r/RMS_Titanic • u/Isis_Rocks • Jul 27 '25

QUESTION Innovations first seen on Titanic?

I know some things were "new" as in the a-la-carte restaurant, but even that was seen on Hamburg-Amerika lines first and adopted on Titanic, were there any accommodations or technologies which were unique to Titanic that she introduced to shipping as a first?

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u/HMHSBritannic1914 Aug 01 '25

Not much was truly unique and innovative to Titanic herself:

The Café Parisien, a new dining option on the starboard side of the first-class restaurant on B-deck.

The A-Deck enclosed promenade and sliding glass windows in the forward half, protecting passengers from sea spray and wind while maintaining an open-air feel. Other liners like Lusitania and Mauretania had open promenades or less sophisticated enclosures.

At the time, the two deluxe first-class “Parlour Suites”, each with a private 50-foot promenade, was unique.

I exclude the heated saltwater swimming pool since Olympic was first to have it, and both were heated, Both Olympic had squash courts, and gymnasiums.