SS Great Eastern

[Paul TParticipant @pault84577]

The double hull was a long way ahead of its time and only came into sharp focus with the sinking of the Titanic over 100 years later.

After the Titanic sank her sister ships were fitted with double hulls, the Olympic had to be retro fit as she was already in service but the Britannic, which hadn’t been started was redesigned to include the double hull, thus making her the largest of the Olympic class.

The double hull didn’t save the Britannic when she was torpedoed in fact some engineers believe that the double hull contributed to her rolling over and sinking so fast.

The double hull would have saved the Titanic from sinking due to the damage caused by the gash in her side, but would have been inefective to help with the missing section of the ships bottom.

Paul

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Paul

Don`t understand your last sentence…….what missing ships bottom?

Bob the Thicky?

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Did you know that the paddleboat that sailed round BELLE VUE was called…….

………..LITTLE EASTERN?

Bob

[Paul TParticipant @pault84577]

Hello Captain Bob

Re: The missing ships bottom

When the Titanic had its fateful encounter with destiny the iceberg not only cut a gash in its side but it also sliced off a full section of the keel and bottom of the hull at the point where the ship eventually split in two. It was in fact the missing bottom section that eventually caused the split as the rigidity of the hull had been compromised.

Paul

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Hi Paul

I didn`t know that…………thanks for the info

Bob

[Paul TParticipant @pault84577]

Double Hull

[Author]

Posts