PJF wrote:
> On the History Channel this afternoon 12/9/07, there was a program that
> do***ented a study of whether the rear expansion joint on the Titanic
was
> redesigned for the Britannic following the sinking of the Titanic.
> Unfortunately, I missed the latter half of the program and never saw the
> conclusion. Can anyone who saw this program (or a previous
presentation)
> tell me what the results of the study were?
>
> Happy Holidays.
>
> Thanks and regards,
>
> PJF
>
>
IIRC (I saw an earlier presentation), they could not see Tiatanic's
expansion joint clearly enough to see whether the expansion joint was as
designed. However, they did see it on Britannic and it had been
redesigned. The conclusion was, I believe, that even though they had no
evidence that the joint contributed in any way to Titanic's sinking, H&W
decided it would better to be safe than sorry and quietly changed the
design.
Charlie
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