a damn inconvieniance.
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One of the points I found so interesting in Last Log was how this could have impacted the life of the ship - yet coal bunker fires were a commonplace in these ships, from what I've read.
Did they never weaken the outside hull? I know that many ships didn't even have a double bottom, much less a double hull, and if the steel was as brittle (on occasion) as has been claimed, I would think that this would cause major problems.
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Hi TTf
Yes it did damage the outside hull but ships where checked for this all the time, as it was a common thing it was also a common repair on bad fire ones.
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This thread has expired from the time in titanic rms. if used it will be reinstated
date moved 01-08-04
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