Charles Groark wrote:
> 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
I shall keep my eyes open for when this shows again.
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