I like the pics taken in the starboard wing bridge and the sky view best!
Well, when you look at the Great Eastern, Titanic wasn't a big breakthrough at all- in fact, theres far, far more difference between the QM and QMII when you think about, although I know they are seperated by about half a century and weren't really first in any category. Warrior had the first bulkheads, The G. Western had the first Atlantic crossing of any iron and screw powered ship and the Teutonic had already confirmed WSL's switch to luxury over speed. But The Imperator, Lucitania/Mauretania, not forgetting Germany's giants had already bridged the gap between 680-800ft (I think Germany made one just over 800 in 1911). By the time Britannic was launched, she was the worlds' 7th largest ship, which, impressive as this sounds, did nothing for the white star line PR wise, not to mention the great war. But anyway, I'm waffling!
To me, the only true breakthroughs in this era and genre of steam were the Great Eastern and Fulton's steamboat, and maybe HMS Warrior's Iron hull and first bulkheads fits into there, but she was a battleship, so... Hell, even the ones which fought the Opium War were larger than many liners of the late C19th. But, basically what Im getting at is, if any RMS liners made great breakthroughs, it was the RMS Aquitania. Not just because of all her new bits
, but because she lasted in active service for almost 40 years- thats 11 more than even Olympic! Say has anyone seen the diagram of Titanic, The statue of liberty, a few other things and the Queen Mary 2? QM absolutly dwarfs everything!
Anyway, yes, she was beutiful and will always hold a place in all our hearts.
Thanks, RMS Titanic for an interesting topic and I shall be posting pics on as soon as I have the game!
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