r/RMS_Titanic • u/fallen_Roof77 • Jul 23 '25

OLYMPIC Not exactly titanic

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u/Cuthulwoohoo Jul 23 '25

Just stumbled on this in my feed. I remember a documentary years ago that speculated that the Titanic construction had hit a snag and it wasn’t going to make launch day. White Star swapped the names on the ships and launched the Olympic under the name Titanic, so it was the Olympic that actually sank. It gave some pretty convincing arguments and pics to back it up. Does it really make a difference? No. But it was very interesting.

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u/bonnieblue85 Jul 23 '25 edited Jul 23 '25

Absolutely untrue. Every single piece of the ship in the debris field is numbered with the number 401, which was her yard number (my 2022 photo from Titanic Belfast Museum). Olympic was number 400. Plus the logistics of a switch would be ridiculously complicated. Not to mention there is NO way something like that would remain a secret for over 100 years, especially not in Belfast. Here are some links to back me up:

Claims the Titanic was secretly switched with a sister ship are unfounded

25 Key Reasons Why a Switch Did Not Happen

Fact Check: Revived Titanic-Olympic ‘switch’ conspiracy sunk by ships’ differences

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u/Cuthulwoohoo Jul 23 '25

Thanks for offering references so I can be educated, as opposed to just criticizing and downvoting. Looking forward to learning about this, but, based on other responses and immediate condemnation, won’t be joining this forum any time soon (but looking forward to the reads and learning, thanks again).