Again the Titanic. This time, the question of its construction is on the agenda. And there are some interesting white spots in it.
In general, about the series "Olympic" and in particular about the RMS Titanic, it is reliably known, only one thing - we sank it. Under we, I here referred us to humanity as a whole. I put it, so to speak, on the same level as the civilized world. Until the end of this article, with your permission, we will consider that we, as humanity, are one.
From now on, we will assume that everyone remembers everything (the first time I had to find the letter E in a long time).
So, the series was founded in 1908, when the Olympic was laid down in the Irish shipyards. The Titanic began to be built a year later. A distinctive feature was the gigantic size, which the Atlantic liners did not have before. Therefore, initially the third ship in the series was supposed to be called the Giant, but after the flood of the Titanic, this name was considered inappropriate and was content with Brittanic.
Let me remind you that the ships are no longer wooden, but iron. Iron in the general sense of the word, because the specific alloy of steel is not important here now.
This is the catch. The first ship in history was the cruiser USS Northland, whose hull was welded. He was prepared for an Arctic expeditionv and he had to be stronger than other ships that fight to the death with hordes of icebergs, ice floes and penguins that strengthened them.
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It was built in 1926. But even then, welding the ship's hull was not a trivial affair and was an exceptional (like all American) experience.
In reality, welding began to be used everywhere in shipbuilding in the early forties.
The Olympic series, however, officially used only rivets to fasten the body. As, indeed, everything in the world and everywhere. From ships to skyscrapers.
Even regular wikipedia notes this. They didn't cook anything, everyone riveted. Already 1200 tons of metal were consumed.
By the way, they were accused in the finale together with the iceberg in the Titanic tapestry. Like, stingy bourgeois on ropes mixed a cheap additive into the steel and the rivets succumbed to the iceberg's persuasion to launch water into the ship.
In general, while without rivets, as without hands. And now they are building huge dry docks under the Olympic-Titanic-Britannic.
And after a while a ready ship emerges from there.
And on it is riveted, only the upper part. The very basis, even mirrors. Some people ask the question - what kind of superglue was put on the bottom of the ship? How did they sew it?
Let's go look for photo and video documents. The bottom part is always ready. The workers are working, only on the correct one. The one that's riveted.
On the right are rivets taken from the bottom of the ocean.
If someone is visually impaired, then here are two parts along the border for your convenience.
Various versions and controversies immediately followed. Some even suggested that there were “invisible rivets”.
They looked. Found a note about them. Yes, they seem to be mentioned. But no more fact, artifact, specimen or photograph. They are so magical.
Then they began to put everything together and came to the conclusion that the foundations of the ships had already been made by someone else. Or others, not the point. The main thing is that with the technical capabilities that were absent until 26 years of humanity in the form that modern history presents it.
For greater persuasiveness, they found a photograph of another water giant, even earlier built in 1856. And, oh, mother of God! On it, the frame is also solid. Well, at least no rivets.
The famous SS Leviathan. By the way, he has other interesting features. It will be necessary to illuminate somehow.
In the end, they came to a consensus that at the beginning of the 20th century, the upper parts were stuck on the found bases and sent to work.
Moreover, apparently they did not saddle it very well, which was the quick death of one and the short service of the other two.
Most likely, all the insides of the underwater part had to be reformatted to adapt to the fuel of that time. Allocate space for the firebox, stoves and everything else.
This is supported by the fact that of the four pipes of the liners, only 3 were used. Another one, even according to the official version, was supplied to maintain symmetry and create the effect of scale.
It is understandable, if you did not design the dimensions of the base, then naturally there will be unnecessary details and voids and anything else that will need to be plugged with one or another pipe.
As you may recall, the series was created by a young engineer Thomas Andrews and an experienced naval architect Alexander Carlisle. The first dived along with the Titanic, the second generally withered away, even before the construction of ships began.
And further!
These are two sterns of the same Olympic. In one photo you see rivets, in the other you don't. This is not an optical illusion.
Just one before the ship's accident, after which his propeller also fell off on the way to England, and the second before. It's easy to guess which one is.
Speaking of ship propellers. Our historians have not yet come up with the name and biography of the inventor of the “variable pitch propeller” (variable pitch, variable pitch, etc.).
This is strange. A useful thing. Usually, for each invention, two or three are recorded (well, like Popov and Marconi), but here is silence.
By the way, you can try to buy a place for your relative who lived at that time. If you have money, I think you can always come to an agreement with historians. And artifacts and proofs in the form of links to each other, they will do in such quantity - you will get tired of counting bills for each.
In general, again, the decision is at your discretion. Were the hulls of these ships found and adapted for household needs, or were they able to be soldered, by some other welding, and not the one that officially appeared on the historical line. In any case, we will have discrepancies with what we are told in the official fairy tales.
By the way, comments have opened below, and if you really know how it was possible to make such a basis for ships, only with the help of technical solutions of that time, I will be very happy to improve my education.
But in order to avoid embarrassment, I want to immediately inform you that superglue was invented only in 1948, so the sheathing plates could not hold on to it, for sure!